The 2022 NHL Draft will be the ninth for the Calgary Flames under general manager Brad Treliving. In the prior eight drafts, the Flames have made six first round picks and traded their first round selections away twice. (They have no first round pick this year, either.)
Here’s a look back at the six players the Flames have selected in the opening round. More often than not, they’ve gone the “obvious” route and taken the consensus best player available.
2014: Sam Bennett (centre, 4th overall, Kingston – OHL)
The Flames didn’t over-think it in 2014.