List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks

The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey franchise based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They play in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise was founded in 1971 as the New England Whalers, and relocated to North Carolina in 1997. Since arriving in North Carolina, the Hurricanes have drafted 90 players. The 2008 draft was the 12th in which Hurricanes participated.

The NHL Entry Draft is held each June, allowing teams to select players who have turned 18 years old by September 15 in the year the draft is held. The draft order is determined by the previous season's order of finish, with non-playoff teams drafting first, followed by the teams that made the playoffs, with the specific order determined by the number of points earned by each team.^[1] The NHL holds a weighted lottery for the 14 non-playoff teams, allowing the winner to move up a maximum of four positions in the entry draft.^[2] The team with the fewest points has the best chance of winning the lottery, with each successive team given a lower chance of moving up in the draft.^[1] The Hurricanes have never won the lottery.^[3] Between 1986 and 1994, the NHL also held a Supplemental Draft for players in American colleges.^[4]

Carolina's first draft pick was Nikos Tselios, taken 22nd overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. The highest that Carolina has drafted is second overall. They selected Eric Staal in 2003. Among players selected after the move from Hartford, zero picks went on to play over 1,000 NHL games, and no players have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Key

Abbreviations for statistical columns Pos Position GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes GAA Goals against average W Wins L Losses T Ties OT Overtime or shootout losses Does not apply

Position abbreviations G Goaltender D Defenseman LW Left Wing C Center RW Right Wing F Forward

Draft picks

Statistics are complete as of the 2014–15 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position. This list includes players drafted by the team in Carolina only.

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	OT	GAA
1997	1	22	Tselios, NikosNikos Tselios		D	2	0	0	0	6
1997	2	28	DeFauw, BradBrad DeFauw		LW	9	3	0	3	2
1997	3	80	Lessard, FrancisFrancis Lessard		RW	115	1	3	4	346
1997	4	88	Willis, ShaneShane Willis		RW	174	31	43	74	77
1997	6	142	Kyle Dafoe		D
1997	7	169	Andrew Merrick		LW
1997	8	195	Nordgren, NiklasNiklas Nordgren		LW	58	4	2	6	34
1997	8	199	Randy Fitzgerald		LW
1997	9	225	McDonell, KentKent McDonell		RW	32	1	2	3	36
1998	1	11	Jeff Heerema		RW	32	4	2	6	6
1998	3	70	Kevin Holdridge		D
1998	3	71	Erik Cole		LW	892	265	267	532	659
1998	4	91	Josef Vasicek		C	460	77	106	183	311
1998	4	93	Tommy Westlund		LW	203	9	13	22	48
1998	4	97	Chris Madden		G
1998	7	184	Donald Smith		C
1998	8	208	Jaroslav Svoboda		LW	134	12	17	29	62
1998	8	211	Mark Kosick		C
1998	9	239	Brent McDonald		C
1999	1	16	David Tanabe		D	449	30	84	114	245
1999	2	49	Brett Lysak		C	2	0	0	0	2
1999	3	84	Brad Fast		D	1	1	0	1	0
1999	4	113	Ryan Murphy		LW
1999	6	174	Damian Surma		LW	2	1	1	2	0
1999	7	202	Jim Baxter		D
1999	8	231	David Evans		RW
1999	8	237	Antti Jokela		G
1999	9	259	Yauhenni Kurilin		C
2000	2	32	Tomas Kurka		LW	17	3	2	5	2
2000	3	80	Ryan Bayda		LW	179	16	24	40	94
2000	4	97	Niclas Wallin		D	614	21	58	79	460
2000	4	110	Jared Newman		D
2000	6	181	J. D. Forrest		D
2000	7	212	Magnus Kahnberg		F
2000	8	235	Craig Kowalski		G
2000	9	276	Troy Ferguson		F
2001	1	15	Igor Knyazev		D
2001	2	46	Michael Zigomanis		C	197	21	19	40	89
2001	3	91	Kevin Estrada		LW
2001	4	110	Rob Zepp		G	10	0	0	0	0	5	2		0	2.89
2001	6	181	Daniel Boisclair		G
2001	7	211	Sean Curry		D
2001	8	244	Carter Trevisani		D
2001	9	274	Peter Reynolds		D
2002	1	25	Cam Ward		G	512	1	10	11	24	246	191		58	2.73
2002	3	91	Jesse Lane		D
2002	5	160	Daniel Manzato		G
2002	7	224	Adam Taylor		C
2003	1	2	Eric Staal		C	846	312	430	742	646
2003	2	31	Danny Richmond		D	49	0	3	3	75
2003	4	102	Aaron Dawson		D
2003	4	126	Kevin Nastiuk		G
2003	4	130	Trojovský, MatějMatěj Trojovský		D
2003	5	137	Tyson Strachan		D	184	1	19	20	199
2003	7	198	Shay Stephenson		LW	2	0	0	0	0
2003	8	230	Jamie Hoffmann		F
2003	9	262	Ryan Rorabeck		C
2004	1	4	Andrew Ladd		LW	691	185	235	420	434
2004	2	38	Justin Peters		G	80	0	2	2	8	25	37		9	3.08
2004	3	69	Casey Borer		D	16	1	2	3	9
2004	4	109	Brett Carson		D	90	2	11	13	20
2004	5	137	Magnus Akerlund		G
2004	7	202	Ryan Pottruff		D
2004	8	235	Jonas Fiedler		RW
2004	9	268	Martin Vagner		D
2005	1	3	Jack Johnson		D	569	52	178	230	375
2005	2	58	Nate Hagemo		D
2005	3	64	Joe Barnes		C
2005	4	94	Jakub Vojta		D
2005	4	123	Ondrej Otcenas		C
2005	5	145	Timothy Kunes		D
2005	5	159	Risto Korhonen		D
2005	6	192	Nicolas Blanchard		LW	9	0	0	0	20
2005	7	198	Kyle Lawson		D
2006	2	63	Jamie McBain		D	301	28	73	101	66
2006	3	93	Harrison Reed		RW
2006	4	123	Bobby Hughes		C
2006	5	153	Stefan Chaput		C
2006	6	183	Nick Dodge		RW
2006	7	213	Justin Krueger		D
2007	1	11	Brandon Sutter		C	495	98	87	185	94
2007	3	72	Drayson Bowman		LW	179	15	18	33	53
2007	4	102	Justin McCrae		C
2007	5	132	Chris Terry		LW	70	12	11	23	14
2007	6	162	Brett Bellemore		D	121	4	16	20	79
2008	1	14	Zach Boychuk		C	127	12	18	30	16
2008	2	45	Zac Dalpe		C	117	10	10	20	14
2008	4	105	Michal Jordan		D	43	2	4	6	6
2008	6	165	Mike Murphy		G	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
2008	7	195	Samuel Morneau		LW
2009	1	27	Philippe Paradis		C
2009	2	51	Brian Dumoulin		D	14	1	1	2	6
2009	3	88	Mattias Lindstrom		LW
2009	5	131	Matt Kennedy		RW
2009	6	178	Rasmus Rissanen		D	6	0	0	0	4
2009	7	208	Tommi Kivisto		D
2010	1	7	Jeff Skinner		C	336	115	101	216	168
2010	2	37	Justin Faulk		D	262	33	85	118	111
2010	2	53	Mark Alt		D	1	0	0	0	0
2010	3	67	Danny Biega		D	10	0	2	2	0
2010	3	85	Austin Levi		D
2010	4	105	Justin Shugg		LW	3	0	0	0	2
2010	6	167	Tyler Stahl		D
2010	7	187	Frederik Andersen		G	82	0	4	4	4	55	17		5	2.35
2011	1	12	Ryan Murphy		D	89	6	19	25	20
2011	2	42	Victor Rask		C	80	11	22	33	16
2011	3	73	Keegan Lowe		D	2	0	0	0	10
2011	4	103	Gregory Hofmann		C
2011	6	163	Matt Mahalak		G
2011	7	193	Brody Sutter		C	4	0	0	0	0
2012	2	38	Phil Di Giuseppe		LW
2012	2	47	Brock McGinn		LW
2012	3	69	Daniel Altshuller		G
2012	4	99	Erik Karlsson		LW
2012	4	115	Trevor Carrick		D
2012	4	120	Jaccob Slavin		D
2012	5	129	Brendan Woods		LW	2	0	0	0	0
2012	6	159	Collin Olson		G
2012	7	189	Brendan Collier		LW
2013	1	5	Elias Lindholm		C	139	26	34	60	18
2013	3	66	Brett Pesce		D
2013	5	126	Brent Pedersen		LW
2013	6	156	Tyler Ganly		D
2014	1	7	Haydn Fleury		D
2014	2	37	Alex Nedeljkovic		G
2014	3	67	Warren Foegele		LW
2014	4	96	Josh Wesley		D
2014	4	97	Lucas Wallmark		RW
2014	5	127	Clark Bishop		C
2014	7	187	Kyle Jenkins		D
2015	1	5	Noah Hanifin		D
2015	2	35	Sebastian Aho		RW
2015	4	93	Callum Booth		G
2015	4	96	Nicolas Roy		C
2015	5	126	Luke Stevens		LW
2015	5	138	Spencer Smallman		RW
2015	6	156	Jake Massie		D
2015	6	169	David Cotton		C
2015	7	186	Steven Lorentz		C

See also

• List of Carolina Hurricanes players
• List of Hartford Whalers draft picks

References

• "All-time roster for the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
• "Carolina Hurricanes Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2008-07-04.

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