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 91 players.

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, and he went on to become the first player selected after the move from Hartford that went on to play over 1,000 NHL games. No Hurricanes picks have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Key

Draft picks

Statistics are complete as of the 2022–23 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	SV%
1997	1	22	Nikos Tselios		D	2	0	0	0	6
1997	2	28	Brad DeFauw		LW	9	3	0	3	2
1997	3	80	Francis Lessard		RW	115	1	3	4	346
1997	4	88	Shane Willis		RW	174	31	43	74	77
1997	6	142	Kyle Dafoe		D
1997	7	169	Andrew Merrick		LW
1997	8	195	Niklas Nordgren		LW	58	4	2	6	34
1997	8	199	Randy Fitzgerald		LW
1997	9	225	Kent 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	.888
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	701	1	12	13	48	334	256		88	2.74	.909
2002	3	91	Jesse Lane		D
2002	5	160	Daniel Manzato		G
2002	7	224	Adam Taylor		C
2003	1	2	Eric Staal		C	1365	455	608	1063	854
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	Matej Trojovsky		D
2003	5	137	Tyson Strachan		D	186	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	1001	256	294	550	615
2004	2	38	Justin Peters		G	83	0	2	2	8	25	38		9	3.08	.901
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	1107	74	246	320	599
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	348	30	80	110	72
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	770	152	137	289	149
2007	3	72	Drayson Bowman		LW	179	15	18	33	53
2007	4	102	Justin McCrae		C
2007	5	132	Chris Terry		LW	152	22	16	38	34
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	168	16	16	32	38
2008	4	105	Michal Jordan		D	79	3	4	7	18
2008	6	165	Mike Murphy		G	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.000
2008	7	195	Samuel Morneau		LW
2009	1	27	Philippe Paradis		C
2009	2	51	Brian Dumoulin		D	546	19	120	139	146
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	932	333	291	624	417
2010	2	37	Justin Faulk		D	842	124	272	396	409
2010	2	53	Mark Alt		D	20	0	0	0	4
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	479	0	14	14	26	282	125		52	2.58	.915
2011	1	12	Ryan Murphy		D	175	8	35	43	54
2011	2	42	Victor Rask		C	506	89	134	223	86
2011	3	73	Keegan Lowe		D	4	0	0	0	10
2011	4	103	Gregory Hofmann		C	24	2	5	7	8
2011	6	163	Matt Mahalak		G
2011	7	193	Brody Sutter		C	12	0	0	0	0
2012	2	38	Phil Di Giuseppe		LW	231	22	43	65	87
2012	2	47	Brock McGinn		LW	484	75	72	147	116
2012	3	69	Daniel Altshuller		G
2012	4	99	Erik Karlsson		LW
2012	4	115	Trevor Carrick		D	7	0	0	0	12
2012	4	120	Jaccob Slavin		D	584	43	192	235	78
2012	5	129	Brendan Woods		LW	7	0	0	0	7
2012	6	159	Collin Olson		G
2012	7	189	Brendan Collier		LW
2013	1	5	Elias Lindholm		C	743	203	310	513	176
2013	3	66	Brett Pesce		D	557	36	149	185	207
2013	5	126	Brent Pedersen		LW
2013	6	156	Tyler Ganly		D
2014	1	7	Haydn Fleury		D	244	9	23	32	59
2014	2	37	Alex Nedeljkovic		G	103	0	3	3	8	42	38		15	2.96	.907
2014	3	67	Warren Foegele		LW	349	60	62	122	126
2014	4	96	Josh Wesley		D
2014	4	97	Lucas Wallmark		RW	187	23	36	59	64
2014	5	127	Clark Bishop		C	47	1	7	8	20
2014	7	187	Kyle Jenkins		D
2015	1	5	Noah Hanifin		D	598	49	190	239	163
2015	2	35	Sebastian Aho		RW	520	218	250	468	214
2015	4	93	Callum Booth		G
2015	4	96	Nicolas Roy		C	228	40	54	94	99
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	192	20	20	40	32
2016	1	13	Jake Bean		D	125	9	34	43	44
2016	1	21	Julien Gauthier		RW	153	14	18	32	36
2016	2	43	Janne Kuokkanen		LW	119	14	28	42	28
2016	3	67	Matt Filipe		LW
2016	3	74	Hudson Elynuik		C
2016	3	75	Jack LaFontaine		G	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	7.20	.780
2016	4	104	Max Zimmer		LW
2016	5	134	Jeremy Helvig		G
2016	6	164	Noah Carroll		D
2017	1	12	Martin Necas		C	285	73	117	190	96
2017	2	42	Eetu Luostarinen		C	212	29	49	78	52
2017	2	52	Luke Martin		D
2017	3	67	Morgan Geekie		C	180	22	41	63	54
2017	3	73	Stelio Mattheos		C
2017	4	104	Eetu Mäkiniemi		G	2	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	2.13	.906
2017	6	166	Brendan de Jong		D
2017	7	197	Ville Rasanen		D
2018	1	2	Andrei Svechnikov		RW	347	112	152	264	310
2018	2	42	Jack Drury		C	40	4	6	10	16
2018	4	96	Luke Henman		C
2018	4	104	Lenni Killinen		RW
2018	6	166	Jesper Sellgren		D
2018	7	197	Jacob Kucharski		G
2019	1	28	Ryan Suzuki		C
2019	2	36	Pyotr Kochetkov		G	27	0	0	0	0	15	7		5	2.43	.908
2019	2	44	Jamieson Rees		C
2019	3	73	Patrik Puistola		RW
2019	3	83	Anttoni Honka		D
2019	3	90	Domenick Fensore		D
2019	4	99	Cade Webber		D
2019	4	121	Tuukka Tieksola		RW
2019	5	152	Kirill Slepets		RW
2019	6	181	Kevin Wall		RW
2019	6	183	Blake Murray		C
2019	7	216	Massimo Rizzo		C
2020	1	13	Seth Jarvis		C	150	31	48	79	30
2020	2	41	Noah Gunler		RW
2020	2	53	Vasili Ponomaryov		C
2020	3	69	Alexander Nikishin		D
2020	4	115	Zion Nybeck		LW
2020	6	159	Lucas Mercuri		C
2020	7	199	Alexander Pashin		RW
2020	7	208	Ronan Seeley		D
2021	2	40	Scott Morrow		D
2021	2	44	Aleksi Heimosalmi		D
2021	2	51	Ville Koivunen		LW
2021	3	83	Patrik Hamrla		G
2021	3	94	Aidan Hreschuk		D
2021	4	109	Jackson Blake		RW
2021	5	136	Robert Orr		C
2021	5	147	Justin Robidas		C
2021	6	170	Bryce Montgomery		D
2021	6	187	Nikita Quapp		G
2021	7	200	Yegor Naumov		G
2021	7	209	Nikita Guslistov		C
2021	7	219	Joel Nystrom		D
2022	2	60	Gleb Trikozov		LW
2022	3	71	Alexander Perevalov		LW
2022	4	101	Simon Forsmark		D
2022	4	124	Cruz Lucius		RW
2022	5	156	Vladimir Grudinin		D
2022	6	171	Jakub Vondras		G
2022	7	205	Alexander Pelevin		D
2023	1	30	Bradly Nadeau		LW
2023	2	62	Felix Unger Sorum		RW
2023	3	94	Jayden Perron		RW
2023	4	100	Alexander Rykov		RW
2023	4	126	Stanislav Yarovoi		RW
2023	5	139	Charles-Alexis Legault		D
2023	5	158	Ruslan Khazheyev		G
2023	6	163	Timur Mukhanov		LW
2023	6	190	Michael Emerson		RW
2023	7	222	Yegor Velkmakin		G

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.