Carolina Hurricanes Detailed Draft History
Here is a listing of every draft pick the Hurricanes have made since they moved to Carolina, along with the number of NHL games those players started.
1997
- Nikos Tselios 2
- Brad DeFauw 9
- Francis Lessard 91
- Shane Willis 174
- Kyle DaFoe
- Andrew Merrick
- Niklas Nordgren 58
- Randy Fitgerald
- Kent McDonell 32
Total NHL games played 366. Total points 91.
1998
- Jeff Heerema 32
- Kevin Holdridge
- Erik Cole 498
- Joe Vasicek 460
- Tommy Westlund 203
- Chris Madden
- Don Smith
- Jaroslav Svoboda 134
- Mark Kosick
- Brent McDonald
Total NHL games played 1327. Total points 562
1999
- David Tanabe 449
- Brett Lysak 2
- Brad Fast 1
- Ryan Murphy
- Damian Surma 2
- Jim Baxter
- David Evans
- Antti Jokela
- Evgeny Kourilin
Total NHL games played 454. Total points 117
2000
- Tomas Kurka 17
- Ryan Bayda 179
- Niclas Wallin 470
- Jared Newman
- JD Forrest
- Magnus Kahnberg
- Craig Kowalski
- Troy Ferguson
Total NHL games played 666. Total points 109.
2001
- Igor Knyazev
- Mike Zigomanis 189
- Kevin Estrada
- Rob Zepp
- Daniel Boisclair
- Sean Curry
- Carter Trevisani
- Peter Reynolds
Total NHL games played 189. Total points 39.
2002
- Cam Ward 225
- Jesse Lane
- Daniel Manzato
- Adam Taylor
Total NHL games played 225.
2003
- Eric Staal 409
- Danny Richmond 49
- Aaron Dawson
- Kevin Nastiuk
- Matej Trojovsky
- Tyson Strachan 30
- Shay Stephenson 2
- Jamie Hoffmann
- Ryan Rorabeck
Total NHL games played 490. Total points 364.
2004
- Andrew Ladd 239
- Justin Peters
- Casey Borer 14
- Brett Carson 5
- Magnus Ackerlund
- Ryan Pottruff
- Jonas Fiedler
- Martin Vagner
Total NHL games played 258. Total points 114.
2005
- Jack Johnson 120
- Nate Hagemo
- Joe Barnes
- Jakub Vojta
- Ondrej Otcenas
- Timothy Kunes
- Risto Korhenon
- Nicholas Blanchard
- Kyle Lawson
Total NHL games played 120. Total points 22.
2006
- Jamie McBain
- Harrison Reed
- Bobby Hughes
- Stephane Chaput
- Nick Dodge
- Justin Krueger
Total NHL games played 0.
2007
- Brandon Sutter 50
- Drayson Bowman
- Justin McCrae
- Chris Terry
- Brett Bellemore
Total NHL games played 50. Total points 6.
2008
- Zach Boychuk 2
- Zac Dalpe
- Michal Jordan
- Mike Murphy
- Samuel Morneau
Total NHL games played 2.
Total NHL games played by draft picks during last 12 years, 4147. Total points scored, 1418.
How do Carolina's draft results stack up against the rest of the league? I'll be working on a report soon which will compare these totals along with every other team in the league.
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2001 and 2002
Really set this franchise back. Other than getting Wardo we really struck out with those picks. Good thing is that by getting Ward we are set in goal for next 10 years. Historically we have struggled with making first round picks that pan out. Starting with Staal we seem to be seeing a reversal of this trend. One interesting note…we have rarely been so bad that we pick in the top 5, all those years of being middle of the road hurt our chances to draft elite talent. See Pittsburgh and Chicago as examples of turning awful regular seasons into high draft picks and revamping their respective rosters. That’s why fans in all sports figure if you are not making the playoffs you may as well be the worst team in the league.
by Swenksta on Jun 20, 2009 9:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Great Info Bubba!
Since I’m a layman when it comes to the drafts, it just seems to me again that we really have not build on a team as a whole from past drafts. It seems to me we are fairing better with trades than we are drafts. It will be interesting to see your post about some other teams draft picks in comparison to ours that really made a difference to their team or even the NHL. The Draft really is a crap-shoot event, non the less exciting though.
Who we are choices that we could have picked instead of Staal at the draft in 2003? It would be interesting to see who we gave up and where they are now.
C
by c59 on Jun 20, 2009 6:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
could have picked
Horton from Fla
Zerdev from Columbus/Rangers
Fluery went first to Pittsburg
by Swenksta on Jun 21, 2009 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We did pick well.
Well we definitely did have the better pick with Staal. Hopefully he will top all the past seasons to come for our team. Considering his going to make around 7 million dollars from our cap, we should expect no less from him.
by c59 on Jun 21, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beyond Great Info
Bubba, just wanted to let you know that this is fantastic info. As a stat junky I loved this article.
by C-Leaguer on Jun 20, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This really shows how much of a crap shoot the NHL draft is.
by packpigskinfan25 on Jun 21, 2009 9:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Look at Detroit’s draft history. It’s not a crap shoot … it’s a lot of legwork. The Canes, simply put, were not up to snuff for a lot of the past decade. That seems to have turned around the past three drafts (specifically, it seems, the last two).
by Cory Lavalette on Jun 22, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i dunno… Detroit also develops talent REALLY slow for the most part. Either that, or they just really do know more then just about EVERYONE else.
by packpigskinfan25 on Jun 22, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Detroit has the best scouts...
Overseas especially. They have always drafted Euro players well and spent money on a good scouting staff
by Swenksta on Jun 22, 2009 11:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hakan Andersson, specifically. Put that’s the proof that it’s not a crap shoot, for me. The Wings have done OK in N.A., too, though … they drafted Matthias in the second a few years back (and dealt him to Florida)
by Cory Lavalette on Jun 22, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How's your Finnish, Cory?
Maybe you’d be interested in that position. Wouldn’t that be a great job…?
(I bet Bubba would be happy to write a nice letter to JR on your behalf – as long as you keep blogging here. Everybody wins!)
Let's go Canes!
Hakkaa Paalle!
by hockeymomof2 on Jun 22, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha … I don’t think my family wants to move to Finland. We left the Northeast for a reason … tho I’m sure the kids would love the more frequent snow.
by Cory Lavalette on Jun 24, 2009 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
this.
Remember, kids...don't ever let facts get in the way of your argument.
by MichaelProcton on Jun 23, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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