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. 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. 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. The Hurricanes have never won the lottery. Between 1986 and 1994, the NHL also held a Supplemental Draft for players in American colleges.
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 Played in at least one NHL game with the HurricanesPlayed in at least one NHL All-Star Game or 4 Nations Face-Off
+ Abbreviations for statistical columnsPosPositionGPGames playedGGoalsA AssistsPtsPointsPIMPenalties in minutesGAAGoals against averageWWinsLLossesTTiesOTOvertime or shootout lossesDoes not apply
+ Position abbreviationsG GoaltenderDDefensemanLW Left wingCCenterRW Right wingF Forward
Draft picks Statistics are complete as of the 2025–26 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.
DraftRoundPickPlayerNationalityPosGPGAPtsPIMWLTOTGAASV%1997122D200061997228LW930321997380RW1151343461997488RW1743143747719976142D19977169LW19978195LW584263419978199LW19979225RW32123361998111Jeff HeeremaRW3242661998370D1998371Erik ColeLW8922652675326591998491Josef VasicekC460771061833111998493Tommy WestlundLW20391322481998497Chris MaddenG19987184C19988208Jaroslav SvobodaLW1341217296219988211Mark KosickC19989239C1999116David TanabeD44930841142451999249Brett LysakC200021999384Brad FastD1101019994113Ryan MurphyLW19996174Damian SurmaLW2112019997202Jim BaxterD19998231David EvansRW19998237Antti JokelaG19999259Yauhenni KurilinC2000232Tomas KurkaLW1732522000380Ryan BaydaLW179162440942000497Niclas WallinD61421587946020004110Jared NewmanD20006181J. D. ForrestD20007212Magnus KahnbergF20008235Craig KowalskiG20009276Troy FergusonF2001115Igor KnyazevD2001246Michael ZigomanisC197211940892001391Kevin EstradaLW20014110Rob ZeppG1000005202.89.88820016181G20017211Sean CurryD20018244Carter TrevisaniD20019274D2002125Cam WardG7011121348334256882.74.9092002391D20025160Daniel ManzatoG20027224C200312Eric StaalC136545560810638542003231Danny RichmondD490337520034102D20034126Kevin NastiukG20034130D20035137Tyson StrachanD18611920199 20037198Shay StephensonLW2000020038230Jamie HoffmannF20039262C200414Andrew LaddLW10012562945506152004238Justin PetersG830228253893.08.9012004369Casey BorerD16123920044109Brett CarsonD90211132020045137Magnus AkerlundG20047202D20048235RW20049268Martin VagnerD200513Jack JohnsonD1228772653426392005258D2005364Joe BarnesC2005494Jakub VojtaD20054123Ondrej OtcenasC20055145D20055159D20056192Nicolas BlanchardLW90002020057198Kyle LawsonD2006263Jamie McBainD3483080110722006393Harrison ReedRW20064123Bobby HughesC20065153Stefan ChaputC20066183Nick DodgeRW20067213Justin KruegerD2007111Brandon SutterC7701521372891492007372Drayson BowmanLW1791518335320074102C20075132Chris TerryLW1522216383420076162Brett BellemoreD12141620792008114Zach BoychukC127121830162008245Zac DalpeC1681616323820084105Michal JordanD793471820086165Mike MurphyG2000001000.001.00020087195LW2009127Philippe ParadisC2009251Brian DumoulinD788301641942022009388Mattias LindstromLW20095131Matt KennedyRW20096178Rasmus RissanenD6000420097208Tommi KivistoD201017Jeff SkinnerC11103793337124912010237Justin FaulkD10581463524985202010253Mark AltD2000042010367Danny BiegaD1002202010385Austin LeviD20104105Justin ShuggLW3000220106167Tyler StahlD20107187Frederik AndersenG5520171730324149582.59.9132011112Ryan MurphyD17583543542011242Victor RaskC50689134223862011373Keegan LoweD40001020114103Gregory HofmannC24257820116163Matt MahalakG20117193Brody SutterC1200002012238Phil Di GiuseppeLW3022853811272012247Brock McGinnLW53480781581202012369Daniel AltshullerG2012499Erik KarlssonLW20124115Trevor CarrickD70001220124120Jaccob SlavinD784562513079820125129Brendan WoodsLW7000720126159Collin OlsonG20127189Brendan CollierLW201315Elias LindholmC9692524006522532013366Brett PesceD7364317922226220135126Brent PedersenLW20136156Tyler GanlyD201417Haydn FleuryD345123648972014237Alex NedeljkovicG219167199274312.97.9022014367Warren FoegeleLW5811171092262152014496Josh WesleyD2014497Lucas WallmarkRW1872336596420145127Clark BishopC532792020147187Kyle JenkinsD201515Noah HanifinD829752783532152015235Sebastian AhoRW7563104017113422015493Callum BoothG2015496Nicolas RoyC4437611519119420155126Luke StevensLW20155138Spencer SmallmanRW20156156Jake MassieD20156169David CottonC20157186Steven LorentzC381364480672016113Jake BeanD2771649651002016121Julien GauthierRW181192241442016243Janne KuokkanenLW119142842282016367Matt FilipeLW2016374Hudson ElynuikC2016375Jack LaFontaineG20000010 7.20.78020164104Max ZimmerLW20165134Jeremy HelvigG20166164Noah CarrollD2017112Martin NecasC5191622644261842017242Eetu LuostarinenC447611011621382017252Luke MartinD2017367Morgan GeekieC4141111162271262017373Stelio MattheosC20174104Eetu MäkiniemiG200001102.13.90620176166Brendan de JongD20177197Ville RasanenD201812Andrei SvechnikovRW5571822524344932018242Jack DruryC2683052821022018496Luke HenmanC20184104Lenni KillinenRW20186166Jesper SellgrenD20187197Jacob KucharskiG2019128Ryan SuzukiC200002019236Pyotr KochetkovG125033167138122.46.9042019244Jamieson ReesC2019373Patrik PuistolaRW2019383Anttoni HonkaD2019390Domenick FensoreD3000220194 99Cade WebberD20194121Tuukka TieksolaRW20195152Kirill SlepetsRW20196181Kevin WallRW20196183Blake MurrayC20197216Massimo RizzoC2020113Seth JarvisC375128151279832020241Noel GunlerRW2020253Vasili PonomaryovC911222020369Alexander NikishinD811122333320204115Zion NybeckLW20206159Lucas MercuriC20207199Alexander PashinRW20207208Ronan SeeleyD100002021240Scott MorrowD451111242021244Aleksi HeimosalmiD2021251Ville KoivunenLW4721214142021383Patrik HamrlaG2021394Aidan HreschukD20214109Jackson BlakeRW1623948877020215136Robert OrrC20215147Justin RobidasC4123020216170Bryce MontgomeryD20216187Nikita QuappG20217200Yegor NaumovG20217209Nikita GuslistovC20217219Joel NystromD38191062022260Gleb TrikozovLW2022371Alexander PerevalovLW20224101Simon ForsmarkD20224124Cruz LuciusRW20225156Vladimir GrudininD20226171Jakub VondrasG20227205Alexander PelevinD2023130Bradly NadeauLW1531422023262Felix Unger SörumRW101102023394Jayden PerronRW20234100Alexander RykovRW20234126Stanislav YarovoiRW20235139Charles-Alexis LegaultD121121520235158Ruslan KhazheyevG20236163Timur MukhanovLW20236190Michael EmersonRW20237222Yegor VelkmakinG2024234Dominik BadinkaD2024250Nikita ArtamonovLW2024369Noel FransenD20244124Alexander SiryatskyD20245133Oskar VoulletLW20245156Justin PoirierRW20246168Timur KolD20246184Roman ShokhrinD20246188Fyodor AvramovLW20247220Andrey KutrovLW2025241Semyon FrolovG2025249Charlie CerratoC2025367Kurban LimatovD2025387Roman BausovD2025387Roman BausovD20256183Viggo NordlundLW20257221Filip EkbergLW2026251William HakanssonD2026261Wiggo SorenssonC2026368Zachary LansardRW20264105Michael BerchildLW20264125Ryder FetterolfG20266165Zachary JovanoskiG
See also List of Carolina Hurricanes players List of Hartford Whalers draft picks
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