List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks

Last updated August 31, 2024

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

	Played in at least one NHL game with the Hurricanes
	Played in at least one NHL All-Star Game

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 2023–24 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	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	1187	77	259	336	637
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	626	25	130	155	166
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	1006	357	313	670	451
2010	2	37	Justin Faulk	D	902	126	300	426	448
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	495	0	15	15	26	295	127		52	2.56	.916
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	282	27	48	75	123
2012	2	47	Brock McGinn	LW	508	76	74	150	120
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	665	49	223	272	86
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	818	218	339	557	201
2013	3	66	Brett Pesce	D	627	39	159	198	227
2013	5	126	Brent Pedersen	LW
2013	6	156	Tyler Ganly	D
2014	1	7	Haydn Fleury	D	268	10	27	37	79
2014	2	37	Alex Nedeljkovic	G	141	0	3	3	8	60	45		22	2.96	.906
2014	3	67	Warren Foegele	LW	431	80	83	163	173
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	678	62	224	286	187
2015	2	35	Sebastian Aho	RW	598	254	303	557	250
2015	4	93	Callum Booth	G
2015	4	96	Nicolas Roy	C	298	53	82	135	128
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	230	21	22	43	42
2016	1	13	Jake Bean	D	197	13	43	56	76
2016	1	21	Julien Gauthier	RW	180	19	22	41	44
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	362	97	146	243	138
2017	2	42	Eetu Luostarinen	C	294	41	64	105	78
2017	2	52	Luke Martin	D
2017	3	67	Morgan Geekie	C	256	39	63	102	82
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	406	131	185	316	368
2018	2	42	Jack Drury	C	114	12	25	37	49
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	69	0	0	0	8	38	20		9	2.37	.910
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	231	64	82	146	44
2020	2	41	Noah Gunler	RW
2020	2	53	Vasili Ponomaryov	C	2	1	1	2	0
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	2	0	0	0	0
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	1	0	0	0	0
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	1	0	0	0	0
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
2024	2	34	Dominik Badinka	D
2024	2	50	Nikita Artamonov	LW
2024	3	69	Noel Fransen	D
2024	4	124	Alexander Siryatsky	D
2024	5	133	Oskar Voullet	LW
2024	5	156	Justin Poirier	RW
2024	6	168	Timur Kol	D
2024	6	184	Roman Shokhrin	D
2024	6	188	Fyodor Avramov	LW
2024	7	220	Andrey Kutrov	LW

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List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks

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