List of Carolina Hurricanes Draft Picks
Originating as the New England Whalers in 1971 with the World Hockey Association (WHA), they transitioned to the National Hockey League (NHL) after the NHL-WHA merger in 1979. The team later became the Hartford Whalers before relocating to North Carolina in 1997 and then changed its name to Carolina Hurricanes. Since then, they have claimed six Division titles, two Conference Championships and a sole Stanley Cup. Notably, their Stanley Cup victory marked North Carolina's first only and major professional sports championship till date. Notably, their iteration as the Hartford Whalers saw them claim four Division titles, alongside two conference championships and a Avco World Trophy in 1973.
As of now, the Hurricanes play their home games at PNC Arena and compete as the members of the Metropolitan Division under the Eastern Conference. Moreover, their day-to-day operations are taken care by owner Tom Dundon, general manager Eric Tulsky, and head coach Rod Brind'Amour.
List of Carolina Hurricanes Draft Picks Year by Year
The Carolina Hurricanes have had unstable success with their draft picks since moving from Hartford in 1997. Among those who became regular NHL players, include Eric Staal and Andrei Svechnikov. Notably, Staal was drafted second overall in 2003 and played over 1,000 NHL games, also winning the Stanley Cup and later serving as team captain. Svechnikov was later drafted second overall in 2018, quickly became a top-line forward of the team. Other notable players include Julien Gauthier in 2016, Sebastian Aho, a second-round steal in 2015, defenseman Jaccob Slavin in 2012, Ryan Murphy in 2011, and Zach Boychuk in 2008.
The following table looks at Carolina Hurricanes' draft picks:
| Draft | Round | Pick | Player |
| 2023 | 1 | 30 | Bradly Nadeau |
| 2023 | 2 | 62 | Felix Unger Sorum |
| 2023 | 3 | 94 | Jayden Perron |
| 2023 | 4 | 100 | Alexander Rykov |
| 2023 | 4 | 126 | Stanislav Yarovoi |
| 2023 | 5 | 139 | Charles-Alexis Legault |
| 2023 | 5 | 158 | Ruslan Khazheyev |
| 2023 | 6 | 163 | Timur Mukhanov |
| 2023 | 6 | 190 | Michael Emerson |
| 2023 | 7 | 222 | Yegor Velkmakin |
| 2022 | 2 | 60 | Gleb Trikozov |
| 2022 | 3 | 71 | Alexander Perevalov |
| 2022 | 4 | 101 | Simon Forsmark |
| 2022 | 4 | 124 | Cruz Lucius |
| 2022 | 5 | 156 | Vladimir Grudinin |
| 2022 | 6 | 171 | Jakub Vondras |
| 2022 | 7 | 205 | Alexander Pelevin |
| 2021 | 2 | 40 | Scott Morrow |
| 2021 | 2 | 44 | Aleksi Heimosalmi |
| 2021 | 2 | 51 | Ville Koivunen |
| 2021 | 3 | 83 | Patrik Hamrla |
| 2021 | 3 | 94 | Aidan Hreschuk |
| 2021 | 4 | 109 | Jackson Blake |
| 2021 | 5 | 136 | Robert Orr |
| 2021 | 5 | 147 | Justin Robidas |
| 2021 | 6 | 170 | Bryce Montgomery |
| 2021 | 6 | 187 | Nikita Quapp |
| 2021 | 7 | 200 | Yegor Naumov |
| 2021 | 7 | 209 | Nikita Guslistov |
| 2021 | 7 | 219 | Joel Nystrom |
| 2020 | 1 | 13 | Seth Jarvis |
| 2020 | 2 | 41 | Noah Gunler |
| 2020 | 2 | 53 | Vasili Ponomaryov |
| 2020 | 3 | 69 | Alexander Nikishin |
| 2020 | 4 | 115 | Zion Nybeck |
| 2020 | 6 | 159 | Lucas Mercuri |
| 2020 | 7 | 199 | Alexander Pashin |
| 2020 | 7 | 208 | Ronan Seeley |
| 2019 | 1 | 28 | Ryan Suzuki |
| 2019 | 2 | 36 | Pyotr Kochetkov |
| 2019 | 2 | 44 | Jamieson Rees |
| 2019 | 3 | 73 | Patrik Puistola |
| 2019 | 3 | 83 | Anttoni Honka |
| 2019 | 3 | 90 | Domenick Fensore |
| 2019 | 4 | 99 | Cade Webber |
| 2019 | 4 | 121 | Tuukka Tieksola |
| 2019 | 5 | 152 | Kirill Slepets |
| 2019 | 6 | 181 | Kevin Wall |
| 2019 | 6 | 183 | Blake Murray |
| 2019 | 7 | 216 | Massimo Rizzo |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | Andrei Svechnikov |
| 2018 | 2 | 42 | Jack Drury |
| 2018 | 4 | 96 | Luke Henman |
| 2018 | 4 | 104 | Lenni Killinen |
| 2018 | 6 | 166 | Jesper Sellgren |
| 2018 | 7 | 197 | Jacob Kucharski |
| 2017 | 1 | 12 | Martin Necas |
| 2017 | 2 | 42 | Eetu Luostarinen |
| 2017 | 2 | 52 | Luke Martin |
| 2017 | 3 | 67 | Morgan Geekie |
| 2017 | 3 | 73 | Stelio Mattheos |
| 2017 | 4 | 104 | Eetu Mäkiniemi |
| 2017 | 6 | 166 | Brendan de Jong |
| 2017 | 7 | 197 | Ville Rasanen |
| 2016 | 1 | 13 | Jake Bean |
| 2016 | 1 | 21 | Julien Gauthier |
| 2016 | 2 | 43 | Janne Kuokkanen |
| 2016 | 3 | 67 | Matt Filipe |
| 2016 | 3 | 74 | Hudson Elynuik |
| 2016 | 3 | 75 | Jack LaFontaine |
| 2016 | 4 | 104 | Max Zimmer |
| 2016 | 5 | 134 | Jeremy Helvig |
| 2016 | 6 | 164 | Noah Carroll |
| 2015 | 1 | 5 | Noah Hanifin |
| 2015 | 2 | 35 | Sebastian Aho |
| 2015 | 4 | 93 | Callum Booth |
| 2015 | 4 | 96 | Nicolas Roy |
| 2015 | 5 | 126 | Luke Stevens |
| 2015 | 5 | 138 | Spencer Smallman |
| 2015 | 6 | 156 | Jake Massie |
| 2015 | 6 | 169 | David Cotton |
| 2015 | 7 | 186 | Steven Lorentz |
| 2014 | 1 | 7 | Haydn Fleury |
| 2014 | 2 | 37 | Alex Nedeljkovic |
| 2014 | 3 | 67 | Warren Foegele |
| 2014 | 4 | 96 | Josh Wesley |
| 2014 | 4 | 97 | Lucas Wallmark |
| 2014 | 5 | 127 | Clark Bishop |
| 2014 | 7 | 187 | Kyle Jenkins |
| 2013 | 1 | 5 | Elias Lindholm |
| 2013 | 3 | 66 | Brett Pesce |
| 2013 | 5 | 126 | Brent Pedersen |
| 2013 | 6 | 156 | Tyler Ganly |
| 2012 | 2 | 38 | Phil Di Giuseppe |
| 2012 | 2 | 47 | Brock McGinn |
| 2012 | 3 | 69 | Daniel Altshuller |
| 2012 | 4 | 99 | Erik Karlsson |
| 2012 | 4 | 115 | Trevor Carrick |
| 2012 | 4 | 120 | Jaccob Slavin |
| 2012 | 5 | 129 | Brendan Woods |
| 2012 | 6 | 159 | Collin Olson |
| 2012 | 7 | 189 | Brendan Collier |
| 2011 | 1 | 12 | Ryan Murphy |
| 2011 | 2 | 42 | Victor Rask |
| 2011 | 3 | 73 | Keegan Lowe |
| 2011 | 4 | 103 | Gregory Hofmann |
| 2011 | 6 | 163 | Matt Mahalak |
| 2011 | 7 | 193 | Brody Sutter |
| 2010 | 1 | 7 | Jeff Skinner |
| 2010 | 2 | 37 | Justin Faulk |
| 2010 | 2 | 53 | Mark Alt |
| 2010 | 3 | 67 | Danny Biega |
| 2010 | 3 | 85 | Austin Levi |
| 2010 | 4 | 105 | Justin Shugg |
| 2010 | 6 | 167 | Tyler Stahl |
| 2010 | 7 | 187 | Frederik Andersen |
| 2009 | 1 | 27 | Philippe Paradis |
| 2009 | 2 | 51 | Brian Dumoulin |
| 2009 | 3 | 88 | Mattias Lindstrom |
| 2009 | 5 | 131 | Matt Kennedy |
| 2009 | 6 | 178 | Rasmus Rissanen |
| 2009 | 7 | 208 | Tommi Kivisto |
| 2008 | 1 | 14 | Zach Boychuk |
| 2008 | 2 | 45 | Zac Dalpe |
| 2008 | 4 | 105 | Michal Jordan |
| 2008 | 6 | 165 | Mike Murphy |
| 2008 | 7 | 195 | Samuel Morneau |
| 2007 | 1 | 11 | Brandon Sutter |
| 2007 | 3 | 72 | Drayson Bowman |
| 2007 | 4 | 102 | Justin McCrae |
| 2007 | 5 | 132 | Chris Terry |
| 2007 | 6 | 162 | Brett Bellemore |
| 2006 | 2 | 63 | Jamie McBain |
| 2006 | 3 | 93 | Harrison Reed |
| 2006 | 4 | 123 | Bobby Hughes |
| 2006 | 5 | 153 | Stefan Chaput |
| 2006 | 6 | 183 | Nick Dodge |
| 2006 | 7 | 213 | Justin Krueger |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | Jack Johnson |
| 2005 | 2 | 58 | Nate Hagemo |
| 2005 | 3 | 64 | Joe Barnes |
| 2005 | 4 | 94 | Jakub Vojta |
| 2005 | 4 | 123 | Ondrej Otcenas |
| 2005 | 5 | 145 | Timothy Kunes |
| 2005 | 5 | 159 | Risto Korhonen |
| 2005 | 6 | 192 | Nicolas Blanchard |
| 2005 | 7 | 198 | Kyle Lawson |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 | Andrew Ladd |
| 2004 | 2 | 38 | Justin Peters |
| 2004 | 3 | 69 | Casey Borer |
| 2004 | 4 | 109 | Brett Carson |
| 2004 | 5 | 137 | Magnus Akerlund |
| 2004 | 7 | 202 | Ryan Pottruff |
| 2004 | 8 | 235 | Jonas Fiedler |
| 2004 | 9 | 268 | Martin Vagner |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | Eric Staal |
| 2003 | 2 | 31 | Danny Richmond |
| 2003 | 4 | 102 | Aaron Dawson |
| 2003 | 4 | 126 | Kevin Nastiuk |
| 2003 | 4 | 130 | Matej Trojovsky |
| 2003 | 5 | 137 | Tyson Strachan |
| 2003 | 7 | 198 | Shay Stephenson |
| 2003 | 8 | 230 | Jamie Hoffmann |
| 2003 | 9 | 262 | Ryan Rorabeck |
| 2002 | 1 | 25 | Cam Ward |
| 2002 | 3 | 91 | Jesse Lane |
| 2002 | 5 | 160 | Daniel Manzato |
| 2002 | 7 | 224 | Adam Taylor |
| 2001 | 1 | 15 | Igor Knyazev |
| 2001 | 2 | 46 | Michael Zigomanis |
| 2001 | 3 | 91 | Kevin Estrada |
| 2001 | 4 | 110 | Rob Zepp |
| 2001 | 6 | 181 | Daniel Boisclair |
| 2001 | 7 | 211 | Sean Curry |
| 2001 | 8 | 244 | Carter Trevisani |
| 2001 | 9 | 274 | Peter Reynolds |
| 2000 | 2 | 32 | Tomas Kurka |
| 2000 | 3 | 80 | Ryan Bayda |
| 2000 | 4 | 97 | Niclas Wallin |
| 2000 | 4 | 110 | Jared Newman |
| 2000 | 6 | 181 | J. D. Forrest |
| 2000 | 7 | 212 | Magnus Kahnberg |
| 2000 | 8 | 235 | Craig Kowalski |
| 2000 | 9 | 276 | Troy Ferguson |
| 1999 | 1 | 16 | David Tanabe |
| 1999 | 2 | 49 | Brett Lysak |
| 1999 | 3 | 84 | Brad Fast |
| 1999 | 4 | 113 | Ryan Murphy |
| 1999 | 6 | 174 | Damian Surma |
| 1999 | 7 | 202 | Jim Baxter |
| 1999 | 8 | 231 | David Evans |
| 1999 | 8 | 237 | Antti Jokela |
| 1999 | 9 | 259 | Yauhenni Kurilin |
| 1998 | 1 | 11 | Jeff Heerema |
| 1998 | 3 | 70 | Kevin Holdridge |
| 1998 | 3 | 71 | Erik Cole |
| 1998 | 4 | 91 | Josef Vasicek |
| 1998 | 4 | 93 | Tommy Westlund |
| 1998 | 4 | 97 | Chris Madden |
| 1998 | 7 | 184 | Donald Smith |
| 1998 | 8 | 208 | Jaroslav Svoboda |
| 1998 | 8 | 211 | Mark Kosick |
| 1998 | 9 | 239 | Brent McDonald |
| 1997 | 1 | 22 | Nikos Tselios |
| 1997 | 2 | 28 | Brad DeFauw |
| 1997 | 3 | 80 | Francis Lessard |
| 1997 | 4 | 88 | Shane Willis |
| 1997 | 6 | 142 | Kyle Dafoe |
| 1997 | 7 | 169 | Andrew Merrick |
| 1997 | 8 | 195 | Niklas Nordgren |
| 1997 | 8 | 199 | Randy Fitzgerald |
| 1997 | 9 | 225 | Kent McDonell |
FAQs
A. The Carolina Hurricanes were founded as the New England Whalers in 1971 in the World Hockey Association (WHA) and later joined the National Hockey League (NHL) after WHA-NHL merger in 1979.
A. Peter Laviolette served as the coach of the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006.
A. Yes, the Carolina Hurricanes have a single Stanley Cup to their name. They achieved this notable feat in 2006 under the leadership of Rod Brind'Amour.
A. The Carolina Hurricanes falls under the ownership of Tom Dundon.
A. The Carolina Hurricanes play at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.
