The Carolina Hurricanes will have 10 picks in this weekend’s NHL Draft, which kickoffs Friday night with the first round. Unlike last year when Carolina picked second overall pick and landed Andrei Svechnikov, the Hurricanes will have to wait until near the end of the draft’s first night to select 28th overall.
North State Journal’s annual top 100 draft list analyzes the evaluations of the best talent evaluators into a composite ranking.
Rk. Name, Pos. Team (League)
1. Jack Hughes, C U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2. Kaapo Kakko, LW TPS (Liiga)
3. Bowen Byram, D Vancouver (WHL)
4. Alex Turcotte, C U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5. Dylan Cozens, C Lethbridge (WHL)
6. Kirby Dach, C Saskatoon (WHL)
7. Trevor Zegras, C U.S. NTDP (USHL)
8. Matthew Boldy, LW U.S. NTDP (USHL)
9. Cole Caufield, RW U.S. NTDP (USHL)
10. Peyton Krebs, C Kootenay (WHL)
11. Vasili Podkolzin, RW SKA (MHL)
12. Cam York, D U.S. NTDP (USHL)
13. Alex Newhook, C Victoria (BCHL)
14. Arthur Kaliyev, LW Hamilton (OHL)
15. Victor Soderstrom, D Brynas (SHL)
16. Philip Broberg, D AIK (SHL-2)
17. Thomas Harley, D Mississauga (OHL)
18. Raphael Lavoie, RW Halifax (QMJHL)
19. Philip Tomasino, C Niagara (OHL)
20. Ryan Suzuki, C Barrie (OHL)
21. Bobby Brink, RW Sioux City (USHL)
22. Moritz Seider, D Mannheim (DEL)
23. Egor Afanasyev, LW Muskegon (USHL)
24. Samuel Poulin, RW Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
25. Ville Heinola, D Lukko (Liiga)
26. Tobias Bjornfot, D Djuargarden (SuperElit)
27. Matthew Robertson, D Edmonton (WHL)
28. Spencer Knight, G U.S. NTDP (USHL)
29. Nicholas Robertson, LW Peterborough (OHL)
30. Brett Leason, RW Prince Albert (WHL)
31. Connor McMichael, C London (OHL)
32. Jakob Pelletier, LW Moncton (QMJHL)
33. Lassi Thomson, D Kelowna (WHL)
34. Jamieson Rees, C Sarnia (OHL)
35. Vladislav Kolyachonok, D Flint (OHL)
36. Brayden Tracey, LW Moose Jaw (WHL)
37. Ilya Nikolaev, C Yaroslavl (MHL)
38. Ryan Johnson, D Sioux Falls (USHL)
39. Pavel Dorofeyev, RW Magnitogorsk (MHL)
40. Vladislav Firstov, LW Waterloo (USHL)
41. Nolan Foote, LW Kelowna (WHL)
42. Alex Vlasic, D U.S. NTDP (USHL)
43. Nikita Alexandrov, C Charlottetown (QMJHL)
44. Shane Pinto, C Tri-City (USHL)
45. Kaedan Korczak, D Kelowna (WHL)
46. John Beecher, C U.S. NTDP (USHL)
47. Jackson Lacombe, D Chicago (USHL)
48. John Farinacci, C Dexter School (USHS)
49. Marcus Kallionkieli, LW Sioux City (USHL)
50. Alexander Campbell, LW Victoria (BCHL)
51. Michal Teply, LW Liberec (Extraliga)
52. Adam Beckman, LW Spokane (WHL)
53. Michael Vukojevic, D Kitchener (OHL)
54. Simon Holmstrom, RW HV71 (SuperElit)
55. Alex Beaucage, RW Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)
56. Kirill Slepets, RW Yaroslavl (MHL)
57. Daniil Gutik, LW Yaroslavl (MHL)
58. Anttoni Honka, D JYP (Liiga)
59. Artemi Knyazev, D Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
60. Daniil Misyul, D Yaroslavl (KHL)
61. Marshall Warren, D U.S. NTDP (USHL)
62. Alexei Protas, C Prince Albert (WHL)
63. Nils Hoglander, LW Rogle (SHL)
64. Robert Mastrosimone, LW Chicago (USHL)
65. Nathan Legare, RW Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
66. Pyotr Kochetkov, G Ryazan (VHL)
67. Albin Grewe, RW Djurgarden (SuperElit)
68. Henry Thrun, D U.S. NTDP (USHL)
69. Jayden Struble, D St. Sebastian’s School (USHS)
70. Mikko Kokkonen, D Jukurit (Liiga)
71. Matias Maccelli, LW Dubuque (USHL)
72. Patrik Puistola, LW Taapara (Liiga)
73. Mads Sogaard, G Medicine Hat (WHL)
74. Samuel Fagemo, LW Frolunda (SHL)
75. Nikita Okhotyuk, D Ottawa (OHL)
76. Maxim Cajkovic, RW Saint John (QMJHL)
77. Zachary Jones, D Tri-City (USHL)
78. Yegor Spiridonov, C Magnitogorsk (MHL)
79. Jordan Spence, D Moncton (QMJHL)
80. Hugo Alnefelt, G HV71 (SuperElit)
81. Antti Tuomisto, D Assat (Jr. A Liiga)
82. Ronnie Attard, D Tri-City (USHL)
83. Layton Ahac, D Prince George (BCHL)
84. Mike Koster, D Tri-City(USHL)
85. Mikhail Abramov, C Victoriaville (QMJHL)
86. Graeme Clarke, RW Ottawa (OHL)
87. Karl Henriksson, C Frolunda (SuperElit)
88. Harrison Blaisdell, C Chilliwack (BCHL)
89. Rhett Pitlick, LW Chaska (USHS)
90. Leevi Aaltonen, LW KalPa (Jr. A Liiga)
91. Hunter Jones, G Peterborough (OHL)
92. Drew Helleson, D U.S. NTDP (USHL)
93. Semyon Chistyakov, D Ufa (MHL)
94. Domenick Fensore, D U.S. NTDP (USHL)
95. Dustin Wolf Everett (WHL)
96. Samuel Bolduc, D Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL)
97. William Constantinou, D Kingston (OHL)
98. Judd Caulfield, RW U.S. NTDP (USHL)
99. Ethan Phillips, C Sioux Falls (USHL)
100. Antti Saarela, C Lukko (Liiga)
OHL, QMJHL, WHL (Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Western Hockey League): the top junior leagues in Canada; NCAA: American collegiate hockey; USHL: United States Hockey League, the top junior league in the U.S.; USHS: An American high school team; SHL: Swedish Hockey League, the top pro league in Sweden; SHL-2: Allsvenskan, the second-tier pro league in Sweden; SuperElit: The top junior league in Sweden; Liiga: The top pro league in Finland; Mestis: The second-tier pro league in Finland; Jr. A Liiga: The top junior league Finland; Extraliga: The top pro league in the Czech Republic; KHL: Kontinental Hockey League, the top pro league in Russia; MHL: The top junior league in Russia and Eurasia; VHL: The second-tier pro league in Russia and Eurasia; DEL: The top pro league in Germany.
