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NHL Draft Preview: Hurricanes’ roster rebuild starts this weekend in Vegas

June 27, 2024 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — If you’re looking for a silver lining to the Carolina Hurricanes being eliminated in the second round of this year’s playoffs, you can find one at this week’s NHL Draft in Las Vegas. […]

Category 5: Hurricanes arrive on the NHL Draft floor

June 28, 2023 Cory Lavalette

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Hurricanes’ decision-makers are in Nashville for the 2023 NHL Draft. I chatted with GM Don Waddell in the final minutes before the draft began, and he answered some of the pressing […]

Hurricanes armed with picks, cap space entering NHL Draft

June 28, 2023 Cory Lavalette

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Hurricanes have fared well at the draft since Don Waddell took over as the team’s general manager. First round picks Andrei Svechnikov and Seth Jarvis have quickly developed into top six […]

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Hurricanes make 7 picks, including 4 Russians, on Day 2 of NHL Draft

July 8, 2022 Cory Lavalette

MONTREAL — The Hurricanes weren’t very involved on the first day of the NHL Draft in Montreal, but Carolina made sure to be a big part of Day 2. While Carolina didn’t do anything stunning […]

No 1st-rounder but plenty of intrigue for Hurricanes at this week’s draft

July 6, 2022 Cory Lavalette

The Hurricanes didn’t select a player in the first round at last year’s draft, the first time since 2012 Carolina had to wait until the second day to make a pick. Unless something changes before […]

Hurricanes make 13 picks in NHL Draft

July 25, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The Carolina Hurricanes traded away their first-round pick Friday night during the 2021 NHL Draft, grabbing two second-rounders for the final six rounds on Saturday. It wasn’t the only pick swap the team’s front office […]

2021 NHL Draft Preview: Hurricanes have 9 picks this weekend

July 22, 2021 Cory Lavalette

A funny thing happened on the way to the 2021 NHL Draft. In a year that many warned would lead to spotty scouting and uncertainty, the top draft pundits and prognosticators mostly agreed on which […]

Hurricanes’ busy week includes draft, retirement, free agency

October 14, 2020 Cory Lavalette

The NHL will have to play a condensed schedule to stuff 82 games into a 2020-21 season that will start, at the earliest, nearly three months late on Jan. 1, 2021. The whole league — […]

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‘Hockey sense’ prevailing theme for Hurricanes on draft’s 2nd day

October 8, 2020 Cory Lavalette

After a nearly eight-hour marathon Day 2 of the NHL Draft, a weary Darren Yorke — the Carolina Hurricanes director of player personnel — was quick to credit the months of work his scouts and […]

Hurricanes pick 13th in 2020 NHL Draft

September 30, 2020 Cory Lavalette

The 2019-20 NHL season finally ended Monday night — more than three months after it was initially supposed to conclude — with the Tampa Bay Lightning claiming their second Stanley Cup. While next season’s start […]