Carolina Hurricanes Top 10 Prospects of 2015
By Brett Finger
Jun 26, 2015; Sunrise, FL, USA; Noah Hanifin poses with team executives after being selected as the number five overall pick to the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round of the 2015 NHL Draft at BB&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
The Carolina Hurricanes are a rebuilding team. That much is not a secret to anyone surrounding the organization, but something of relative mystery is what the Canes actually have in the system for the future.
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With three straight years of top-seven draft picks, the Carolina Hurricanes should be starting to build a respectable prospect pool, and that is, in fact, the case.
Carolina has gone out and picked up some very good talent in recent years, along with some impressive picks in mid-rounds that are not to be forgotten.
With that in mind, I have compiled a top-10 list of prospects in the Carolina Hurricanes’ system as of the offseason of 2015.
You will see in the slides ahead that most of these players are defensemen, and that is certainly not an accident as we have seen the Hurricanes draft very high with defensemen over the past couple of drafts.
Peter Karmanos Jr., owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, said in a July 1, 2015 press conference that he expects the Canes to have one of the best, if not the very best, defenses in the entire National Hockey League. That is setting expectations very high for this group, but I do not think it is unrealistic.
Here are the top-10 prospects with honorable mentions.
Next: Honorable Mentions