Its day two of the draft and the Carolina Hurricanes still have eleven more picks to make barring any more trades. Follow us here for live reactions and draft grades.
The Carolina Hurricanes are good at drafting. This is no secret. The last few years have seen their pipeline filled with excellent talent that sent the Charlotte Checkers all the way to the Calder Cup Finals to earn their first cup championship. But the real secret is how well they have drafted in rounds past the first.
While most teams don’t spend much time scouting players for the later rounds, the Carolina Hurricanes have made it their mission to find the diamonds in the rough. Several of their top star players have come in rounds 2-7. This includes Sebastian Aho and Jaccob Salvin. Who will the Canes draft in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft? Will they find more gems?
Yesterday they stole Ryan Suzuki at the 28th pick. The OHL player is a Barrie Colts star who was once a teammate to Andrei Svechnikov. While it will be a couple of years before he is NHL ready, he will definitely make an impact when he does make his NHL debut. He seems to already have his Storm Surge ready:
.@RSuzuki61 already knows how to do the storm surge! pic.twitter.com/CCKUrhPvzW
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) June 22, 2019
Yesterday was a success. Now we look forward to today where the Carolina Hurricanes have eleven more draft picks to make after trades. That includes two more in the second round. Stay tuned with us as the picks are made starting at 1PM ET.