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Carolina Hurricanes: Elite Players Selected Right Before a Canes Pick

By Austin Isham

TORONTO, ON - FEBRUARY 7: Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs goes on the attack against the Anaheim Ducks during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on February 7, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Ducks 5-4 in overtime. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - FEBRUARY 7: Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs goes on the attack against the Anaheim Ducks during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on February 7, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Ducks 5-4 in overtime. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /
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Mitch Marner

The Carolina Hurricanes could have drafted Marner had Toronto failed to

Possibly the biggest name on this list thus far, Mitch Marner is a dynamic forward for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Selected 4th overall in 2015 the Hurricanes just missed out on having another elite young talent on the roster.

Directly after him, the Canes selected Noah Hanifin. While at the time it appeared as if Carolina was getting a future number one defenseman, we all know how well that panned out.  While, like Lindholm, Noah isn’t an actual “bust,” the selection didn’t really work out the way they were envisioning it at the time.

I remember around draft day people thinking Toronto was thinking about taking a defenseman with their pick and was hoping that Marner would fall just one more time so that Carolina could have drafted him. Unfortunately, that never happened.

Compared a lot to Patrick Kane, just imagine how deadly a duo of Marner and Sebastian Aho would be. With Aho also drafted the same year this would have been one of the best draft classes for the organization ever.

The only thing is I am unsure how the Canes brass would have gone about Mitch’s massive contract. Making over 10 million per season, it is a deal that I don’t think he would have gotten had the Hurricanes drafted him.

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