Carolina Hurricanes: Updated Top 3 2021 NHL Entry Draft 1st Round Targets
The 2021 NHL Entry Draft is right around the corner, and the Carolina Hurricanes have decisions to make about which player to draft in the 1st round. Various junior hockey leagues have either finished their season or are in the process of wrapping up their seasons (at the time of writing), and my draft rankings have changed recently.
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As such, I figured it’d be prudent to revisit the upcoming 2021 NHL Entry Draft and see what prospects could find themselves donning the red, black, and white in a few months.
My previous article on this topic was published roughly 3 months ago. Things have definitely changed since then.
In that article, I assumed that the Carolina Hurricanes would finish the season with the 25th overall pick or later. I’ll still be assuming this same scenario, although it is very likely the Canes end up with a later pick in the 1st round.
I also mentioned three players in that article, two of which are defensemen. You’ll see one of those players in this article, but their rankings have changed a bit, both in my personal opinion, and in the opinion of several prominent hockey analysts.
Without any further ado, here are my (updated) top 3 choices for the Carolina Hurricanes 1st round selection in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.