Canes make seven picks on day two of the 2022 NHL entry draft

This year marked the first time the NHL draft had been held in person since the Coronavirus pandemic struck the world. With the destination being the Bell Center in Montreal, it was going to be a day to remember for the organization and everyone who was drafted. On day one, the Hurricanes were relatively quiet, but that didn’t stop the front office from making moves.

You can read about the trade the Canes made with Philadelphia Flyers to stock up on draft picks for a later date below, as we’ve already talked about that and I’m not going to mention that here.

Carolina had nothing to do in round one, and their first selection wasn’t until the 60th overall pick at the end of round two. This became clear almost as soon as the team got to Montreal that they were not going to be able to take one of the bluechip prospects available in this draft, and it was unlikely that they would be able to truly flush out the draft class with that high talent.

However, there were a lot of chances for the team to draft well, and as they usually do, they were going to take every chance they had to get a player who might be able to help the organization a couple of years down the road. We’re going to see some of these players in the NHL someday, you would hope. Now, again, that won’t be for a few years likely, but this doesn’t mean it won’t happen.

Carolina had a clear MO when they turned up to this day, and it was the KHL. With the league very unsure about the future of the Russian athletes in the KHL, Carolina took the chance to flush out their prospect pool with some of the finest Russians available in the KHL whenever they saw it was possible to do so. We will see what happens, but let’s start with the first pick of this draft class.