Carolina Hurricanes pipeline

The Carolina Hurricanes farm system is ranked 3rd by Puck Pipeline. Carolina has been one of the most successful regular season teams in the league for the better part of the last decade. Hurricanes management have also been able to routinely hit on non-first round picks time and time again. The constant injection of depth into this lineup allows Carolina to spend their dollars elsewhere, as seemingly every single season a new young player comes through and becomes a contributor to this team. On-top of this success, the bright spot of many past Carolina squads has been their D-core, which has a diamond of a prospect on its way. Aleksandr Nikishin is probably the best player in the world not playing in the NHL (at least from a European to NHL projection). Nikita Artamonov, a player widely overlooked in the 2024 NHL draft, seems to be the real deal over in the KHL.

Carolina Hurricanes top prospects

1. Logan Stankoven (C) 🇨🇦 Dallas Stars NHL - (2nd R, 47th ovr 2021, DAL to CAR)

2. Aleksandr Nikishin (D) 🇷🇺 SKA St. Petersburg KHL - (3rd R, 69th ovr 2020, CAR) 

3. Bradly Nadeau (C) 🇨🇦 University of Maine NCAA - (1st R, 30th ovr 2023, CAR)

4. Nikita Artamonov (RW/LW) 🇷🇺 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL - (2nd R, 50th ovr 2024, CAR)

5. Felix Unger Sorum (RW) 🇸🇪 Leksands IF SHL - (2nd R, 62nd ovr 2023, CAR)

6. Jackson Blake (RW) 🇺🇸 University of North Dakota NCAA - (4th R, 109th ovr 2021, CAR)

7. Gleb Trikozov (LW) 🇷🇺 Omskie Krylia VHL - (2nd R, 60th ovr 2022, CAR)

8. Scott Morrow (D) 🇺🇸 UMass NCAA - (2nd R, 40th ovr 2021, CAR)

9. Dominik Badinka (D) 🇨🇿 Malmo Redhawks SHL J20 - (2nd R, 34th ovr 2024, CAR)

10. Aleksi Heimosalmi (D) 🇫🇮 Assat LIIGA - (2nd R, 44th ovr 2021, CAR)

11. Jayden Perron (RW) 🇨🇦 University of North Dakota NCAA - (3rd R, 94th ovr 2023, CAR)

12. Aleksandr Perevalov (LW) 🇷🇺 HK Sochi KHL - (3rd R, 71st ovr 2022, CAR)

13. Aleksandr Rykov (RW) 🇷🇺 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL - (4th R, 100th ovr 2023, CAR)

14. Andrei Krutov (LW/RW) 🇷🇺 Chaika Nizhny Novgorod MHL - (7th R, 220th ovr 2024, CAR)

15. Justin Poirier (RW) 🇨🇦 Baie-Comeau Drakkar QMJHL - (5th R, 156th ovr 2024, CAR)

16. Oskar Vuollet (C/LW) 🇸🇪 Skelleftea AIK SHL J20 - (5th R, 133rd ovr 2024, CAR)

17. Noel Fransen (D) 🇸🇪 Farjestad BK SHL J20 - (3rd R, 69th ovr 2024, CAR)

18. Simon Forsmark (D) 🇸🇪 Timra IK SHL - (4th R, 101st ovr 2022, CAR)

19. Timur Kol (D) 🇷🇺 Omskie Krylia VHL - (6th R, 168th ovr 2024, CAR)

20. Timur Mukhanov (LW) 🇷🇺 Severstal Cherepovets KHL - (6th R, 163rd ovr 2023, CAR)

21. Fyodor Avramov (LW) 🇷🇺 Kapitan Stupino MHL - (6th R, 188th ovr 2024, CAR)

22. Justin Robidas (C) 🇨🇦 Norfolk Admirals ECHL - (5th R, 147th ovr 2021, CAR)

23. Aleksandr Siryatsky (D) 🇷🇺 Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk MHL - (4th R, 124th ovr 2024, CAR)

24. Joel Nystrom (D) 🇸🇪 Farjestad BK SHL - (7th R, 219th ovr 2021, CAR)

25. Vladimir Grudinin (D) 🇷🇺 CSKA Moskva KHL - (5th R, 156th ovr 2022, CAR)

26. Charles-Alexis Legault (D) 🇨🇦 Quinnipiac University NCAA - (5th R, 139th ovr 2023, CAR)

27. Ruslan Khazheyev (G) 🇷🇺 Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk MHL - (5th R, 158th ovr 2023, CAR)

28. Roman Shokhrin (D) 🇷🇺 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl MHL - (6th R, 184th ovr 2024, CAR)

29. Aleksandr Pelevin (D) 🇷🇺 Zauralie Kurgan VHL - (7th R, 205th ovr 2022, CAR)

30. Yegor Velmakin (G) 🇷🇺 Dinamo-Molodechno BELARUS - (7th R, 222nd ovr 2023, CAR)

31. Bryce Montgomery (D) 🇺🇸 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL - (6th R, 170th ovr 2021, CAR)

32. Ronan Seeley (D) 🇨🇦 Chicago Wolves AHL - (7th R, 208th ovr 2020, CAR)

33. Stanislav Yarovoiy (F) 🇷🇺 Vityaz Moskva KHL - (4th R, 126th ovr 2023, CAR)

34. Nikita Quapp (G) 🇩🇪 Lausitzer Fuchse DEL-2 - (6th R, 187th ovr 2021, CAR)

35. Michael Emerson (RW) 🇺🇸 Chicago Steel USHL - (6th R, 190th ovr 2023, CAR)