RALEIGH, NC. – The Nationwide Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes accomplished their exercise on the 2024 NHL Draft on Saturday, deciding on 10 gamers in rounds 2-7.
Carolina traded its first-round choose, twenty seventh general, to the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, in alternate for Chicago’s second-round choose, thirty fourth general, and NY Islanders’ second-round choose, fiftieth general. Chicago chosen left wing Marek Vanacker.
Spherical 2, thirty fourth Total (from Chicago) – Dominik Badinka, RHD, Malmo (Sweden)
Badinka tallied 4 factors (1g, 3a) and averaged 14:54 of ice time over 33 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Malmo IF final season, and he was certainly one of three defensemen aged 19 or youthful to earn a degree within the SHL in 2023-24. The 6’3”, 185-pound defenseman additionally skated in 17 video games with Malmo’s junior crew, incomes 13 factors (2g, 11a) and a +8 score. Badinka spent the 2022-23 marketing campaign with Jokerit’s junior crew, posting 26 factors (5g, 21a) in 43 contests. He tied for essentially the most factors of any Jokerit defenseman and added 4 factors (1g, 3a) in 12 playoff video games to assist the crew to a silver medal in Finland’s junior league. A local of Chomutov, Czechia, Badinka started his profession with Pirati Chomutov and tallied 59 factors (14g, 45a) in 49 video games over three seasons with Pirati’s under-17 crew from 2019-22. He has represented Czechia internationally and posted two assists in 5 video games on the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Badinka was ranked 14th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 2, fiftieth Total (from Chicago) – Nikita Artamonov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
Artamonov skated in 54 KHL video games with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, ending second in scoring amongst all KHL skaters aged 18 or youthful. The 5’11”, 187-pound winger made his KHL debut with Torpedo in 2022-23, and his 0.42 factors per sport is tied for the sixth-highest scoring fee in KHL historical past by any participant earlier than turning 19. Final season, Artamonov additionally scored one aim in two video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod of the MHL, Russia’s highest junior league, and added 10 factors (6g, 4a) in 11 MHL playoff video games to assist the crew advance to the league semifinals. He registered 29 factors (11g, 18a) in 41 video games with Chaika in 2022-23, and he posted 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 17 playoff contests to assist the crew win the 2023 Kharlamov Cup. The Nizhnekamsk, Russia, native additionally performed 10 MHL video games over components of two seasons with Reaktor Nizhnekamsk in 2022, incomes 5 factors (1g, 4a). Artamonov was ranked nineteenth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its second-round choose, sixtieth general, to the Columbus Blue Jackets, in alternate for a third-round choose, 69th general, and a fifth-round choose, 133rd general. Columbus chosen goaltender Evan Gardner.
Spherical 3, 69th Total (from Columbus) – Noel Fransen, LHD, Farjestad Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Fransen tallied 44 factors (20g, 24a) in 45 video games with Farjestad BK’s junior crew in 2023-24, rating first in targets and factors and fifth in assists amongst all defensemen in Sweden’s high junior league. The 6’0”, 183-pound blueliner additionally skated in his first 4 profession Swedish Hockey League video games with Farjestad BK final season and scored a aim in his SHL debut in opposition to MoDo on Dec. 19. Fransen has tallied 45 factors (21g, 24a) in 52 profession Swedish junior league video games during the last three campaigns, and he additionally posted 34 factors (11g, 23a) in 44 contests on the under-18 stage from 2021-23, captaining Farjestad BK’s under-18 squad in 2022-23. The Karlstad, Sweden, native was ranked forty eighth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its third-round choose, 92nd general, to the Chicago Blackhawks, in alternate for a third-round choose within the 2025 NHL Draft. Chicago chosen proper wing Jack Pridham.
Spherical 4, 124th Total – Alexander Siryatsky, LHD, Magnitogorsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Siryatsky, 17, performed his first MHL season with Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk in 2023-24, tallying 19 factors (5g, 14a) in 36 video games within the high Russian junior league. He added 4 assists in six MHL playoff video games, rating tied for the crew excessive in assists through the postseason. The 6’2”, 159-pound defenseman additionally skated in his first three profession KHL contests with Metallurg Magnitogorsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to Lokomotiv on Jan. 9, and he registered 13 factors (2g, 11a) in 14 video games with Metallurg’s under-18 crew. The Omsk, Russia, native was ranked 66th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 133rd Total (from Columbus) – Oskar Vuollet, LW, Skelleftea Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Vuollet was named the Greatest Ahead in Sweden’s high junior league final season after posting 61 factors (29g, 32a) in 41 video games and ending second in targets and tied for fifth in factors amongst all league skaters. He additionally recorded 21 factors (14g, 7a) in 9 playoff video games to assist the crew win the league title, with six extra postseason targets than some other J20 Nationell participant. The 5’11”, 173-pound winger additionally performed his first 15 profession Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Skelleftea AIK and skated in 4 playoff video games with the eventual SHL champions. Vuollet has registered 111 factors (49g, 62a) in 94 junior league video games since 2021-22, and he served as an alternate captain for Skelleftea’s junior crew final season. The Skelleftea native additionally earned 56 factors (30g, 26a) in 45 contests over components of three campaigns with Skelleftea’s under-18 squad from 2021-23. Vuollet was ranked ninetieth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 156th Total – Justin Poirier, RW, Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
Poirier, 17, registered 82 factors (51g, 31a) in 68 regular-season QMJHL video games with Baie-Comeau in 2023-24 and added 27 factors (18g, 9a) in 17 playoff contests. The 5’7”, 185-pound winger turned the primary 17-year-old to succeed in the 50-goal mark within the QMJHL since Sidney Crosby, and he additionally turned the primary QMJHL skater in 10 years to steer the league in targets throughout each the common season and playoffs. He was named to the league’s Second All-Star Workforce, and he has now posted 130 factors (79g, 51a) in 123 video games with Baie-Comeau during the last two seasons. The Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., native received a gold medal with Canada on the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, incomes 4 factors (2g, 2a) in 5 video games, and he served as an alternate captain for Canada Black on the 2022 World Below-17 Hockey Problem. Poirier was ranked 82nd general amongst North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 168th general, from the Ottawa Senators on March 15, in alternate for ahead Jamieson Rees.
Spherical 6, 168th Total (from Ottawa) – Timur Kol, LHD, Omsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Kol spent nearly all of the 2023-24 season with Omskie Krylia of the VHL, Russia’s second-highest skilled league, posting eight factors (5g, 3a) in 23 video games. The 6’4”, 204-pound defenseman additionally recorded eight factors (2g, 6a) in 14 MHL video games with Omskie Yastreby and added 5 factors (3g, 2a) in eight playoff appearances, rating second in targets amongst all MHL blueliners through the postseason. Kol has now tallied 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 20 profession MHL video games with Yastreby over the previous two campaigns. The Moscow, Russia, native additionally skated in his first two profession KHL contests with Avangard Omsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to HC Sochi on Dec. 21. Kol was ranked thirty sixth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 184th general, from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 29, in a three-team cope with Anaheim. The Hurricanes traded ahead Kirill Slepets’ draft rights to the Maple Leafs and retained 25% of defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin’s contract.
Spherical 6, 184th Total (from Toronto) – Roman Shokhrin, LHD, Loko-76 Yaroslavl (Russia Jr.)
Shokhrin tallied 14 factors (2g, 12a) in 36 MHL video games with Loko-76 Yaroslavl in 2023-24. The 6’5”, 205-pound defenseman has now posted 20 factors (3g, 17a) in 71 profession MHL contests with Loko-76 over the previous two seasons. The Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, native was ranked thirty ninth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 6, 188th Total – Fyodor Avramov, LW, Stupino Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Avramov recorded 44 factors (23g, 21a) in 49 MHL video games with Kapitan Stupino final season, main his crew in targets, assists and factors. The 6’3”, 190-pound winger posted a season-long, 14-game level streak from Dec. 10 to Jan. 27, with targets in every of his closing 5 contests over that stretch. The St. Petersburg, Russia, native additionally performed 24 MHL video games with SKA-Varyagi St. Petersburg in 2022-23, and he has registered 49 factors (24g, 25a) in 73 profession MHL video games over the previous two seasons. Avramov was ranked 53rd general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 7, 220th Total – Andrey Krutov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Krutov earned 50 factors (21g, 29a) in 41 MHL video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, main the crew in factors whereas rating second in each targets and assists. The 5’11”, 174-pound winger added 10 factors (7g, 3a) in 14 MHL playoff contests as Chaika superior to the league semifinals, ending tied for the crew lead in targets through the postseason. The Togliatti, Russia, native has performed 83 profession MHL video games during the last two campaigns, all with Chaika, registering 64 factors (29g, 35a). Krutov was ranked 97th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
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Elite Prospects Participant Profiles
Dominik Badinka
Nikita Artamonov
Noel Fransen
Alexander Siryatsky
Oskar Vuollet
Justin Poirier
Timur Kol
Roman Shokhrin
Fyodor Avramov
Andrey Krutov
RALEIGH, NC. – The Nationwide Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes accomplished their exercise on the 2024 NHL Draft on Saturday, deciding on 10 gamers in rounds 2-7.
Carolina traded its first-round choose, twenty seventh general, to the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, in alternate for Chicago’s second-round choose, thirty fourth general, and NY Islanders’ second-round choose, fiftieth general. Chicago chosen left wing Marek Vanacker.
Spherical 2, thirty fourth Total (from Chicago) – Dominik Badinka, RHD, Malmo (Sweden)
Badinka tallied 4 factors (1g, 3a) and averaged 14:54 of ice time over 33 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Malmo IF final season, and he was certainly one of three defensemen aged 19 or youthful to earn a degree within the SHL in 2023-24. The 6’3”, 185-pound defenseman additionally skated in 17 video games with Malmo’s junior crew, incomes 13 factors (2g, 11a) and a +8 score. Badinka spent the 2022-23 marketing campaign with Jokerit’s junior crew, posting 26 factors (5g, 21a) in 43 contests. He tied for essentially the most factors of any Jokerit defenseman and added 4 factors (1g, 3a) in 12 playoff video games to assist the crew to a silver medal in Finland’s junior league. A local of Chomutov, Czechia, Badinka started his profession with Pirati Chomutov and tallied 59 factors (14g, 45a) in 49 video games over three seasons with Pirati’s under-17 crew from 2019-22. He has represented Czechia internationally and posted two assists in 5 video games on the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Badinka was ranked 14th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 2, fiftieth Total (from Chicago) – Nikita Artamonov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
Artamonov skated in 54 KHL video games with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, ending second in scoring amongst all KHL skaters aged 18 or youthful. The 5’11”, 187-pound winger made his KHL debut with Torpedo in 2022-23, and his 0.42 factors per sport is tied for the sixth-highest scoring fee in KHL historical past by any participant earlier than turning 19. Final season, Artamonov additionally scored one aim in two video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod of the MHL, Russia’s highest junior league, and added 10 factors (6g, 4a) in 11 MHL playoff video games to assist the crew advance to the league semifinals. He registered 29 factors (11g, 18a) in 41 video games with Chaika in 2022-23, and he posted 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 17 playoff contests to assist the crew win the 2023 Kharlamov Cup. The Nizhnekamsk, Russia, native additionally performed 10 MHL video games over components of two seasons with Reaktor Nizhnekamsk in 2022, incomes 5 factors (1g, 4a). Artamonov was ranked nineteenth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its second-round choose, sixtieth general, to the Columbus Blue Jackets, in alternate for a third-round choose, 69th general, and a fifth-round choose, 133rd general. Columbus chosen goaltender Evan Gardner.
Spherical 3, 69th Total (from Columbus) – Noel Fransen, LHD, Farjestad Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Fransen tallied 44 factors (20g, 24a) in 45 video games with Farjestad BK’s junior crew in 2023-24, rating first in targets and factors and fifth in assists amongst all defensemen in Sweden’s high junior league. The 6’0”, 183-pound blueliner additionally skated in his first 4 profession Swedish Hockey League video games with Farjestad BK final season and scored a aim in his SHL debut in opposition to MoDo on Dec. 19. Fransen has tallied 45 factors (21g, 24a) in 52 profession Swedish junior league video games during the last three campaigns, and he additionally posted 34 factors (11g, 23a) in 44 contests on the under-18 stage from 2021-23, captaining Farjestad BK’s under-18 squad in 2022-23. The Karlstad, Sweden, native was ranked forty eighth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its third-round choose, 92nd general, to the Chicago Blackhawks, in alternate for a third-round choose within the 2025 NHL Draft. Chicago chosen proper wing Jack Pridham.
Spherical 4, 124th Total – Alexander Siryatsky, LHD, Magnitogorsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Siryatsky, 17, performed his first MHL season with Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk in 2023-24, tallying 19 factors (5g, 14a) in 36 video games within the high Russian junior league. He added 4 assists in six MHL playoff video games, rating tied for the crew excessive in assists through the postseason. The 6’2”, 159-pound defenseman additionally skated in his first three profession KHL contests with Metallurg Magnitogorsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to Lokomotiv on Jan. 9, and he registered 13 factors (2g, 11a) in 14 video games with Metallurg’s under-18 crew. The Omsk, Russia, native was ranked 66th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 133rd Total (from Columbus) – Oskar Vuollet, LW, Skelleftea Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Vuollet was named the Greatest Ahead in Sweden’s high junior league final season after posting 61 factors (29g, 32a) in 41 video games and ending second in targets and tied for fifth in factors amongst all league skaters. He additionally recorded 21 factors (14g, 7a) in 9 playoff video games to assist the crew win the league title, with six extra postseason targets than some other J20 Nationell participant. The 5’11”, 173-pound winger additionally performed his first 15 profession Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Skelleftea AIK and skated in 4 playoff video games with the eventual SHL champions. Vuollet has registered 111 factors (49g, 62a) in 94 junior league video games since 2021-22, and he served as an alternate captain for Skelleftea’s junior crew final season. The Skelleftea native additionally earned 56 factors (30g, 26a) in 45 contests over components of three campaigns with Skelleftea’s under-18 squad from 2021-23. Vuollet was ranked ninetieth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 156th Total – Justin Poirier, RW, Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
Poirier, 17, registered 82 factors (51g, 31a) in 68 regular-season QMJHL video games with Baie-Comeau in 2023-24 and added 27 factors (18g, 9a) in 17 playoff contests. The 5’7”, 185-pound winger turned the primary 17-year-old to succeed in the 50-goal mark within the QMJHL since Sidney Crosby, and he additionally turned the primary QMJHL skater in 10 years to steer the league in targets throughout each the common season and playoffs. He was named to the league’s Second All-Star Workforce, and he has now posted 130 factors (79g, 51a) in 123 video games with Baie-Comeau during the last two seasons. The Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., native received a gold medal with Canada on the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, incomes 4 factors (2g, 2a) in 5 video games, and he served as an alternate captain for Canada Black on the 2022 World Below-17 Hockey Problem. Poirier was ranked 82nd general amongst North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 168th general, from the Ottawa Senators on March 15, in alternate for ahead Jamieson Rees.
Spherical 6, 168th Total (from Ottawa) – Timur Kol, LHD, Omsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Kol spent nearly all of the 2023-24 season with Omskie Krylia of the VHL, Russia’s second-highest skilled league, posting eight factors (5g, 3a) in 23 video games. The 6’4”, 204-pound defenseman additionally recorded eight factors (2g, 6a) in 14 MHL video games with Omskie Yastreby and added 5 factors (3g, 2a) in eight playoff appearances, rating second in targets amongst all MHL blueliners through the postseason. Kol has now tallied 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 20 profession MHL video games with Yastreby over the previous two campaigns. The Moscow, Russia, native additionally skated in his first two profession KHL contests with Avangard Omsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to HC Sochi on Dec. 21. Kol was ranked thirty sixth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 184th general, from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 29, in a three-team cope with Anaheim. The Hurricanes traded ahead Kirill Slepets’ draft rights to the Maple Leafs and retained 25% of defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin’s contract.
Spherical 6, 184th Total (from Toronto) – Roman Shokhrin, LHD, Loko-76 Yaroslavl (Russia Jr.)
Shokhrin tallied 14 factors (2g, 12a) in 36 MHL video games with Loko-76 Yaroslavl in 2023-24. The 6’5”, 205-pound defenseman has now posted 20 factors (3g, 17a) in 71 profession MHL contests with Loko-76 over the previous two seasons. The Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, native was ranked thirty ninth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 6, 188th Total – Fyodor Avramov, LW, Stupino Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Avramov recorded 44 factors (23g, 21a) in 49 MHL video games with Kapitan Stupino final season, main his crew in targets, assists and factors. The 6’3”, 190-pound winger posted a season-long, 14-game level streak from Dec. 10 to Jan. 27, with targets in every of his closing 5 contests over that stretch. The St. Petersburg, Russia, native additionally performed 24 MHL video games with SKA-Varyagi St. Petersburg in 2022-23, and he has registered 49 factors (24g, 25a) in 73 profession MHL video games over the previous two seasons. Avramov was ranked 53rd general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 7, 220th Total – Andrey Krutov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Krutov earned 50 factors (21g, 29a) in 41 MHL video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, main the crew in factors whereas rating second in each targets and assists. The 5’11”, 174-pound winger added 10 factors (7g, 3a) in 14 MHL playoff contests as Chaika superior to the league semifinals, ending tied for the crew lead in targets through the postseason. The Togliatti, Russia, native has performed 83 profession MHL video games during the last two campaigns, all with Chaika, registering 64 factors (29g, 35a). Krutov was ranked 97th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
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Elite Prospects Participant Profiles
Dominik Badinka
Nikita Artamonov
Noel Fransen
Alexander Siryatsky
Oskar Vuollet
Justin Poirier
Timur Kol
Roman Shokhrin
Fyodor Avramov
Andrey Krutov
RALEIGH, NC. – The Nationwide Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes accomplished their exercise on the 2024 NHL Draft on Saturday, deciding on 10 gamers in rounds 2-7.
Carolina traded its first-round choose, twenty seventh general, to the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, in alternate for Chicago’s second-round choose, thirty fourth general, and NY Islanders’ second-round choose, fiftieth general. Chicago chosen left wing Marek Vanacker.
Spherical 2, thirty fourth Total (from Chicago) – Dominik Badinka, RHD, Malmo (Sweden)
Badinka tallied 4 factors (1g, 3a) and averaged 14:54 of ice time over 33 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Malmo IF final season, and he was certainly one of three defensemen aged 19 or youthful to earn a degree within the SHL in 2023-24. The 6’3”, 185-pound defenseman additionally skated in 17 video games with Malmo’s junior crew, incomes 13 factors (2g, 11a) and a +8 score. Badinka spent the 2022-23 marketing campaign with Jokerit’s junior crew, posting 26 factors (5g, 21a) in 43 contests. He tied for essentially the most factors of any Jokerit defenseman and added 4 factors (1g, 3a) in 12 playoff video games to assist the crew to a silver medal in Finland’s junior league. A local of Chomutov, Czechia, Badinka started his profession with Pirati Chomutov and tallied 59 factors (14g, 45a) in 49 video games over three seasons with Pirati’s under-17 crew from 2019-22. He has represented Czechia internationally and posted two assists in 5 video games on the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Badinka was ranked 14th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 2, fiftieth Total (from Chicago) – Nikita Artamonov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
Artamonov skated in 54 KHL video games with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, ending second in scoring amongst all KHL skaters aged 18 or youthful. The 5’11”, 187-pound winger made his KHL debut with Torpedo in 2022-23, and his 0.42 factors per sport is tied for the sixth-highest scoring fee in KHL historical past by any participant earlier than turning 19. Final season, Artamonov additionally scored one aim in two video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod of the MHL, Russia’s highest junior league, and added 10 factors (6g, 4a) in 11 MHL playoff video games to assist the crew advance to the league semifinals. He registered 29 factors (11g, 18a) in 41 video games with Chaika in 2022-23, and he posted 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 17 playoff contests to assist the crew win the 2023 Kharlamov Cup. The Nizhnekamsk, Russia, native additionally performed 10 MHL video games over components of two seasons with Reaktor Nizhnekamsk in 2022, incomes 5 factors (1g, 4a). Artamonov was ranked nineteenth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its second-round choose, sixtieth general, to the Columbus Blue Jackets, in alternate for a third-round choose, 69th general, and a fifth-round choose, 133rd general. Columbus chosen goaltender Evan Gardner.
Spherical 3, 69th Total (from Columbus) – Noel Fransen, LHD, Farjestad Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Fransen tallied 44 factors (20g, 24a) in 45 video games with Farjestad BK’s junior crew in 2023-24, rating first in targets and factors and fifth in assists amongst all defensemen in Sweden’s high junior league. The 6’0”, 183-pound blueliner additionally skated in his first 4 profession Swedish Hockey League video games with Farjestad BK final season and scored a aim in his SHL debut in opposition to MoDo on Dec. 19. Fransen has tallied 45 factors (21g, 24a) in 52 profession Swedish junior league video games during the last three campaigns, and he additionally posted 34 factors (11g, 23a) in 44 contests on the under-18 stage from 2021-23, captaining Farjestad BK’s under-18 squad in 2022-23. The Karlstad, Sweden, native was ranked forty eighth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its third-round choose, 92nd general, to the Chicago Blackhawks, in alternate for a third-round choose within the 2025 NHL Draft. Chicago chosen proper wing Jack Pridham.
Spherical 4, 124th Total – Alexander Siryatsky, LHD, Magnitogorsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Siryatsky, 17, performed his first MHL season with Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk in 2023-24, tallying 19 factors (5g, 14a) in 36 video games within the high Russian junior league. He added 4 assists in six MHL playoff video games, rating tied for the crew excessive in assists through the postseason. The 6’2”, 159-pound defenseman additionally skated in his first three profession KHL contests with Metallurg Magnitogorsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to Lokomotiv on Jan. 9, and he registered 13 factors (2g, 11a) in 14 video games with Metallurg’s under-18 crew. The Omsk, Russia, native was ranked 66th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 133rd Total (from Columbus) – Oskar Vuollet, LW, Skelleftea Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Vuollet was named the Greatest Ahead in Sweden’s high junior league final season after posting 61 factors (29g, 32a) in 41 video games and ending second in targets and tied for fifth in factors amongst all league skaters. He additionally recorded 21 factors (14g, 7a) in 9 playoff video games to assist the crew win the league title, with six extra postseason targets than some other J20 Nationell participant. The 5’11”, 173-pound winger additionally performed his first 15 profession Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Skelleftea AIK and skated in 4 playoff video games with the eventual SHL champions. Vuollet has registered 111 factors (49g, 62a) in 94 junior league video games since 2021-22, and he served as an alternate captain for Skelleftea’s junior crew final season. The Skelleftea native additionally earned 56 factors (30g, 26a) in 45 contests over components of three campaigns with Skelleftea’s under-18 squad from 2021-23. Vuollet was ranked ninetieth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 156th Total – Justin Poirier, RW, Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
Poirier, 17, registered 82 factors (51g, 31a) in 68 regular-season QMJHL video games with Baie-Comeau in 2023-24 and added 27 factors (18g, 9a) in 17 playoff contests. The 5’7”, 185-pound winger turned the primary 17-year-old to succeed in the 50-goal mark within the QMJHL since Sidney Crosby, and he additionally turned the primary QMJHL skater in 10 years to steer the league in targets throughout each the common season and playoffs. He was named to the league’s Second All-Star Workforce, and he has now posted 130 factors (79g, 51a) in 123 video games with Baie-Comeau during the last two seasons. The Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., native received a gold medal with Canada on the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, incomes 4 factors (2g, 2a) in 5 video games, and he served as an alternate captain for Canada Black on the 2022 World Below-17 Hockey Problem. Poirier was ranked 82nd general amongst North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 168th general, from the Ottawa Senators on March 15, in alternate for ahead Jamieson Rees.
Spherical 6, 168th Total (from Ottawa) – Timur Kol, LHD, Omsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Kol spent nearly all of the 2023-24 season with Omskie Krylia of the VHL, Russia’s second-highest skilled league, posting eight factors (5g, 3a) in 23 video games. The 6’4”, 204-pound defenseman additionally recorded eight factors (2g, 6a) in 14 MHL video games with Omskie Yastreby and added 5 factors (3g, 2a) in eight playoff appearances, rating second in targets amongst all MHL blueliners through the postseason. Kol has now tallied 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 20 profession MHL video games with Yastreby over the previous two campaigns. The Moscow, Russia, native additionally skated in his first two profession KHL contests with Avangard Omsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to HC Sochi on Dec. 21. Kol was ranked thirty sixth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 184th general, from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 29, in a three-team cope with Anaheim. The Hurricanes traded ahead Kirill Slepets’ draft rights to the Maple Leafs and retained 25% of defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin’s contract.
Spherical 6, 184th Total (from Toronto) – Roman Shokhrin, LHD, Loko-76 Yaroslavl (Russia Jr.)
Shokhrin tallied 14 factors (2g, 12a) in 36 MHL video games with Loko-76 Yaroslavl in 2023-24. The 6’5”, 205-pound defenseman has now posted 20 factors (3g, 17a) in 71 profession MHL contests with Loko-76 over the previous two seasons. The Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, native was ranked thirty ninth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 6, 188th Total – Fyodor Avramov, LW, Stupino Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Avramov recorded 44 factors (23g, 21a) in 49 MHL video games with Kapitan Stupino final season, main his crew in targets, assists and factors. The 6’3”, 190-pound winger posted a season-long, 14-game level streak from Dec. 10 to Jan. 27, with targets in every of his closing 5 contests over that stretch. The St. Petersburg, Russia, native additionally performed 24 MHL video games with SKA-Varyagi St. Petersburg in 2022-23, and he has registered 49 factors (24g, 25a) in 73 profession MHL video games over the previous two seasons. Avramov was ranked 53rd general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 7, 220th Total – Andrey Krutov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Krutov earned 50 factors (21g, 29a) in 41 MHL video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, main the crew in factors whereas rating second in each targets and assists. The 5’11”, 174-pound winger added 10 factors (7g, 3a) in 14 MHL playoff contests as Chaika superior to the league semifinals, ending tied for the crew lead in targets through the postseason. The Togliatti, Russia, native has performed 83 profession MHL video games during the last two campaigns, all with Chaika, registering 64 factors (29g, 35a). Krutov was ranked 97th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
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Elite Prospects Participant Profiles
Dominik Badinka
Nikita Artamonov
Noel Fransen
Alexander Siryatsky
Oskar Vuollet
Justin Poirier
Timur Kol
Roman Shokhrin
Fyodor Avramov
Andrey Krutov
RALEIGH, NC. – The Nationwide Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes accomplished their exercise on the 2024 NHL Draft on Saturday, deciding on 10 gamers in rounds 2-7.
Carolina traded its first-round choose, twenty seventh general, to the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, in alternate for Chicago’s second-round choose, thirty fourth general, and NY Islanders’ second-round choose, fiftieth general. Chicago chosen left wing Marek Vanacker.
Spherical 2, thirty fourth Total (from Chicago) – Dominik Badinka, RHD, Malmo (Sweden)
Badinka tallied 4 factors (1g, 3a) and averaged 14:54 of ice time over 33 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Malmo IF final season, and he was certainly one of three defensemen aged 19 or youthful to earn a degree within the SHL in 2023-24. The 6’3”, 185-pound defenseman additionally skated in 17 video games with Malmo’s junior crew, incomes 13 factors (2g, 11a) and a +8 score. Badinka spent the 2022-23 marketing campaign with Jokerit’s junior crew, posting 26 factors (5g, 21a) in 43 contests. He tied for essentially the most factors of any Jokerit defenseman and added 4 factors (1g, 3a) in 12 playoff video games to assist the crew to a silver medal in Finland’s junior league. A local of Chomutov, Czechia, Badinka started his profession with Pirati Chomutov and tallied 59 factors (14g, 45a) in 49 video games over three seasons with Pirati’s under-17 crew from 2019-22. He has represented Czechia internationally and posted two assists in 5 video games on the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Badinka was ranked 14th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 2, fiftieth Total (from Chicago) – Nikita Artamonov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
Artamonov skated in 54 KHL video games with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, ending second in scoring amongst all KHL skaters aged 18 or youthful. The 5’11”, 187-pound winger made his KHL debut with Torpedo in 2022-23, and his 0.42 factors per sport is tied for the sixth-highest scoring fee in KHL historical past by any participant earlier than turning 19. Final season, Artamonov additionally scored one aim in two video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod of the MHL, Russia’s highest junior league, and added 10 factors (6g, 4a) in 11 MHL playoff video games to assist the crew advance to the league semifinals. He registered 29 factors (11g, 18a) in 41 video games with Chaika in 2022-23, and he posted 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 17 playoff contests to assist the crew win the 2023 Kharlamov Cup. The Nizhnekamsk, Russia, native additionally performed 10 MHL video games over components of two seasons with Reaktor Nizhnekamsk in 2022, incomes 5 factors (1g, 4a). Artamonov was ranked nineteenth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its second-round choose, sixtieth general, to the Columbus Blue Jackets, in alternate for a third-round choose, 69th general, and a fifth-round choose, 133rd general. Columbus chosen goaltender Evan Gardner.
Spherical 3, 69th Total (from Columbus) – Noel Fransen, LHD, Farjestad Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Fransen tallied 44 factors (20g, 24a) in 45 video games with Farjestad BK’s junior crew in 2023-24, rating first in targets and factors and fifth in assists amongst all defensemen in Sweden’s high junior league. The 6’0”, 183-pound blueliner additionally skated in his first 4 profession Swedish Hockey League video games with Farjestad BK final season and scored a aim in his SHL debut in opposition to MoDo on Dec. 19. Fransen has tallied 45 factors (21g, 24a) in 52 profession Swedish junior league video games during the last three campaigns, and he additionally posted 34 factors (11g, 23a) in 44 contests on the under-18 stage from 2021-23, captaining Farjestad BK’s under-18 squad in 2022-23. The Karlstad, Sweden, native was ranked forty eighth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its third-round choose, 92nd general, to the Chicago Blackhawks, in alternate for a third-round choose within the 2025 NHL Draft. Chicago chosen proper wing Jack Pridham.
Spherical 4, 124th Total – Alexander Siryatsky, LHD, Magnitogorsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Siryatsky, 17, performed his first MHL season with Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk in 2023-24, tallying 19 factors (5g, 14a) in 36 video games within the high Russian junior league. He added 4 assists in six MHL playoff video games, rating tied for the crew excessive in assists through the postseason. The 6’2”, 159-pound defenseman additionally skated in his first three profession KHL contests with Metallurg Magnitogorsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to Lokomotiv on Jan. 9, and he registered 13 factors (2g, 11a) in 14 video games with Metallurg’s under-18 crew. The Omsk, Russia, native was ranked 66th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 133rd Total (from Columbus) – Oskar Vuollet, LW, Skelleftea Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Vuollet was named the Greatest Ahead in Sweden’s high junior league final season after posting 61 factors (29g, 32a) in 41 video games and ending second in targets and tied for fifth in factors amongst all league skaters. He additionally recorded 21 factors (14g, 7a) in 9 playoff video games to assist the crew win the league title, with six extra postseason targets than some other J20 Nationell participant. The 5’11”, 173-pound winger additionally performed his first 15 profession Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Skelleftea AIK and skated in 4 playoff video games with the eventual SHL champions. Vuollet has registered 111 factors (49g, 62a) in 94 junior league video games since 2021-22, and he served as an alternate captain for Skelleftea’s junior crew final season. The Skelleftea native additionally earned 56 factors (30g, 26a) in 45 contests over components of three campaigns with Skelleftea’s under-18 squad from 2021-23. Vuollet was ranked ninetieth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 156th Total – Justin Poirier, RW, Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
Poirier, 17, registered 82 factors (51g, 31a) in 68 regular-season QMJHL video games with Baie-Comeau in 2023-24 and added 27 factors (18g, 9a) in 17 playoff contests. The 5’7”, 185-pound winger turned the primary 17-year-old to succeed in the 50-goal mark within the QMJHL since Sidney Crosby, and he additionally turned the primary QMJHL skater in 10 years to steer the league in targets throughout each the common season and playoffs. He was named to the league’s Second All-Star Workforce, and he has now posted 130 factors (79g, 51a) in 123 video games with Baie-Comeau during the last two seasons. The Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., native received a gold medal with Canada on the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, incomes 4 factors (2g, 2a) in 5 video games, and he served as an alternate captain for Canada Black on the 2022 World Below-17 Hockey Problem. Poirier was ranked 82nd general amongst North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 168th general, from the Ottawa Senators on March 15, in alternate for ahead Jamieson Rees.
Spherical 6, 168th Total (from Ottawa) – Timur Kol, LHD, Omsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Kol spent nearly all of the 2023-24 season with Omskie Krylia of the VHL, Russia’s second-highest skilled league, posting eight factors (5g, 3a) in 23 video games. The 6’4”, 204-pound defenseman additionally recorded eight factors (2g, 6a) in 14 MHL video games with Omskie Yastreby and added 5 factors (3g, 2a) in eight playoff appearances, rating second in targets amongst all MHL blueliners through the postseason. Kol has now tallied 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 20 profession MHL video games with Yastreby over the previous two campaigns. The Moscow, Russia, native additionally skated in his first two profession KHL contests with Avangard Omsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to HC Sochi on Dec. 21. Kol was ranked thirty sixth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 184th general, from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 29, in a three-team cope with Anaheim. The Hurricanes traded ahead Kirill Slepets’ draft rights to the Maple Leafs and retained 25% of defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin’s contract.
Spherical 6, 184th Total (from Toronto) – Roman Shokhrin, LHD, Loko-76 Yaroslavl (Russia Jr.)
Shokhrin tallied 14 factors (2g, 12a) in 36 MHL video games with Loko-76 Yaroslavl in 2023-24. The 6’5”, 205-pound defenseman has now posted 20 factors (3g, 17a) in 71 profession MHL contests with Loko-76 over the previous two seasons. The Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, native was ranked thirty ninth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 6, 188th Total – Fyodor Avramov, LW, Stupino Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Avramov recorded 44 factors (23g, 21a) in 49 MHL video games with Kapitan Stupino final season, main his crew in targets, assists and factors. The 6’3”, 190-pound winger posted a season-long, 14-game level streak from Dec. 10 to Jan. 27, with targets in every of his closing 5 contests over that stretch. The St. Petersburg, Russia, native additionally performed 24 MHL video games with SKA-Varyagi St. Petersburg in 2022-23, and he has registered 49 factors (24g, 25a) in 73 profession MHL video games over the previous two seasons. Avramov was ranked 53rd general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 7, 220th Total – Andrey Krutov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Krutov earned 50 factors (21g, 29a) in 41 MHL video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, main the crew in factors whereas rating second in each targets and assists. The 5’11”, 174-pound winger added 10 factors (7g, 3a) in 14 MHL playoff contests as Chaika superior to the league semifinals, ending tied for the crew lead in targets through the postseason. The Togliatti, Russia, native has performed 83 profession MHL video games during the last two campaigns, all with Chaika, registering 64 factors (29g, 35a). Krutov was ranked 97th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
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Elite Prospects Participant Profiles
Dominik Badinka
Nikita Artamonov
Noel Fransen
Alexander Siryatsky
Oskar Vuollet
Justin Poirier
Timur Kol
Roman Shokhrin
Fyodor Avramov
Andrey Krutov
RALEIGH, NC. – The Nationwide Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes accomplished their exercise on the 2024 NHL Draft on Saturday, deciding on 10 gamers in rounds 2-7.
Carolina traded its first-round choose, twenty seventh general, to the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, in alternate for Chicago’s second-round choose, thirty fourth general, and NY Islanders’ second-round choose, fiftieth general. Chicago chosen left wing Marek Vanacker.
Spherical 2, thirty fourth Total (from Chicago) – Dominik Badinka, RHD, Malmo (Sweden)
Badinka tallied 4 factors (1g, 3a) and averaged 14:54 of ice time over 33 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Malmo IF final season, and he was certainly one of three defensemen aged 19 or youthful to earn a degree within the SHL in 2023-24. The 6’3”, 185-pound defenseman additionally skated in 17 video games with Malmo’s junior crew, incomes 13 factors (2g, 11a) and a +8 score. Badinka spent the 2022-23 marketing campaign with Jokerit’s junior crew, posting 26 factors (5g, 21a) in 43 contests. He tied for essentially the most factors of any Jokerit defenseman and added 4 factors (1g, 3a) in 12 playoff video games to assist the crew to a silver medal in Finland’s junior league. A local of Chomutov, Czechia, Badinka started his profession with Pirati Chomutov and tallied 59 factors (14g, 45a) in 49 video games over three seasons with Pirati’s under-17 crew from 2019-22. He has represented Czechia internationally and posted two assists in 5 video games on the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Badinka was ranked 14th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 2, fiftieth Total (from Chicago) – Nikita Artamonov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
Artamonov skated in 54 KHL video games with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, ending second in scoring amongst all KHL skaters aged 18 or youthful. The 5’11”, 187-pound winger made his KHL debut with Torpedo in 2022-23, and his 0.42 factors per sport is tied for the sixth-highest scoring fee in KHL historical past by any participant earlier than turning 19. Final season, Artamonov additionally scored one aim in two video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod of the MHL, Russia’s highest junior league, and added 10 factors (6g, 4a) in 11 MHL playoff video games to assist the crew advance to the league semifinals. He registered 29 factors (11g, 18a) in 41 video games with Chaika in 2022-23, and he posted 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 17 playoff contests to assist the crew win the 2023 Kharlamov Cup. The Nizhnekamsk, Russia, native additionally performed 10 MHL video games over components of two seasons with Reaktor Nizhnekamsk in 2022, incomes 5 factors (1g, 4a). Artamonov was ranked nineteenth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its second-round choose, sixtieth general, to the Columbus Blue Jackets, in alternate for a third-round choose, 69th general, and a fifth-round choose, 133rd general. Columbus chosen goaltender Evan Gardner.
Spherical 3, 69th Total (from Columbus) – Noel Fransen, LHD, Farjestad Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Fransen tallied 44 factors (20g, 24a) in 45 video games with Farjestad BK’s junior crew in 2023-24, rating first in targets and factors and fifth in assists amongst all defensemen in Sweden’s high junior league. The 6’0”, 183-pound blueliner additionally skated in his first 4 profession Swedish Hockey League video games with Farjestad BK final season and scored a aim in his SHL debut in opposition to MoDo on Dec. 19. Fransen has tallied 45 factors (21g, 24a) in 52 profession Swedish junior league video games during the last three campaigns, and he additionally posted 34 factors (11g, 23a) in 44 contests on the under-18 stage from 2021-23, captaining Farjestad BK’s under-18 squad in 2022-23. The Karlstad, Sweden, native was ranked forty eighth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its third-round choose, 92nd general, to the Chicago Blackhawks, in alternate for a third-round choose within the 2025 NHL Draft. Chicago chosen proper wing Jack Pridham.
Spherical 4, 124th Total – Alexander Siryatsky, LHD, Magnitogorsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Siryatsky, 17, performed his first MHL season with Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk in 2023-24, tallying 19 factors (5g, 14a) in 36 video games within the high Russian junior league. He added 4 assists in six MHL playoff video games, rating tied for the crew excessive in assists through the postseason. The 6’2”, 159-pound defenseman additionally skated in his first three profession KHL contests with Metallurg Magnitogorsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to Lokomotiv on Jan. 9, and he registered 13 factors (2g, 11a) in 14 video games with Metallurg’s under-18 crew. The Omsk, Russia, native was ranked 66th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 133rd Total (from Columbus) – Oskar Vuollet, LW, Skelleftea Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Vuollet was named the Greatest Ahead in Sweden’s high junior league final season after posting 61 factors (29g, 32a) in 41 video games and ending second in targets and tied for fifth in factors amongst all league skaters. He additionally recorded 21 factors (14g, 7a) in 9 playoff video games to assist the crew win the league title, with six extra postseason targets than some other J20 Nationell participant. The 5’11”, 173-pound winger additionally performed his first 15 profession Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Skelleftea AIK and skated in 4 playoff video games with the eventual SHL champions. Vuollet has registered 111 factors (49g, 62a) in 94 junior league video games since 2021-22, and he served as an alternate captain for Skelleftea’s junior crew final season. The Skelleftea native additionally earned 56 factors (30g, 26a) in 45 contests over components of three campaigns with Skelleftea’s under-18 squad from 2021-23. Vuollet was ranked ninetieth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 156th Total – Justin Poirier, RW, Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
Poirier, 17, registered 82 factors (51g, 31a) in 68 regular-season QMJHL video games with Baie-Comeau in 2023-24 and added 27 factors (18g, 9a) in 17 playoff contests. The 5’7”, 185-pound winger turned the primary 17-year-old to succeed in the 50-goal mark within the QMJHL since Sidney Crosby, and he additionally turned the primary QMJHL skater in 10 years to steer the league in targets throughout each the common season and playoffs. He was named to the league’s Second All-Star Workforce, and he has now posted 130 factors (79g, 51a) in 123 video games with Baie-Comeau during the last two seasons. The Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., native received a gold medal with Canada on the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, incomes 4 factors (2g, 2a) in 5 video games, and he served as an alternate captain for Canada Black on the 2022 World Below-17 Hockey Problem. Poirier was ranked 82nd general amongst North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 168th general, from the Ottawa Senators on March 15, in alternate for ahead Jamieson Rees.
Spherical 6, 168th Total (from Ottawa) – Timur Kol, LHD, Omsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Kol spent nearly all of the 2023-24 season with Omskie Krylia of the VHL, Russia’s second-highest skilled league, posting eight factors (5g, 3a) in 23 video games. The 6’4”, 204-pound defenseman additionally recorded eight factors (2g, 6a) in 14 MHL video games with Omskie Yastreby and added 5 factors (3g, 2a) in eight playoff appearances, rating second in targets amongst all MHL blueliners through the postseason. Kol has now tallied 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 20 profession MHL video games with Yastreby over the previous two campaigns. The Moscow, Russia, native additionally skated in his first two profession KHL contests with Avangard Omsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to HC Sochi on Dec. 21. Kol was ranked thirty sixth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 184th general, from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 29, in a three-team cope with Anaheim. The Hurricanes traded ahead Kirill Slepets’ draft rights to the Maple Leafs and retained 25% of defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin’s contract.
Spherical 6, 184th Total (from Toronto) – Roman Shokhrin, LHD, Loko-76 Yaroslavl (Russia Jr.)
Shokhrin tallied 14 factors (2g, 12a) in 36 MHL video games with Loko-76 Yaroslavl in 2023-24. The 6’5”, 205-pound defenseman has now posted 20 factors (3g, 17a) in 71 profession MHL contests with Loko-76 over the previous two seasons. The Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, native was ranked thirty ninth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 6, 188th Total – Fyodor Avramov, LW, Stupino Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Avramov recorded 44 factors (23g, 21a) in 49 MHL video games with Kapitan Stupino final season, main his crew in targets, assists and factors. The 6’3”, 190-pound winger posted a season-long, 14-game level streak from Dec. 10 to Jan. 27, with targets in every of his closing 5 contests over that stretch. The St. Petersburg, Russia, native additionally performed 24 MHL video games with SKA-Varyagi St. Petersburg in 2022-23, and he has registered 49 factors (24g, 25a) in 73 profession MHL video games over the previous two seasons. Avramov was ranked 53rd general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 7, 220th Total – Andrey Krutov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Krutov earned 50 factors (21g, 29a) in 41 MHL video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, main the crew in factors whereas rating second in each targets and assists. The 5’11”, 174-pound winger added 10 factors (7g, 3a) in 14 MHL playoff contests as Chaika superior to the league semifinals, ending tied for the crew lead in targets through the postseason. The Togliatti, Russia, native has performed 83 profession MHL video games during the last two campaigns, all with Chaika, registering 64 factors (29g, 35a). Krutov was ranked 97th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
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Elite Prospects Participant Profiles
Dominik Badinka
Nikita Artamonov
Noel Fransen
Alexander Siryatsky
Oskar Vuollet
Justin Poirier
Timur Kol
Roman Shokhrin
Fyodor Avramov
Andrey Krutov
RALEIGH, NC. – The Nationwide Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes accomplished their exercise on the 2024 NHL Draft on Saturday, deciding on 10 gamers in rounds 2-7.
Carolina traded its first-round choose, twenty seventh general, to the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, in alternate for Chicago’s second-round choose, thirty fourth general, and NY Islanders’ second-round choose, fiftieth general. Chicago chosen left wing Marek Vanacker.
Spherical 2, thirty fourth Total (from Chicago) – Dominik Badinka, RHD, Malmo (Sweden)
Badinka tallied 4 factors (1g, 3a) and averaged 14:54 of ice time over 33 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Malmo IF final season, and he was certainly one of three defensemen aged 19 or youthful to earn a degree within the SHL in 2023-24. The 6’3”, 185-pound defenseman additionally skated in 17 video games with Malmo’s junior crew, incomes 13 factors (2g, 11a) and a +8 score. Badinka spent the 2022-23 marketing campaign with Jokerit’s junior crew, posting 26 factors (5g, 21a) in 43 contests. He tied for essentially the most factors of any Jokerit defenseman and added 4 factors (1g, 3a) in 12 playoff video games to assist the crew to a silver medal in Finland’s junior league. A local of Chomutov, Czechia, Badinka started his profession with Pirati Chomutov and tallied 59 factors (14g, 45a) in 49 video games over three seasons with Pirati’s under-17 crew from 2019-22. He has represented Czechia internationally and posted two assists in 5 video games on the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Badinka was ranked 14th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 2, fiftieth Total (from Chicago) – Nikita Artamonov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
Artamonov skated in 54 KHL video games with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, ending second in scoring amongst all KHL skaters aged 18 or youthful. The 5’11”, 187-pound winger made his KHL debut with Torpedo in 2022-23, and his 0.42 factors per sport is tied for the sixth-highest scoring fee in KHL historical past by any participant earlier than turning 19. Final season, Artamonov additionally scored one aim in two video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod of the MHL, Russia’s highest junior league, and added 10 factors (6g, 4a) in 11 MHL playoff video games to assist the crew advance to the league semifinals. He registered 29 factors (11g, 18a) in 41 video games with Chaika in 2022-23, and he posted 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 17 playoff contests to assist the crew win the 2023 Kharlamov Cup. The Nizhnekamsk, Russia, native additionally performed 10 MHL video games over components of two seasons with Reaktor Nizhnekamsk in 2022, incomes 5 factors (1g, 4a). Artamonov was ranked nineteenth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its second-round choose, sixtieth general, to the Columbus Blue Jackets, in alternate for a third-round choose, 69th general, and a fifth-round choose, 133rd general. Columbus chosen goaltender Evan Gardner.
Spherical 3, 69th Total (from Columbus) – Noel Fransen, LHD, Farjestad Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Fransen tallied 44 factors (20g, 24a) in 45 video games with Farjestad BK’s junior crew in 2023-24, rating first in targets and factors and fifth in assists amongst all defensemen in Sweden’s high junior league. The 6’0”, 183-pound blueliner additionally skated in his first 4 profession Swedish Hockey League video games with Farjestad BK final season and scored a aim in his SHL debut in opposition to MoDo on Dec. 19. Fransen has tallied 45 factors (21g, 24a) in 52 profession Swedish junior league video games during the last three campaigns, and he additionally posted 34 factors (11g, 23a) in 44 contests on the under-18 stage from 2021-23, captaining Farjestad BK’s under-18 squad in 2022-23. The Karlstad, Sweden, native was ranked forty eighth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its third-round choose, 92nd general, to the Chicago Blackhawks, in alternate for a third-round choose within the 2025 NHL Draft. Chicago chosen proper wing Jack Pridham.
Spherical 4, 124th Total – Alexander Siryatsky, LHD, Magnitogorsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Siryatsky, 17, performed his first MHL season with Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk in 2023-24, tallying 19 factors (5g, 14a) in 36 video games within the high Russian junior league. He added 4 assists in six MHL playoff video games, rating tied for the crew excessive in assists through the postseason. The 6’2”, 159-pound defenseman additionally skated in his first three profession KHL contests with Metallurg Magnitogorsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to Lokomotiv on Jan. 9, and he registered 13 factors (2g, 11a) in 14 video games with Metallurg’s under-18 crew. The Omsk, Russia, native was ranked 66th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 133rd Total (from Columbus) – Oskar Vuollet, LW, Skelleftea Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Vuollet was named the Greatest Ahead in Sweden’s high junior league final season after posting 61 factors (29g, 32a) in 41 video games and ending second in targets and tied for fifth in factors amongst all league skaters. He additionally recorded 21 factors (14g, 7a) in 9 playoff video games to assist the crew win the league title, with six extra postseason targets than some other J20 Nationell participant. The 5’11”, 173-pound winger additionally performed his first 15 profession Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Skelleftea AIK and skated in 4 playoff video games with the eventual SHL champions. Vuollet has registered 111 factors (49g, 62a) in 94 junior league video games since 2021-22, and he served as an alternate captain for Skelleftea’s junior crew final season. The Skelleftea native additionally earned 56 factors (30g, 26a) in 45 contests over components of three campaigns with Skelleftea’s under-18 squad from 2021-23. Vuollet was ranked ninetieth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 156th Total – Justin Poirier, RW, Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
Poirier, 17, registered 82 factors (51g, 31a) in 68 regular-season QMJHL video games with Baie-Comeau in 2023-24 and added 27 factors (18g, 9a) in 17 playoff contests. The 5’7”, 185-pound winger turned the primary 17-year-old to succeed in the 50-goal mark within the QMJHL since Sidney Crosby, and he additionally turned the primary QMJHL skater in 10 years to steer the league in targets throughout each the common season and playoffs. He was named to the league’s Second All-Star Workforce, and he has now posted 130 factors (79g, 51a) in 123 video games with Baie-Comeau during the last two seasons. The Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., native received a gold medal with Canada on the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, incomes 4 factors (2g, 2a) in 5 video games, and he served as an alternate captain for Canada Black on the 2022 World Below-17 Hockey Problem. Poirier was ranked 82nd general amongst North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 168th general, from the Ottawa Senators on March 15, in alternate for ahead Jamieson Rees.
Spherical 6, 168th Total (from Ottawa) – Timur Kol, LHD, Omsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Kol spent nearly all of the 2023-24 season with Omskie Krylia of the VHL, Russia’s second-highest skilled league, posting eight factors (5g, 3a) in 23 video games. The 6’4”, 204-pound defenseman additionally recorded eight factors (2g, 6a) in 14 MHL video games with Omskie Yastreby and added 5 factors (3g, 2a) in eight playoff appearances, rating second in targets amongst all MHL blueliners through the postseason. Kol has now tallied 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 20 profession MHL video games with Yastreby over the previous two campaigns. The Moscow, Russia, native additionally skated in his first two profession KHL contests with Avangard Omsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to HC Sochi on Dec. 21. Kol was ranked thirty sixth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 184th general, from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 29, in a three-team cope with Anaheim. The Hurricanes traded ahead Kirill Slepets’ draft rights to the Maple Leafs and retained 25% of defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin’s contract.
Spherical 6, 184th Total (from Toronto) – Roman Shokhrin, LHD, Loko-76 Yaroslavl (Russia Jr.)
Shokhrin tallied 14 factors (2g, 12a) in 36 MHL video games with Loko-76 Yaroslavl in 2023-24. The 6’5”, 205-pound defenseman has now posted 20 factors (3g, 17a) in 71 profession MHL contests with Loko-76 over the previous two seasons. The Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, native was ranked thirty ninth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 6, 188th Total – Fyodor Avramov, LW, Stupino Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Avramov recorded 44 factors (23g, 21a) in 49 MHL video games with Kapitan Stupino final season, main his crew in targets, assists and factors. The 6’3”, 190-pound winger posted a season-long, 14-game level streak from Dec. 10 to Jan. 27, with targets in every of his closing 5 contests over that stretch. The St. Petersburg, Russia, native additionally performed 24 MHL video games with SKA-Varyagi St. Petersburg in 2022-23, and he has registered 49 factors (24g, 25a) in 73 profession MHL video games over the previous two seasons. Avramov was ranked 53rd general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 7, 220th Total – Andrey Krutov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Krutov earned 50 factors (21g, 29a) in 41 MHL video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, main the crew in factors whereas rating second in each targets and assists. The 5’11”, 174-pound winger added 10 factors (7g, 3a) in 14 MHL playoff contests as Chaika superior to the league semifinals, ending tied for the crew lead in targets through the postseason. The Togliatti, Russia, native has performed 83 profession MHL video games during the last two campaigns, all with Chaika, registering 64 factors (29g, 35a). Krutov was ranked 97th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
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Elite Prospects Participant Profiles
Dominik Badinka
Nikita Artamonov
Noel Fransen
Alexander Siryatsky
Oskar Vuollet
Justin Poirier
Timur Kol
Roman Shokhrin
Fyodor Avramov
Andrey Krutov
RALEIGH, NC. – The Nationwide Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes accomplished their exercise on the 2024 NHL Draft on Saturday, deciding on 10 gamers in rounds 2-7.
Carolina traded its first-round choose, twenty seventh general, to the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, in alternate for Chicago’s second-round choose, thirty fourth general, and NY Islanders’ second-round choose, fiftieth general. Chicago chosen left wing Marek Vanacker.
Spherical 2, thirty fourth Total (from Chicago) – Dominik Badinka, RHD, Malmo (Sweden)
Badinka tallied 4 factors (1g, 3a) and averaged 14:54 of ice time over 33 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Malmo IF final season, and he was certainly one of three defensemen aged 19 or youthful to earn a degree within the SHL in 2023-24. The 6’3”, 185-pound defenseman additionally skated in 17 video games with Malmo’s junior crew, incomes 13 factors (2g, 11a) and a +8 score. Badinka spent the 2022-23 marketing campaign with Jokerit’s junior crew, posting 26 factors (5g, 21a) in 43 contests. He tied for essentially the most factors of any Jokerit defenseman and added 4 factors (1g, 3a) in 12 playoff video games to assist the crew to a silver medal in Finland’s junior league. A local of Chomutov, Czechia, Badinka started his profession with Pirati Chomutov and tallied 59 factors (14g, 45a) in 49 video games over three seasons with Pirati’s under-17 crew from 2019-22. He has represented Czechia internationally and posted two assists in 5 video games on the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Badinka was ranked 14th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 2, fiftieth Total (from Chicago) – Nikita Artamonov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
Artamonov skated in 54 KHL video games with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, ending second in scoring amongst all KHL skaters aged 18 or youthful. The 5’11”, 187-pound winger made his KHL debut with Torpedo in 2022-23, and his 0.42 factors per sport is tied for the sixth-highest scoring fee in KHL historical past by any participant earlier than turning 19. Final season, Artamonov additionally scored one aim in two video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod of the MHL, Russia’s highest junior league, and added 10 factors (6g, 4a) in 11 MHL playoff video games to assist the crew advance to the league semifinals. He registered 29 factors (11g, 18a) in 41 video games with Chaika in 2022-23, and he posted 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 17 playoff contests to assist the crew win the 2023 Kharlamov Cup. The Nizhnekamsk, Russia, native additionally performed 10 MHL video games over components of two seasons with Reaktor Nizhnekamsk in 2022, incomes 5 factors (1g, 4a). Artamonov was ranked nineteenth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its second-round choose, sixtieth general, to the Columbus Blue Jackets, in alternate for a third-round choose, 69th general, and a fifth-round choose, 133rd general. Columbus chosen goaltender Evan Gardner.
Spherical 3, 69th Total (from Columbus) – Noel Fransen, LHD, Farjestad Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Fransen tallied 44 factors (20g, 24a) in 45 video games with Farjestad BK’s junior crew in 2023-24, rating first in targets and factors and fifth in assists amongst all defensemen in Sweden’s high junior league. The 6’0”, 183-pound blueliner additionally skated in his first 4 profession Swedish Hockey League video games with Farjestad BK final season and scored a aim in his SHL debut in opposition to MoDo on Dec. 19. Fransen has tallied 45 factors (21g, 24a) in 52 profession Swedish junior league video games during the last three campaigns, and he additionally posted 34 factors (11g, 23a) in 44 contests on the under-18 stage from 2021-23, captaining Farjestad BK’s under-18 squad in 2022-23. The Karlstad, Sweden, native was ranked forty eighth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its third-round choose, 92nd general, to the Chicago Blackhawks, in alternate for a third-round choose within the 2025 NHL Draft. Chicago chosen proper wing Jack Pridham.
Spherical 4, 124th Total – Alexander Siryatsky, LHD, Magnitogorsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Siryatsky, 17, performed his first MHL season with Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk in 2023-24, tallying 19 factors (5g, 14a) in 36 video games within the high Russian junior league. He added 4 assists in six MHL playoff video games, rating tied for the crew excessive in assists through the postseason. The 6’2”, 159-pound defenseman additionally skated in his first three profession KHL contests with Metallurg Magnitogorsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to Lokomotiv on Jan. 9, and he registered 13 factors (2g, 11a) in 14 video games with Metallurg’s under-18 crew. The Omsk, Russia, native was ranked 66th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 133rd Total (from Columbus) – Oskar Vuollet, LW, Skelleftea Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Vuollet was named the Greatest Ahead in Sweden’s high junior league final season after posting 61 factors (29g, 32a) in 41 video games and ending second in targets and tied for fifth in factors amongst all league skaters. He additionally recorded 21 factors (14g, 7a) in 9 playoff video games to assist the crew win the league title, with six extra postseason targets than some other J20 Nationell participant. The 5’11”, 173-pound winger additionally performed his first 15 profession Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Skelleftea AIK and skated in 4 playoff video games with the eventual SHL champions. Vuollet has registered 111 factors (49g, 62a) in 94 junior league video games since 2021-22, and he served as an alternate captain for Skelleftea’s junior crew final season. The Skelleftea native additionally earned 56 factors (30g, 26a) in 45 contests over components of three campaigns with Skelleftea’s under-18 squad from 2021-23. Vuollet was ranked ninetieth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 156th Total – Justin Poirier, RW, Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
Poirier, 17, registered 82 factors (51g, 31a) in 68 regular-season QMJHL video games with Baie-Comeau in 2023-24 and added 27 factors (18g, 9a) in 17 playoff contests. The 5’7”, 185-pound winger turned the primary 17-year-old to succeed in the 50-goal mark within the QMJHL since Sidney Crosby, and he additionally turned the primary QMJHL skater in 10 years to steer the league in targets throughout each the common season and playoffs. He was named to the league’s Second All-Star Workforce, and he has now posted 130 factors (79g, 51a) in 123 video games with Baie-Comeau during the last two seasons. The Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., native received a gold medal with Canada on the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, incomes 4 factors (2g, 2a) in 5 video games, and he served as an alternate captain for Canada Black on the 2022 World Below-17 Hockey Problem. Poirier was ranked 82nd general amongst North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 168th general, from the Ottawa Senators on March 15, in alternate for ahead Jamieson Rees.
Spherical 6, 168th Total (from Ottawa) – Timur Kol, LHD, Omsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Kol spent nearly all of the 2023-24 season with Omskie Krylia of the VHL, Russia’s second-highest skilled league, posting eight factors (5g, 3a) in 23 video games. The 6’4”, 204-pound defenseman additionally recorded eight factors (2g, 6a) in 14 MHL video games with Omskie Yastreby and added 5 factors (3g, 2a) in eight playoff appearances, rating second in targets amongst all MHL blueliners through the postseason. Kol has now tallied 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 20 profession MHL video games with Yastreby over the previous two campaigns. The Moscow, Russia, native additionally skated in his first two profession KHL contests with Avangard Omsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to HC Sochi on Dec. 21. Kol was ranked thirty sixth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 184th general, from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 29, in a three-team cope with Anaheim. The Hurricanes traded ahead Kirill Slepets’ draft rights to the Maple Leafs and retained 25% of defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin’s contract.
Spherical 6, 184th Total (from Toronto) – Roman Shokhrin, LHD, Loko-76 Yaroslavl (Russia Jr.)
Shokhrin tallied 14 factors (2g, 12a) in 36 MHL video games with Loko-76 Yaroslavl in 2023-24. The 6’5”, 205-pound defenseman has now posted 20 factors (3g, 17a) in 71 profession MHL contests with Loko-76 over the previous two seasons. The Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, native was ranked thirty ninth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 6, 188th Total – Fyodor Avramov, LW, Stupino Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Avramov recorded 44 factors (23g, 21a) in 49 MHL video games with Kapitan Stupino final season, main his crew in targets, assists and factors. The 6’3”, 190-pound winger posted a season-long, 14-game level streak from Dec. 10 to Jan. 27, with targets in every of his closing 5 contests over that stretch. The St. Petersburg, Russia, native additionally performed 24 MHL video games with SKA-Varyagi St. Petersburg in 2022-23, and he has registered 49 factors (24g, 25a) in 73 profession MHL video games over the previous two seasons. Avramov was ranked 53rd general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 7, 220th Total – Andrey Krutov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Krutov earned 50 factors (21g, 29a) in 41 MHL video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, main the crew in factors whereas rating second in each targets and assists. The 5’11”, 174-pound winger added 10 factors (7g, 3a) in 14 MHL playoff contests as Chaika superior to the league semifinals, ending tied for the crew lead in targets through the postseason. The Togliatti, Russia, native has performed 83 profession MHL video games during the last two campaigns, all with Chaika, registering 64 factors (29g, 35a). Krutov was ranked 97th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
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Elite Prospects Participant Profiles
Dominik Badinka
Nikita Artamonov
Noel Fransen
Alexander Siryatsky
Oskar Vuollet
Justin Poirier
Timur Kol
Roman Shokhrin
Fyodor Avramov
Andrey Krutov
RALEIGH, NC. – The Nationwide Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes accomplished their exercise on the 2024 NHL Draft on Saturday, deciding on 10 gamers in rounds 2-7.
Carolina traded its first-round choose, twenty seventh general, to the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, in alternate for Chicago’s second-round choose, thirty fourth general, and NY Islanders’ second-round choose, fiftieth general. Chicago chosen left wing Marek Vanacker.
Spherical 2, thirty fourth Total (from Chicago) – Dominik Badinka, RHD, Malmo (Sweden)
Badinka tallied 4 factors (1g, 3a) and averaged 14:54 of ice time over 33 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Malmo IF final season, and he was certainly one of three defensemen aged 19 or youthful to earn a degree within the SHL in 2023-24. The 6’3”, 185-pound defenseman additionally skated in 17 video games with Malmo’s junior crew, incomes 13 factors (2g, 11a) and a +8 score. Badinka spent the 2022-23 marketing campaign with Jokerit’s junior crew, posting 26 factors (5g, 21a) in 43 contests. He tied for essentially the most factors of any Jokerit defenseman and added 4 factors (1g, 3a) in 12 playoff video games to assist the crew to a silver medal in Finland’s junior league. A local of Chomutov, Czechia, Badinka started his profession with Pirati Chomutov and tallied 59 factors (14g, 45a) in 49 video games over three seasons with Pirati’s under-17 crew from 2019-22. He has represented Czechia internationally and posted two assists in 5 video games on the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Badinka was ranked 14th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 2, fiftieth Total (from Chicago) – Nikita Artamonov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
Artamonov skated in 54 KHL video games with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, ending second in scoring amongst all KHL skaters aged 18 or youthful. The 5’11”, 187-pound winger made his KHL debut with Torpedo in 2022-23, and his 0.42 factors per sport is tied for the sixth-highest scoring fee in KHL historical past by any participant earlier than turning 19. Final season, Artamonov additionally scored one aim in two video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod of the MHL, Russia’s highest junior league, and added 10 factors (6g, 4a) in 11 MHL playoff video games to assist the crew advance to the league semifinals. He registered 29 factors (11g, 18a) in 41 video games with Chaika in 2022-23, and he posted 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 17 playoff contests to assist the crew win the 2023 Kharlamov Cup. The Nizhnekamsk, Russia, native additionally performed 10 MHL video games over components of two seasons with Reaktor Nizhnekamsk in 2022, incomes 5 factors (1g, 4a). Artamonov was ranked nineteenth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its second-round choose, sixtieth general, to the Columbus Blue Jackets, in alternate for a third-round choose, 69th general, and a fifth-round choose, 133rd general. Columbus chosen goaltender Evan Gardner.
Spherical 3, 69th Total (from Columbus) – Noel Fransen, LHD, Farjestad Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Fransen tallied 44 factors (20g, 24a) in 45 video games with Farjestad BK’s junior crew in 2023-24, rating first in targets and factors and fifth in assists amongst all defensemen in Sweden’s high junior league. The 6’0”, 183-pound blueliner additionally skated in his first 4 profession Swedish Hockey League video games with Farjestad BK final season and scored a aim in his SHL debut in opposition to MoDo on Dec. 19. Fransen has tallied 45 factors (21g, 24a) in 52 profession Swedish junior league video games during the last three campaigns, and he additionally posted 34 factors (11g, 23a) in 44 contests on the under-18 stage from 2021-23, captaining Farjestad BK’s under-18 squad in 2022-23. The Karlstad, Sweden, native was ranked forty eighth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina traded its third-round choose, 92nd general, to the Chicago Blackhawks, in alternate for a third-round choose within the 2025 NHL Draft. Chicago chosen proper wing Jack Pridham.
Spherical 4, 124th Total – Alexander Siryatsky, LHD, Magnitogorsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Siryatsky, 17, performed his first MHL season with Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk in 2023-24, tallying 19 factors (5g, 14a) in 36 video games within the high Russian junior league. He added 4 assists in six MHL playoff video games, rating tied for the crew excessive in assists through the postseason. The 6’2”, 159-pound defenseman additionally skated in his first three profession KHL contests with Metallurg Magnitogorsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to Lokomotiv on Jan. 9, and he registered 13 factors (2g, 11a) in 14 video games with Metallurg’s under-18 crew. The Omsk, Russia, native was ranked 66th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 133rd Total (from Columbus) – Oskar Vuollet, LW, Skelleftea Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
Vuollet was named the Greatest Ahead in Sweden’s high junior league final season after posting 61 factors (29g, 32a) in 41 video games and ending second in targets and tied for fifth in factors amongst all league skaters. He additionally recorded 21 factors (14g, 7a) in 9 playoff video games to assist the crew win the league title, with six extra postseason targets than some other J20 Nationell participant. The 5’11”, 173-pound winger additionally performed his first 15 profession Swedish Hockey League (SHL) video games with Skelleftea AIK and skated in 4 playoff video games with the eventual SHL champions. Vuollet has registered 111 factors (49g, 62a) in 94 junior league video games since 2021-22, and he served as an alternate captain for Skelleftea’s junior crew final season. The Skelleftea native additionally earned 56 factors (30g, 26a) in 45 contests over components of three campaigns with Skelleftea’s under-18 squad from 2021-23. Vuollet was ranked ninetieth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 5, 156th Total – Justin Poirier, RW, Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
Poirier, 17, registered 82 factors (51g, 31a) in 68 regular-season QMJHL video games with Baie-Comeau in 2023-24 and added 27 factors (18g, 9a) in 17 playoff contests. The 5’7”, 185-pound winger turned the primary 17-year-old to succeed in the 50-goal mark within the QMJHL since Sidney Crosby, and he additionally turned the primary QMJHL skater in 10 years to steer the league in targets throughout each the common season and playoffs. He was named to the league’s Second All-Star Workforce, and he has now posted 130 factors (79g, 51a) in 123 video games with Baie-Comeau during the last two seasons. The Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., native received a gold medal with Canada on the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, incomes 4 factors (2g, 2a) in 5 video games, and he served as an alternate captain for Canada Black on the 2022 World Below-17 Hockey Problem. Poirier was ranked 82nd general amongst North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 168th general, from the Ottawa Senators on March 15, in alternate for ahead Jamieson Rees.
Spherical 6, 168th Total (from Ottawa) – Timur Kol, LHD, Omsk Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Kol spent nearly all of the 2023-24 season with Omskie Krylia of the VHL, Russia’s second-highest skilled league, posting eight factors (5g, 3a) in 23 video games. The 6’4”, 204-pound defenseman additionally recorded eight factors (2g, 6a) in 14 MHL video games with Omskie Yastreby and added 5 factors (3g, 2a) in eight playoff appearances, rating second in targets amongst all MHL blueliners through the postseason. Kol has now tallied 10 factors (2g, 8a) in 20 profession MHL video games with Yastreby over the previous two campaigns. The Moscow, Russia, native additionally skated in his first two profession KHL contests with Avangard Omsk final season, making his KHL debut in opposition to HC Sochi on Dec. 21. Kol was ranked thirty sixth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Carolina acquired a sixth-round choose, 184th general, from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 29, in a three-team cope with Anaheim. The Hurricanes traded ahead Kirill Slepets’ draft rights to the Maple Leafs and retained 25% of defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin’s contract.
Spherical 6, 184th Total (from Toronto) – Roman Shokhrin, LHD, Loko-76 Yaroslavl (Russia Jr.)
Shokhrin tallied 14 factors (2g, 12a) in 36 MHL video games with Loko-76 Yaroslavl in 2023-24. The 6’5”, 205-pound defenseman has now posted 20 factors (3g, 17a) in 71 profession MHL contests with Loko-76 over the previous two seasons. The Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, native was ranked thirty ninth general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 6, 188th Total – Fyodor Avramov, LW, Stupino Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Avramov recorded 44 factors (23g, 21a) in 49 MHL video games with Kapitan Stupino final season, main his crew in targets, assists and factors. The 6’3”, 190-pound winger posted a season-long, 14-game level streak from Dec. 10 to Jan. 27, with targets in every of his closing 5 contests over that stretch. The St. Petersburg, Russia, native additionally performed 24 MHL video games with SKA-Varyagi St. Petersburg in 2022-23, and he has registered 49 factors (24g, 25a) in 73 profession MHL video games over the previous two seasons. Avramov was ranked 53rd general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
Spherical 7, 220th Total – Andrey Krutov, LW, Nizhny Novgorod Jr. (Russia Jr.)
Krutov earned 50 factors (21g, 29a) in 41 MHL video games with Chaika Nizhny Novgorod in 2023-24, main the crew in factors whereas rating second in each targets and assists. The 5’11”, 174-pound winger added 10 factors (7g, 3a) in 14 MHL playoff contests as Chaika superior to the league semifinals, ending tied for the crew lead in targets through the postseason. The Togliatti, Russia, native has performed 83 profession MHL video games during the last two campaigns, all with Chaika, registering 64 factors (29g, 35a). Krutov was ranked 97th general amongst Worldwide Skaters by NHL Central Scouting.
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Elite Prospects Participant Profiles
Dominik Badinka
Nikita Artamonov
Noel Fransen
Alexander Siryatsky
Oskar Vuollet
Justin Poirier
Timur Kol
Roman Shokhrin
Fyodor Avramov
Andrey Krutov