List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks

The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey franchise based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise was founded in 1971 as the New England Whalers, and relocated to North Carolina in 1997. Since arriving in North Carolina, the Hurricanes have drafted 90 players. The 2008 draft was the 12th in which Hurricanes participated.
The NHL Entry Draft is held each June, allowing teams to select players who have turned 18 years old by September 15 in the year the draft is held. The draft order is determined by the previous season's order of finish, with non-playoff teams drafting first, followed by the teams that made the playoffs, with the specific order determined by the number of points earned by each team. The NHL holds a weighted lottery for the 14 non-playoff teams, allowing the winner to move up a maximum of four positions in the entry draft. The team with the fewest points has the best chance of winning the lottery, with each successive team given a lower chance of moving up in the draft. The Flames have never won the lottery. Between 1986 and 1994, the NHL also held a Supplemental Draft for players in American colleges.
Carolina's first draft pick was Nikos Tselios, taken 22nd overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. The highest that Carolina has drafted is second overall. They selected Eric Staal in 2003. Zero picks went on to play over 1,000 NHL games. No players have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. 
==Key==
 General
Pos	Position
S 	Supplemental draft selection
 Positions
G 	Goaltender	C 	Centre
D 	Defenceman	LW	Left Wing
RW	Right Wing	F 	Forward
 Statistics
GP 	Games played 	G 	Goals
A 	Assists 	Pts	Points
PIM	Penalties in minutes 	GAA	Goals against average
W 	Wins 	L 	Losses
T 	Ties 	OT 	Overtime/Shootout losses
GAA	Goals against average	 	
Statistics are complete as of the 2007–08 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position. This list includes players drafted by the team in Carolina only.
Draft	Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	Pos	GP 	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	OT	GAA
1997 	1 	22 	 	 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	6 	 	 	 	 	
1997 	2 	28 	 	 	LW 	9 	3 	0 	3 	2 	 	 	 	 	
1997 	3 	80 	 	 	RW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1997 	4 	88 	 	 	RW 	141	27	34	61 	69 	 	 	 	 	
1997 	6 	142 	 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1997 	7 	169 	 	 	LW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1997 	8 	195 	 	 	LW 	43 	4 	2 	6 	30 	 	 	 	 	
1997 	8 	199 	 	 	LW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1997 	9 	225 	 	 	RW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998 	1 	11 	Jeff Heerema 	 	RW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998 	3 	 	Kevin Holdridge 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998 	3 	 	Erik Cole 	 	LW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998 	4 	 	Josef Vasicek 	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998 	4 	 	Tommy Vestlund 	 	LW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998 	4 	 	Chris Madden 	 	G 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998 	7 	 	Donald Smith 	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998 	8 	 	Jaroslav Svoboda 	 	LW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998 	8 	 	Mark Kosick 	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998 	9 	 	Brent McDonald 	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1999 	1 	16 	David Tanabe 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1999 	2 	 	Brett Lysak 	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1999 	3 	 	Brad Fast 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1999 	4 	 	Ryan Murphy 	 	LW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1999 	6 	 	Damian Surma 	 	LW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1999 	7 	 	Jim Baxter 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1999 	8 	 	David Evans 	 	RW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1999 	8 	 	Antti Jokela 	 	G 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1999 	9 	 	Yauhenni Kurilin 	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2000 	2 	 	Tomas Kurka 	 	LW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2000 	3 	 	Ryan Bayda 	 	LW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2000 	4 	 	Niclas Wallin 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2000 	4 	 	Jared Newman 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2000 	6 	 	Justin Forrest 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2000 	7 	 	Magnus Kahnberg 	 	F 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2000 	8 	 	Craig Kowalski 	 	G 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2000 	9 	 	Troy Ferguson 	 	F 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2001 	1 	15 	Igor Knyazev 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2001 	2 	 	Michael Zigomanis	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2001 	3 	 	Kevin Estrada 	 	LW 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2001 	4 	 	Rob Zepp 	 	G 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2001 	6 	 	Daniel Boisclair 	 	G 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2001 	7 	 	Sean Curry 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2001 	8 	 	Carter Trevisani 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2001 	9 	 	Peter Reynolds 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2002 	1 	25 	Cam Ward 	 	G 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2002 	3 	 	Jesse Lane 	 	D 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2002 	5 	 	Daniel Manzato 	 	G 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2002 	7 	 	Adam Taylor 	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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== See also ==
* List of Hartford Whalers draft picks
== References ==
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