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05/05/2008 - Hurricanes 2007-08 rookie review

The Carolina Hurricanes started their season with no rookies in the lineup and no prospects pegged for their NHL debuts. But injuries and a persistent flu bug led to numerous short-term call-ups that pressed a top prospect into action and gave a few older prospects a chance to impress at the NHL level.

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03/22/2008 - Hurricanes Top 20, Spring 2008

The Hurricanes' prospect pool is deeper than it has been in some time.

01/22/2008 - Lawson living the gold and blue dream

Kyle Lawson is a sophomore at Notre Dame.

01/19/2008 - Hurricanes NCAA prospects update

Carolina boasts five players - four defensemen and one forward - on NCAA teams.

01/08/2008 - Hurricanes AHL/ECHL prospects update

Carolina's stable of pro prospects is goaltender-rich.

12/06/2007 - Hurricanes fall 2007 junior update

Carolina has seven prospects currently playing the CHL.

09/27/2007 - Hurricanes AHL prospects preview

The Carolina Hurricanes take over as the sole affiliate of the Albany River Rats.

09/12/2007 - Hurricanes 2007 training camp preview

The Hurricanes seem poised to begin the 2007-08 campaign without any prospects or rookies on their roster.

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Organizational Depth Chart

  • Team Strengths:
    1 Reasonable goaltending depth
    2 A number of good defensive prospects, some with good offensive upside.
  • Team Weaknesses:
    1 Quality and quantity in all forward positions; few potential top-line scoring forwards
    2 Depth at left wing

Player Highlighted Legend
(defines league playing in)

  • Playing in N.A. Pro (NHL, AHL, ECHL, etc.)
  • Playing in CHL (OHL, QMJHL, WHL)
  • Playing in NCAA
  • Playing in Europe
  • Playing in Junior 'A' (USHL, BCHL, AJHL, etc.)
  • Not Categorized Yet

The player is projected on making it to the NHL on a grading scale of 1-10.
Player Rating System Rules - Hockey's Future Prospect Criteria

Left Wingers

  1. Mike Angelidis 5.5D

Centers

  1. Brandon Sutter 7.5B
  2. Drayson Bowman 7.5C
  3. Bobby Hughes 7.0C
  4. Chris Terry 6.5C
  5. Justin McCrae 6.0C
  6. Joe Jensen 5.5C
  7. Nicolas Blanchard 5.5C
  8. Stefan Chaput 6.0D
  9. Jakub Petruzalek 5.5D

Right Wingers

  1. Harrison Reed 6.5B
  2. Nick Dodge 6.5C
  3. Pat Dwyer 5.0B
  4. Jerome Samson 6.0D

Defensemen

  1. Jamie McBain 7.5B
  2. Brett Carson 7.0C
  3. Casey Borer 7.0C
  4. Kyle Lawson 7.0C
  5. Mark Flood 6.5D

Defensemen

  1. Martin Vagner 5.5C
  2. Noah Babin 5.5C
  3. Tim Kunes 5.5C
  4. Brett Bellemore 6.0D
  5. Justin Krueger 4.5C

Goaltenders

  1. Justin Peters 7.0C
  2. Daniel Manzato 6.5C
  3. Kevin Nastiuk 6.5D
  4. Magnus Akerlund 6.0D

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