Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes

Team Depth Chart of NHL Prospects
Strengths
  • Deep and diverse group of defensemen
  • Skilled group of centers
Weaknesses
  • Lack of goaltending depth
  • Shallow group of forwards

About Prospect Scores and Probability

Prospect Criteria

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

Goaltenders

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Daniel Altshuller CHL 7.0 D
2. Collin Olson NCAA 6.5 D

Right Wing

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Kellan Tochkin Pro 6.0 C
2. Brendan Woods Pro 6.0 C
3. Jared Staal Pro 6.0 D

Left Wing

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Phil Di Giuseppe NCAA 7.0 C
2. Sergey Tolchinsky CHL 7.0 D
3. Brock McGinn CHL 6.5 C
4. Justin Shugg Pro 6.5 C
5. Brent Pedersen CHL 6.0 C
6. Brendan Collier NCAA 5.5 C

Centers

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Elias Lindholm Pro 8.0 C
2. Victor Rask Pro 7.5 C
3. Erik Karlsson (2012) Europe 7.0 D
4. Brody Sutter Pro 6.0 D

Defensemen

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Ryan Murphy Pro 8.0 C
2. Danny Biega Pro 7.0 C
3. Brett Pesce NCAA 7.0 C
4. Jaccob Slavin NCAA 7.0 D
5. Trevor Carrick CHL 6.5 C
6. Michal Jordan Pro 6.5 C
7. Keegan Lowe Pro 6.5 C
8. Austin Levi Pro 6.5 C
9. Beau Schmitz Pro 6.5 D
10. Rasmus Rissanen Pro 6.0 D
11. Tyler Ganly CHL 6.0 D
12. Tommi Kivisto Europe 5.5 C

Murphy and Rask remain top prospects for Carolina Hurricanes

by Brian Fogarty
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Victor Rask - Carolina Hurricanes

Photo: Forward Victor Rask split the 2012-13 season between the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL and the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL. Rask projects to be a second-line forward for the Hurricanes, possibly as soon as next year. (courtesy of Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Despite lacking a lot of depth and talent, the Carolina Hurricanes organization has top-end prospects in the pipeline, including the offensively talented defenseman Ryan Murphy, and a potential rising offensive star in Victor Rask. There are also several good depth defensemen who, in the near future, could solidify the Carolina blue line.

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Team Rankings: Columbus Blue Jackets system has contributed to NHL playoff push

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Cam Atkinson - Columbus Blue Jackets

Photo: Cam Atkinson is one of several Blue Jackets prospects who has seen regular time in the lineup for Columbus during the 2013 NHL season (courtesy of Jason Mowry/Icon SMI)

Welcome to the Hockey's Future Spring NHL Team Rankings, the staff's ranking of each NHL team's system based on the strength of the entire prospect pool. For reference, just the top five prospects are listed. To be eligible, a prospect must meet HF's prospect criteria. The ranking is done twice a year, with this edition being an update to the Fall ranking.

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Murphy’s OHL career winds down with Carolina on the horizon

by Jason Menard
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Ryan Murphy - Carolina Hurricanes

Photo: Kitchener Rangers defenseman and Carolina Hurricanes prospect Ryan Murphy saw his first NHL action during a brief call-up in February (courtesy of Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon SMI)

Looking for a way to rebound after falling behind 3-1 early in the second round of the OHL playoffs, you could forgive Kitchener Rangers’ captain Ryan Murphy for channeling his inner James Taylor. After all, in trying to lead by example he’s got Carolina on his mind.

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Carolina Hurricanes drafted heavily at forward in 2008

by Jason Chen
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Photo: Zac Dalpe is one of three forwards the Hurricanes selected in the 2008 NHL Draft. Carolina used three of their five picks that year to select forwards. (courtesy of Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon SMI)

Headed into the 2008 off-season, there were two distinct trends in the Hurricanes' draft history under GM Jim Rutherford: they preferred not to draft defensemen or European forwards in the early rounds. For the most part, the Hurricanes elected to use their picks on forwards playing in North American leagues. The 2008 draft class was a very talented crop, but most of the better prospects were defensemen.

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Team Rankings: Columbus Blue Jackets feature improved prospect pool after busy off-season

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Ryan Murray - Columbus Blue Jackets

Photo: Though the Columbus Blue Jackets added several important prospects this past off-season, none were more prominent than defenseman Ryan Murray, who was selected second overall in the 2012 NHL Draft. (Derek Leung/Getty Images)

Below is the bottom third of the NHL Team Rankings in terms of prospects as voted on by Hockey's Future staff. To determine the ranking, each team's entire prospect pool was taken into consideration. For reference, just the top five prospects are listed. To be eligible, a prospect must meet HF's prospect criteria. The rankings are done twice a year, with the second scheduled to be published in the Spring.

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Top Prospects

  1. Elias Lindholm
  2. Ryan Murphy
  3. Victor Rask
  4. Phil Di Giuseppe
  5. Brett Pesce
  6. Danny Biega
  7. Brock McGinn
  8. Keegan Lowe
  9. Daniel Altshuller
  1. Jaccob Slavin
  2. Erik Karlsson (2012)
  3. Trevor Carrick
  4. Austin Levi
  5. Michal Jordan
  6. Brent Pedersen
  7. Brendan Woods
  8. Tyler Ganly
  9. Jared Staal

Notable Prospects

  1. Brendan Collier
  2. Tommi Kivisto
  3. Collin Olson
  4. Rasmus Rissanen
  1. Beau Schmitz
  2. Justin Shugg
  3. Brody Sutter
  4. Kellan Tochkin
  5. Sergey Tolchinsky
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