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2015 NHL Draft: Carolina Hurricanes select confident, mature Noah Hanifin with fifth pick

A player thought for most of the season to be a top-three pick, the Canes strike good fortune when Hanifin slid to number five.

SUNRISE, Fla. - The NHL Draft tends to be full of surprises, both good and bad. On Friday night, the Carolina Hurricanes were gifted one of the best surprises they had received in years.

For most of the season, Boston College defenseman Noah Hanifin had been pegged as a top-three selection. But after the first four picks were made, all forwards, there sat Hanifin awaiting his name to be called.