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Canes Select Janne Kuokkanen 43rd Overall

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The Carolina Hurricanes have made their second round pick at 43rd overall. Learn more about Janne Kuoakkanen right here!

With their second round pick at 43rd overall, the Hurricanes have selected Finnish forward Janne Kuokkanen. Following the success that the team had with last year's second round pick, fellow Finn Sebastian Aho, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that general manager Ron Francis elected to return to the Finnish pipeline.

The Draft Analyst had Kuokkanen ranked at 48th in their final draft rankings, while Future Considerations ranked him at 70th.

Dennis Schellenberg of The Hockey Writers had the following to say about the Hurricanes' newest prospect:

Janne Kuokkanen is a very smart hockey player who uses his entire hockey IQ to make plays and setup scoring chances.