Well, that sure was a draft. The theme of the draft for the Hurricanes seemed to be “trades, trades, trades,” even though those trades may not have been what the fan base wanted. The Hurricanes wanted to acquire as many draft picks as possible, and they did just that, tying an NHL record for the most players taken in one draft. Don Waddell had this to say as far as trading back was concerned:
“One of the reasons about all the picks, people asked me about trading back, this was a different year. Everything was done on Zoom.