Carolina Hurricanes Draft: Quantity is Definitely the Way to Go

In the 2017 draft, Carolina Hurricanes’ GM Ron Francis has amassed more picks than any other team

With the Carolina Hurricanes season all but over, it’s no surprise that the franchise’s focus was on the upcoming draft this trade deadline. With the moves made by Francis at the trade deadline, Carolina now sits with more overall draft picks than any other NHL team in the 2017 draft. Not only that, the location of those picks is key as well:

No other team comes close to matching that quantity and quality in this year’s draft. My esteemed colleague the other day wrote that maybe the Hurricanes need to use some of those extra picks to trade up for a higher overall pick. And while Carolina could…