Now that we’ve taken a look back at the Carolina Hurricanes’ 13 drafts from 2005 to 2017, let’s try to draw some conclusions. There is plenty of data to go through, but some trends definitely emerged - some expected, and some very unexpected.
If you missed the series, here are the four parts to our countdown:
Missing on a draft class has consequences
The Hurricanes were not good in the early years of the 2010s. Sure, their drafts during that time were pretty good, but the seeds for that lack of success were planted years before.