Hurricanes’ Draft History: Looking at trends through the numbers

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The Carolina Hurricanes have been part of 23 drafts since moving to North Carolina and have been under the direction of three general managers during that span — Jim Rutherford, Ron Francis and Don Waddell.

The team has drafted 174 players over those 23 years. Let’s break down those players in a few different categories. This won’t be an analysis breakdown, but more so sharing some graphs and data.

Nationality

The Hurricanes have drafted players from 10 different countries in total. A little over 75% of draftees come from North America with the other quarter coming from Europe. The most common European country that the Hurricanes draft from is…