News & Observer · Jun 22, 2017
Will Hurricanes use all their NHL Draft picks? Should they?
The last thing Carolina Hurricanes coach Bill Peters wanted was for general manager Ron Francis to use all of the team’s drafts picks this year.
Sitting next to Francis at an end-of-season press conference, Peters strongly, almost boldly urged Francis to make some moves with the picks, bring in established NHL players.
Francis laughed late last week when reminded about it.
“Bill said not (to) use all 11 picks,” Francis said. “We now have 10.”
And now, after the expansion draft, nine.
[Anatomy of an NHL draft pick: How Canes landed budding star Jaccob Slavin]
[Canes lose Brickley to Vegas in NHL expansion draft]
[Clock ticking on Hurricanes’ pre-draft maneuvers – DeCock]