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Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images The Canes will have some real action today. Nearly four hours after the first pick of the 2025 NHL Draft was selected, “Bad” Bill Byron appeared on the screen to announce the Carolina Hurricanes’ first-round pick live from Atlanta Motor EchoPark Speedway. The 2024 and 2025 Daytona 500 winner tossed it back to NHL … [Read more...] about NHL Draft 2025 Open Thread – Day Two

Photo by Katherine Gawlik/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images After another trade, the Canes make their first selection. The Carolina Hurricanes made another trade, taking the 34th and 189th overall picks to get picks 41 and 49 from Montreal. The first draft pick in the 2025 NHL Draft for Carolina is Semyon Frolov, a goaltender from Togliatti, Russia. Frolov is 6’3”, … [Read more...] about NHL Draft 2025: Round Two, Pick 41: Goaltender Semyon Frolov

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Penn State center is a perfect two-way fit for the Canes. The Carolina Hurricanes selected center Charlie Cerrato with the 49th pick in the 2025 NHL Draft. The Penn State freshman had 15 goals and 27 assists in 38 games last year. Cerrato was an essential piece in the Nittany Lions’ first trip to the Frozen … [Read more...] about NHL Draft 2025: Round Two, Pick 49: Center Charlie Cerrato

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images The Canes take another center in the second round. In a few years, let’s look back at Ivan Ryabkin as another Carolina Hurricanes second-round steal. Russian center Ivan Ryabkin was selected 49th overall by Carolina in the 2025 NHL Draft. Before moving to North America, Ryabkin was tagged as one of the best international future … [Read more...] about NHL Draft 2025: Round Two, Pick 62: Center Ivan Ryabkin

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images The Canes add another Russian to the prospect pool. The Carolina Hurricanes selected Kurban Limatov with the 67th pick of the 2025 NHL Draft. A powerful skater best described as a mobile defenseman, the Russian was most recently with MHK Dynamo Moskva of the MHL. Limatov’s skating ability is even more impressive when considering the … [Read more...] about NHL Draft 2025: Round Two, Pick 67: Defenseman Kurban Limatov