By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports

The 2024 NHL Draft has come to an end for the Carolina Hurricanes. 10 players, three trades and the hockey offseason is truly underway.

Three times when Carolina was on the clock, the Hurricanes traded picks. It started with Friday night, when the Hurricanes traded pick No. 27 to the Chicago Blackhawks for picks No. 34 and 50 in the second round.

The Hurricanes used those two picks for players, Dominik Badinka, a defenseman out of the Swedish Hockey League and Nikita Artamonov, a winger out of the Kontinental Hockey League in Russia.

Then, with pick No. 60 tee’d up and ready to go, the Canes traded it to former general manager Don Waddell and the Columbus Blue Jackets for pick No. 69 overall in the third round and pick No. 133 overall in the fifth round.

With the 69th pick, the Carolina Hurricanes went defenseman again, this time Noel Fransen, who plays with Farjestad Jr., part of the Swedish Junior Hockey League.

Then, for the third time this NHL Draft, the Hurricanes decided on a trade. Carolina sent pick No. 92 overall in the third round to the Blackhawks in exchange for Chicago’s 2025 third round pick.

This was the first NHL Draft for the Carolina Hurricanes with Eric Tulsky as the General Manager, however Tulsky has been with the organization for the past 10 seasons.

Listed below are all 10 picks for the Carolina Hurricanes:

• Round 2: No. 34 overall (from Chicago Blackhawks)
  • Dominik Badinka, defenseman
  • Country – Czechia
  • 18-year-old, 6’3″ 185 pounds from the Malmo Redhawks, part of the Swedish Hockey League
• Round 2: No. 50 overall (from Chicago Blackhawks)
  • Nikita Artamonov, left wing
  • Country – Russia
  • 18-year-old, 5’11” 187 pounds from Nizhny Novgorod, part of the Kontinental Hockey League (Russia)
• Round 3: No. 69 overall (from Columbus Blue Jackets)
  • Noel Fransen, defenseman
  • Country – Sweden
  • 18-year-old, 6’0″ 183 pounds from Farjestad Jr., part of the Swedish Junior Hockey League
• Round 4: No. 124 overall
  • Alexander Siryatsky, defenseman
  • Country – Russia
  • 17-year-old, 6’2″ 159 pounds from Magnitogorsk Jr, part of the Russian Junior Hockey League
• Round 5: No. 133 overall (from Columbus Blue Jackets)
  • Oskar Vuollet, left wing
  • Country – Sweden
  • 18-year-old, 5’11” 173 pounds from Skelleftea Jr., part of the Swedish Junior Hockey League
• Round 5: No. 156 overall
  • Justin Poirier, right wing
  • Country – Canada
  • 17-year-old, 5’8″ 185 pounds from Baie-Comeau Drakkar, part of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League
• Round 6: No. 168 overall (from Ottawa Senators)
  • Timur Kol, defenseman
  • Country – Russia
  • 17-year-old, 6’4″ 204 pounds from Omsk Jr, part of the Russian Junior Hockey League
• Round 6: No. 184 overall (from Toronto Maple Leafs)
  • Roman Shokhrim, defenseman
  • Country – Russia
  • 18-year-old, 6’5″ 205 pounds from Yaroslavl Loko-76, part of the Russian Junior Hockey League
• Round 6: No. 188 overall
  • Fyodor Avramov, left wing
  • Country – Russia
  • 18-year-old, 6’3″ 190 pounds from Stupino Kapitan Jr., part of the Russian Junior Hockey League
• Round 7: No. 220 overall
  • Andrey Krutov, left wing
  • Country – Russia
  • 18-year-old, 5’11” 174 pounds from Nizhny Novgorod Chaika, part of the Russion Junior Hockey League

*The Hurricanes traded pick No. 92 overall in the third round to the Chicago Blackhawks for Chicago’s 2025 third round pick.*

NHL free agency will begin on July 1 at noon EST.

Source: wralsportsfan.com