The Canes go for a big power forward with NHL bloodlines with their second first-round pick.
The Carolina Hurricanes went for size with their second pick of Friday's first round of the NHL Draft, selecting right wing Julien Gauthier from the Val-d'Or Foreurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Gauthier, who scored 41 goals in 54 games this past season, is a 6'4" forward who Bob McKenzie described as next to impossible to move from the front of the net.
Gauthier, the nephew of former NHL defenseman Denis Gauthier - a first-round pick himself in 1995 - is the first player from the Quebec league the Canes have spent a first round pick on since selecting Phillippe Paradis 27th overall in 2009.