The Carolina Hurricanes went into this past weekend's draft armed with nine draft picks and many fans felt those should have provided the club with plenty of ammunition to use for trades or for moving up in the draft.
But the Canes did not make a trade and left for home Saturday afternoon with nine brand new prospects.
For the third draft in a row and for the fourth time in their last five drafts in which they had a first round pick, they selected a defenseman with their first choice. (skipping the 2012 draft when they traded their first rounder in the Jordan Staal deal).