Canes Add Five Players on Day 2 of 2018 NHL Draft

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DALLAS - The five-player trade the Carolina Hurricanes made with the Calgary Flames was the headline stealer on the second day of the 2018 NHL Draft, but meanwhile, the club continued to assemble their latest crop of draft picks.
The Canes made five selections over six rounds on Saturday, bringing their total haul from this year's draft to six players.
Among the five selected on Saturday were two centers - one with a strong hockey lineage and another who the team hopes will mature physically in the next few years - in addition to a winger, a defenseman and a goaltender. The Hurricanes did have the second-to-last selection in the draft but traded it to the New York Rangers in exchange for Boston's seventh-round pick next year.
"You can never check all the boxes, but given the picks we had and where we were picking, I think we came out of it in pretty good shape," said Tony MacDonald, the Canes Director of Amateur Scouting. "We came out of it with some guys we really like. That's always important."

The Canes made their first pick of the day at No. 42, 40 picks down the board from where they drafted Andrei Svechnikov on Friday night. There, it was American-born center Jack Drury.
"I'm thrilled. It's hard to describe," he said. "I'm happy to be taken by a great organization like Carolina. I'm excited to start something great."
If the last name looks familiar, that's because it is: Jack is the son of Ted Drury, who played over 400 games in the NHL, and the nephew of Chris Drury, a Calder Trophy winner and a Stanley Cup champion.
But Jack is adamant about carving his own path.
"It helps getting to learn from them, but for me personally, I want to create something of my own. I don't just want to be known as Ted Drury's son or Chris Drury's nephew; I want to be known as Jack Drury," he said. "It's my career. I've got to take control of it."

Drury served as captain of the Waterloo Black Hawks in the 2017-18 season and led the team in scoring with 65 points (24g, 41a). He also possesses a solid two-way game.
"I take a lot of pride [in my defensive game]," he said. "That's how you win hockey games."
"He's a tremendous young man. He's a great person. He's a good player. He's a gritty, smart kid who understands the game well," MacDonald said. "The bloodline is there; there's hockey in this kid. He's a natural leader."
Drury is committed to Harvard, where his father was teammates with Canes TV color man Tripp Tracy (and Jason Karmanos) in the 1992-93 season.
"It's going to be awesome. It's obviously a phenomenal place to be," Drury said. "There are great coaches, and most of all the kids there seem awesome, my teammates. It's going to push me to get better and work towards being ready for the NHL."
With their first pick in the fourth round, the Canes drafted Luke Henman, a Canadian center who played with Blainville-Boisbriand of the Quebec Major-Junior Hockey League in the 2017-18 season. At 6-feet and just 150 pounds, Henman is a lanky fellow, but the Canes are intrigued by his intangibles.
"He's tall enough; he's just a skinny, light kid who needs to add some mass," MacDonald said. "Tremendous competitor - that was the big thing about him. Very gritty kid."
"I definitely need to mature physically, but that's the easiest part," Henman said. "I've got the six feet now, which is good, but I need to put on some muscle. It's all up to me, really."

Henman, who notched 47 points (9g, 38a) in 61 games last season, describes his game similar to that of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
"Two-way forward. Really smart," he said. "Good passer and high hockey IQ."
The Hurricanes selected Lenni Killinen, a Finnish winger, and Jesper Sellgren, a Swedish defenseman, with their next two picks before rounding out their draft pool with an American-born goaltender, Jacob Kucharski.
"It was kind of a blur. I don't remember a whole lot," Kucharski said. "It was a really exciting feeling. I'm happy to be a part of Carolina."

Though his numbers with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the USHL might not have been eye-catching in the 2017-18 season, the Canes recognize some raw potential.
"Plenty of size. Big man," MacDonald said. "He's a kid who has tremendous upside. Our goalie guys liked him a lot. They liked his size and competitiveness."
Up next for most of the newest members of the Hurricanes' organization will be Prospects Development Camp, which begins on ice at PNC Arena on Wednesday. That's when the Canes will get a real good feel for who they hope will become the Hurricanes of tomorrow.
"I thought we had a pretty good day. We got a little bit of everything," MacDonald said. "They're all quality kids. They bring that to the table, and we'll see how it goes when we get them into development camp."