Carolina Hurricanes draft history
410 picks since 1979 · 41 first-round picks
Who have the Hurricanes drafted?
The Carolina Hurricanes have made 410 draft picks since 1979, 41 of them in the first round. The best of them: Ron Francis, 4th overall in 1981, with the Hall of Fame and 4 league awards. Their latest first-round pick is Bradly Nadeau, 30th overall in 2023.
First-round picksBy roundEvery pick by year
Hurricanes first-round picks
| Draft | Pick | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30 | Bradly Nadeau | LW | 15 games |
| 2020 | 13 | Seth Jarvis | C | 375 games |
| 2019 | 28 | Ryan Suzuki | C | 2 games |
| 2018 | 2 | Andrei Svechnikov | LW | 561 games |
| 2017 | 12 | Martin Necas | C | 522 games |
| 2016 | 13 | Jake Bean | — | |
| 2016 | 21 | Julien Gauthier | — | |
| 2015 | 5 | Noah HanifinBoston College | D | 833 games |
| 2014 | 7 | Haydn Fleury | D | 345 games |
| 2013 | 5 | Elias Lindholm | C | 973 games |
| 2011 | 12 | Ryan Murphy | — | |
| 2010 | 7 | Jeff Skinner | LW | 1,110 games |
| 2009 | 27 | Philippe Paradis | — | |
| 2008 | 14 | Zach Boychuk | C | 127 games |
| 2007 | 11 | Brandon Sutter | C | 770 games |
| 2005 | 3 | Jack JohnsonMichigan | D | 1,228 games |
| 2004 | 4 | Andrew Ladd | LW | 1,001 games |
| 2003 | 2 | Eric Staal | C | 1,365 games |
| 2002 | 25 | Cam Ward | G | 701 games |
| 2001 | 15 | Igor Knyazev | — | |
| 1999 | 16 | David TanabeWisconsin | D | 449 games |
| 1998 | 11 | Jeff Heerema | RW | 32 games |
| 1997 | 22 | Nikos Tselios | — | |
| 1995 | 13 | Jean-Sebastien Giguere | G | 597 games |
| 1994 | 5 | Jeff O'Neill | RW | 821 games |
| 1993 | 2 | Chris ProngerHOF | D | 1,167 games |
| 1992 | 9 | Robert Petrovicky | C | 208 games |
| 1991 | 9 | Patrick Poulin | RW | 634 games |
| 1990 | 15 | Mark Greig | RW | 125 games |
| 1989 | 10 | Bobby Holik | C | 1,314 games |
| 1988 | 11 | Christopher Govedaris | — | |
| 1987 | 18 | Jody Hull | RW | 831 games |
| 1986 | 11 | Scott YoungBoston University | RW | 1,181 games |
| 1985 | 5 | Dana Murzyn | D | 838 games |
| 1984 | 11 | Sylvain Cote | D | 1,171 games |
| 1983 | 2 | Sylvain Turgeon | LW | 669 games |
| 1983 | 20 | David Jensen | — | |
| 1982 | 14 | Paul Lawless | — | |
| 1981 | 4 | Ron FrancisHOF | C | 1,731 games |
| 1980 | 8 | Fred Arthur | — | |
| 1979 | 18 | Ray Allison | — |
How each round turned out
| Round | Picks | Played a game |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 41 | 30 (73%) |
| 2nd | 50 | 23 (46%) |
| 3rd | 47 | 17 (36%) |
| 4th | 62 | 20 (32%) |
| 5th | 35 | 7 (20%) |
| 6th | 45 | 7 (16%) |
| 7th | 42 | 6 (14%) |
| 8th | 27 | 3 (11%) |
| 9th | 25 | 2 (8%) |
| 10th | 13 | 1 (8%) |
| 11th | 13 | 1 (8%) |
| 12th | 10 | 0 (0%) |
Every Hurricanes pick by year
| Round, pick | Overall | Player | Pos | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 2-19 | 51 | William Hakansson | — | |
| 2-29 | 61 | Wiggo Sorensson | — | |
| 3-4 | 68 | Zachary Lansard | — | |
| 4-9 | 105 | Michael Berchild | — | |
| 4-29 | 125 | Ryder Fetterolf | G | — |
| 6-5 | 165 | Zachary Jovanovski | — | |
| 2025 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 2-9 | 41 | Semyon Frolov | — | |
| 2-17 | 49 | Charlie Cerrato | — | |
| 2-30 | 62 | Ivan Ryabkin | — | |
| 3-3 | 67 | Kurban Limatov | — | |
| 3-23 | 87 | Roman Bausov | — | |
| 6-23 | 183 | Viggo Nordlund | — | |
| 7-29 | 221 | Filip Ekberg | — | |
| 2024 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 2-2 | 34 | Dominik Badinka | — | |
| 2-18 | 50 | Nikita Artamonov | — | |
| 3-4 | 69 | Noel Fransén | — | |
| 4-27 | 124 | Alexander Siryatsky | — | |
| 5-4 | 133 | Oskar Vuollet | — | |
| 5-27 | 156 | Justin Poirier | — | |
| 6-7 | 168 | Timur Kol | — | |
| 6-23 | 184 | Roman Shokhrin | — | |
| 6-27 | 188 | Fyodor Avramov | — | |
| 7-27 | 220 | Andrey Krutov | — | |
| 2023 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-30 | 30 | Bradly Nadeau | LW | 15 games |
| 2-30 | 62 | Felix Unger Sorum | RW | 1 games |
| 3-30 | 94 | Jayden Perron | — | |
| 4-4 | 100 | Alexander Rykov | — | |
| 4-30 | 126 | Stanislav Yarovoi | — | |
| 5-11 | 139 | Charles-Alexis Legault | D | 2 games |
| 5-30 | 158 | Ruslan Khazheyev | — | |
| 6-3 | 163 | Timur Mukhanov | — | |
| 6-30 | 190 | Michael Emerson | — | |
| 7-30 | 222 | Egor Velmakin | — | |
| 2022 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 2-28 | 60 | Gleb Trikozov | — | |
| 3-6 | 71 | Alexander Perevalov | — | |
| 4-4 | 101 | Simon Forsmark | — | |
| 4-27 | 124 | Cruz Lucius | — | |
| 5-27 | 156 | Vladimir Grudinin | — | |
| 6-10 | 171 | Jakub Vondras | — | |
| 7-12 | 205 | Alexander Pelevin | — | |
| 2021 draft · 13 picks | ||||
| 2-8 | 40 | Scott Morrow | D | 45 games |
| 2-12 | 44 | Aleksi Heimosalmi | — | |
| 2-19 | 51 | Ville Koivunen | RW | 50 games |
| 3-19 | 83 | Patrik Hamrla | — | |
| 3-30 | 94 | Aidan Hreschuk | — | |
| 4-13 | 109 | Jackson Blake | RW | 166 games |
| 5-8 | 136 | Robert Orr | — | |
| 5-19 | 147 | Justin Robidas | — | |
| 6-10 | 170 | Bryce Montgomery | — | |
| 6-27 | 187 | Nikita Quapp | — | |
| 7-8 | 200 | Yegor Naumov | — | |
| 7-17 | 209 | Nikita Guslistov | — | |
| 7-27 | 219 | Joel Nystrom | — | |
| 2020 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-13 | 13 | Seth Jarvis | C | 375 games |
| 2-10 | 41 | Noel Gunler | — | |
| 2-22 | 53 | Vasily Ponomarev | — | |
| 3-7 | 69 | Alexander Nikishin | — | |
| 4-22 | 115 | Zion Nybeck | — | |
| 6-4 | 159 | Lucas Mercuri | C | — |
| 7-13 | 199 | Alexander Pashin | — | |
| 7-22 | 208 | Ronan Seeley | — | |
| 2019 draft · 12 picks | ||||
| 1-28 | 28 | Ryan Suzuki | C | 2 games |
| 2-5 | 36 | Pyotr Kochetkov | G | 126 games |
| 2-13 | 44 | Jamieson Rees | — | |
| 3-11 | 73 | Patrik Puistola | — | |
| 3-21 | 83 | Anttoni Honka | — | |
| 3-28 | 90 | Domenick Fensore | — | |
| 4-6 | 99 | Cade Webber | D | — |
| 4-28 | 121 | Tuukka Tieksola | — | |
| 5-28 | 152 | Kirill Slepets | RW | — |
| 6-26 | 181 | Kevin Wall | — | |
| 6-28 | 183 | Blake Murray | — | |
| 7-30 | 216 | Massimo Rizzo | — | |
| 2018 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-2 | 2 | Andrei Svechnikov | LW | 561 games |
| 2-11 | 42 | Jack Drury | C | 271 games |
| 4-3 | 96 | Luke Henman | — | |
| 4-11 | 104 | Lenni Killinen | — | |
| 6-11 | 166 | Jesper Sellgren | — | |
| 7-11 | 197 | Jacob Kucharski | — | |
| 2017 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-12 | 12 | Martin Necas | C | 522 games |
| 2-11 | 42 | Eetu Luostarinen | C | 451 games |
| 2-21 | 52 | Luke Martin | — | |
| 3-5 | 67 | Morgan Geekie | C | 418 games |
| 3-11 | 73 | Stelio Mattheos | — | |
| 4-11 | 104 | Eetu Makiniemi | — | |
| 6-11 | 166 | Brendan De Jong | — | |
| 7-11 | 197 | Ville Rasanen | — | |
| 2016 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-13 | 13 | Jake Bean | — | |
| 1-21 | 21 | Julien Gauthier | — | |
| 2-13 | 43 | Janne Kuokkanen | — | |
| 3-6 | 67 | Matt Filipe | — | |
| 3-13 | 74 | Hudson Elynuik | — | |
| 3-14 | 75 | Jack LaFontaine | — | |
| 4-13 | 104 | Max Zimmer | — | |
| 5-13 | 134 | Jeremy Helvig | — | |
| 6-13 | 164 | Noah Carroll | — | |
| 2015 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | Noah Hanifin | D | 833 games |
| 2-5 | 35 | Sebastian Aho | C | 760 games |
| 4-2 | 93 | Callum Booth | — | |
| 4-5 | 96 | Nicolas Roy | C | 446 games |
| 5-5 | 126 | Luke Stevens | — | |
| 5-17 | 138 | Spencer Smallman | RW | — |
| 6-5 | 156 | Jake Massie | — | |
| 6-18 | 169 | David Cotton | — | |
| 7-5 | 186 | Steven Lorentz | C | 381 games |
| 2014 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Haydn Fleury | D | 345 games |
| 2-7 | 37 | Alex Nedeljkovic | G | 219 games |
| 3-7 | 67 | Warren Foegele | LW | 584 games |
| 4-6 | 96 | Josh Wesley | — | |
| 4-7 | 97 | Lucas Wallmark | — | |
| 5-7 | 127 | Clark Bishop | C | 53 games |
| 7-7 | 187 | Kyle Jenkins | — | |
| 2013 draft · 4 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | Elias Lindholm | C | 973 games |
| 3-5 | 66 | Brett Pesce | D | 739 games |
| 5-5 | 126 | Brent Pedersen | — | |
| 6-5 | 156 | Tyler Ganly | — | |
| 2012 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 2-8 | 38 | Phillip Di Giuseppe | — | |
| 2-17 | 47 | Brock McGinn | — | |
| 3-8 | 69 | Daniel Altshuller | — | |
| 4-8 | 99 | Erik Karlsson | — | |
| 4-24 | 115 | Trevor Carrick | — | |
| 4-29 | 120 | Jaccob Slavin | D | 788 games |
| 5-8 | 129 | Brendan Woods | — | |
| 6-8 | 159 | Collin Olson | — | |
| 7-8 | 189 | Brendan Collier | — | |
| 2011 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-12 | 12 | Ryan Murphy | — | |
| 2-12 | 42 | Victor Rask | — | |
| 3-12 | 73 | Keegan Lowe | — | |
| 4-12 | 103 | Gregory Hofmann | — | |
| 6-12 | 163 | Matt Mahalak | — | |
| 7-12 | 193 | Brody Sutter | — | |
| 2010 draft · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-7 | 7 | Jeff Skinner | LW | 1,110 games |
| 2-7 | 37 | Justin Faulk | D | 1,061 games |
| 2-23 | 53 | Mark Alt | — | |
| 3-7 | 67 | Danny Biega | D | 10 games |
| 3-25 | 85 | Austin Levi | — | |
| 4-15 | 105 | Justin Shugg | LW | 3 games |
| 6-17 | 167 | Tyler Stahl | — | |
| 2009 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-27 | 27 | Philippe Paradis | — | |
| 2-21 | 51 | Brian Dumoulin | D | 791 games |
| 3-27 | 88 | Mattias Lindstrom | — | |
| 5-11 | 131 | Matt Kennedy | — | |
| 6-28 | 178 | Rasmus Rissanen | D | 6 games |
| 7-28 | 208 | Tommi Kivisto | — | |
| 2008 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 1-14 | 14 | Zach Boychuk | C | 127 games |
| 2-15 | 45 | Zac Dalpe | — | |
| 4-14 | 105 | Michal Jordan | D | 79 games |
| 6-14 | 165 | Mike Murphy | RW | 2 games |
| 7-14 | 195 | Samuel Morneau | — | |
| 2007 draft · 5 picks | ||||
| 1-11 | 11 | Brandon Sutter | C | 770 games |
| 3-11 | 72 | Drayson Bowman | 179 games | |
| 4-11 | 102 | Justin McCrae | — | |
| 5-11 | 132 | Chris Terry | RW | 152 games |
| 6-11 | 162 | Brett Bellemore | D | 121 games |
| 2006 draft · 6 picks | ||||
| 2-33 | 63 | Jamie McBain | D | 348 games |
| 3-30 | 93 | Harrison Reed | — | |
| 4-30 | 123 | Bobby Hughes | — | |
| 5-30 | 153 | Stefan Chaput | — | |
| 6-30 | 183 | Nick Dodge | — | |
| 7-30 | 213 | Justin Krueger | — | |
| 2005 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-3 | 3 | Jack Johnson | D | 1,228 games |
| 2-28 | 58 | Nathan Hagemo | — | |
| 3-3 | 64 | Joe Barnes | — | |
| 4-3 | 94 | Jakub Vojta | — | |
| 4-32 | 123 | Ondrej Otcenas | — | |
| 5-20 | 145 | Timothy Kunes | — | |
| 5-34 | 159 | Risto Korhonen | — | |
| 6-30 | 192 | Nicolas Blanchard | LW | 9 games |
| 7-4 | 198 | Kyle Lawson | — | |
| 2004 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Andrew Ladd | LW | 1,001 games |
| 2-8 | 38 | Justin Peters | G | 83 games |
| 3-4 | 69 | Casey Borer | D | 16 games |
| 4-11 | 109 | Brett Carson | D | 90 games |
| 5-8 | 137 | Magnus Akerlund | — | |
| 7-9 | 202 | Ryan Pottruff | — | |
| 8-8 | 235 | Jonas Fiedler | — | |
| 9-10 | 268 | Martin Vagner | — | |
| 2003 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-2 | 2 | Eric Staal | C | 1,365 games |
| 2-1 | 31 | Danny Richmond | D | 49 games |
| 4-1 | 102 | Aaron Dawson | — | |
| 4-25 | 126 | Kevin Nastiuk | — | |
| 4-29 | 130 | Matej Trojovsky | — | |
| 5-1 | 137 | Tyson Strachan | D | 186 games |
| 7-1 | 198 | Shay Stephenson | C | 2 games |
| 8-1 | 230 | Jamie Hoffmann | — | |
| 9-1 | 262 | Ryan Rorabeck | — | |
| 2002 draft · 4 picks | ||||
| 1-25 | 25 | Cam Ward | G | 701 games |
| 3-28 | 91 | Jesse Lane | — | |
| 5-29 | 160 | Daniel Manzato | — | |
| 7-27 | 224 | Adam Taylor | — | |
| 2001 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Igor Knyazev | — | |
| 2-16 | 46 | Mike Zigomanis | C | 197 games |
| 3-28 | 91 | Kevin Estrada | — | |
| 4-13 | 110 | Rob Zepp | — | |
| 6-16 | 181 | Daniel Boisclair | — | |
| 7-15 | 211 | Sean Curry | — | |
| 8-17 | 244 | Carter Trevisani | — | |
| 9-15 | 274 | Peter Reynolds | — | |
| 2000 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 2-2 | 32 | Tomas Kurka | LW | 17 games |
| 3-15 | 80 | Ryan Bayda | LW | 179 games |
| 4-1 | 97 | Niclas Wallin | D | 614 games |
| 4-14 | 110 | Jared Newman | — | |
| 6-14 | 181 | J.D. Forrest | — | |
| 7-15 | 212 | Magnus Kahnberg | — | |
| 8-6 | 235 | Craig Kowalski | — | |
| 9-15 | 276 | Troy Ferguson | — | |
| 1999 draft · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-16 | 16 | David Tanabe | D | 449 games |
| 2-21 | 49 | Brett Lysak | C | 2 games |
| 3-18 | 84 | Brad Fast | D | 1 games |
| 4-17 | 113 | Ryan Murphy | — | |
| 6-17 | 174 | Damian Surma | C | 2 games |
| 7-16 | 202 | Jim Baxter | — | |
| 8-16 | 231 | David Evans | — | |
| 8-22 | 237 | Antti Jokela | — | |
| 9-16 | 259 | Yauhenni Kurilin | — | |
| 1998 draft · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-11 | 11 | Jeff Heerema | RW | 32 games |
| 3-12 | 70 | Kevin Holdridge | — | |
| 3-13 | 71 | Erik Cole | LW | 892 games |
| 4-5 | 91 | Josef Vasicek | C | 460 games |
| 4-7 | 93 | Tommy Vestlund | — | |
| 4-11 | 97 | Chris Madden | — | |
| 7-11 | 184 | Donald Smith | — | |
| 8-8 | 208 | Jaroslav Svoboda | LW | 134 games |
| 8-11 | 211 | Mark Kosick | — | |
| 9-11 | 239 | Brent McDonald | — | |
| 1997 draft · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-22 | 22 | Nikos Tselios | — | |
| 2-2 | 28 | Brad Defauw | LW | 9 games |
| 3-27 | 80 | Francis Lessard | RW | 115 games |
| 4-8 | 88 | Shane Willis | RW | 174 games |
| 6-8 | 142 | Kyle Dafoe | — | |
| 7-8 | 169 | Andrew Merrick | — | |
| 8-5 | 195 | Niklas Nordgren | LW | 58 games |
| 8-9 | 199 | Randy Fitzgerald | — | |
| 1996 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 10 picks | ||||
| 2-8 | 34 | Trevor Wasyluk | — | |
| 3-9 | 61 | Andrei Petrunin | — | |
| 4-8 | 88 | Craig MacDonald | C | 233 games |
| 4-24 | 104 | Steve Wasylko | — | |
| 5-8 | 116 | Mark McMahon | — | |
| 6-8 | 143 | Aaron Baker | — | |
| 7-9 | 171 | Greg Kuznik | D | 1 games |
| 8-8 | 197 | Kevin Marsh | — | |
| 9-8 | 223 | Craig Adams | RW | 951 games |
| 9-16 | 231 | Askhat Rakhmatullin | — | |
| 1995 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-13 | 13 | Jean-Sebastien Giguere | G | 597 games |
| 2-9 | 35 | Sergei Fedotov | — | |
| 4-7 | 85 | Ian MacNeil | C | 2 games |
| 4-9 | 87 | Sami Kapanen | RW | 831 games |
| 5-9 | 113 | Hugh Hamilton | — | |
| 7-9 | 165 | Byron Ritchie | C | 324 games |
| 8-9 | 191 | Milan Kostolny | — | |
| 9-9 | 217 | Michael Rucinski | — | |
| 1994 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | Jeff O'Neill | RW | 821 games |
| 4-5 | 83 | Hnat Domenichelli | RW | 267 games |
| 5-5 | 109 | Ryan Risidore | — | |
| 8-5 | 187 | Tom Buckley | — | |
| 9-5 | 213 | Ashlin Halfnight | — | |
| 9-22 | 230 | Matt Ball | — | |
| 10-5 | 239 | Brian Regan | — | |
| 11-5 | 265 | Steve Nimigon | — | |
| 1993 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 8 picks | ||||
| 1-2 | 2 | Chris ProngerHOF | D | 1,167 games |
| 3-20 | 72 | Marek Malik | D | 691 games |
| 4-6 | 84 | Trevor Roenick | — | |
| 5-11 | 115 | Nolan Pratt | D | 592 games |
| 8-6 | 188 | Manny Legace | G | 365 games |
| 9-6 | 214 | Dimitri Gorenko | — | |
| 10-6 | 240 | Wes Swinson | — | |
| 11-6 | 266 | Igor Chibirev | C | 45 games |
| 1992 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-9 | 9 | Robert Petrovicky | C | 208 games |
| 2-23 | 47 | Andrei Nikolishin | C | 628 games |
| 3-9 | 57 | Jan Vopat | D | 126 games |
| 4-7 | 79 | Kevin Smyth | LW | 58 games |
| 4-9 | 81 | Jason McBain | D | 9 games |
| 6-23 | 143 | Jarrett Reid | — | |
| 7-9 | 153 | Ken Belanger | LW | 248 games |
| 8-9 | 177 | Konstantin Korotkov | — | |
| 9-9 | 201 | Greg Zwakman | — | |
| 10-9 | 225 | Steven Halko | — | |
| 11-9 | 249 | Joacim Esbjors | — | |
| 1991 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 12 picks | ||||
| 1-9 | 9 | Patrick Poulin | RW | 634 games |
| 2-9 | 31 | Martin Hamrlik | — | |
| 3-9 | 53 | Todd Hall | — | |
| 3-15 | 59 | Michael Nylander | C | 920 games |
| 4-9 | 75 | Jim Storm | LW | 84 games |
| 6-9 | 119 | Mike Harding | — | |
| 7-9 | 141 | Brian Mueller | — | |
| 8-9 | 163 | Steve Yule | — | |
| 9-9 | 185 | Chris Belanger | — | |
| 10-9 | 207 | Jason Currie | — | |
| 11-9 | 229 | Mike Santonelli | — | |
| 12-9 | 251 | Rob Peters | — | |
| 1990 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-15 | 15 | Mark Greig | RW | 125 games |
| 2-15 | 36 | Geoff Sanderson | LW | 1,104 games |
| 3-15 | 57 | Mike Lenarduzzi | G | 4 games |
| 4-15 | 78 | Chris Bright | — | |
| 6-15 | 120 | Cory Keenan | — | |
| 7-15 | 141 | Jergus Baca | — | |
| 8-15 | 162 | Martin D'Orsonnens | — | |
| 9-15 | 183 | Corey Osmak | — | |
| 10-15 | 204 | Espen Knutsen | C | 207 games |
| 11-15 | 225 | Tommie Eriksen | — | |
| 12-15 | 246 | Denis Chalifoux | — | |
| 1989 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-10 | 10 | Bobby Holik | C | 1,314 games |
| 3-10 | 52 | Blair Atcheynum | RW | 196 games |
| 4-10 | 73 | Jim McKenzie | LW | 880 games |
| 5-10 | 94 | James Black | LW | 352 games |
| 6-10 | 115 | Jerome Bechard | — | |
| 7-10 | 136 | Scott Daniels | LW | 149 games |
| 8-10 | 157 | Raymond Saumier | — | |
| 9-10 | 178 | Michel Picard | LW | 166 games |
| 10-10 | 199 | Trevor Buchanan | — | |
| 11-10 | 220 | John Battice | — | |
| 12-10 | 241 | Peter Kasowski | — | |
| 1988 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-11 | 11 | Christopher Govedaris | — | |
| 2-11 | 32 | Barry Richter | D | 151 games |
| 4-11 | 74 | Dean Dyer | — | |
| 5-11 | 95 | Scott Morrow | — | |
| 6-11 | 116 | Corey Beaulieu | — | |
| 7-11 | 137 | Kerry Russell | — | |
| 8-11 | 158 | James Burke | — | |
| 9-11 | 179 | Mark Hirth | — | |
| 10-11 | 200 | Wayde Bucsis | — | |
| 11-11 | 221 | Robert White | — | |
| 12-11 | 242 | Daniel Slatalla | — | |
| 1987 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-18 | 18 | Jody Hull | RW | 831 games |
| 2-18 | 39 | Adam Burt | D | 737 games |
| 4-18 | 81 | Terry Yake | RW | 403 games |
| 5-18 | 102 | Marc Rousseau | — | |
| 6-18 | 123 | Jeff St. Cyr | — | |
| 7-18 | 144 | Gregory Wolf | — | |
| 8-18 | 165 | John Moore | — | |
| 9-18 | 186 | Joseph Day | — | |
| 11-18 | 228 | Kevin Sullivan | — | |
| 12-18 | 249 | Steve Laurin | — | |
| 1986 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-11 | 11 | Scott Young | RW | 1,181 games |
| 2-11 | 32 | Marc Laforge | D | 14 games |
| 4-11 | 74 | Brian Chapman | — | |
| 5-11 | 95 | William Horn | — | |
| 6-11 | 116 | Joseph Quinn | — | |
| 7-11 | 137 | Steve Torrel | — | |
| 8-11 | 158 | Ron Hoover | — | |
| 9-11 | 179 | Robert Glasgow | — | |
| 10-11 | 200 | Sean Evoy | — | |
| 11-11 | 221 | Cal Brown | — | |
| 12-11 | 242 | Brian Verbeek | — | |
| 1985 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-5 | 5 | Dana Murzyn | D | 838 games |
| 2-5 | 26 | Kay Whitmore | G | 155 games |
| 4-5 | 68 | Gary Callaghan | — | |
| 6-5 | 110 | Shane Churla | RW | 488 games |
| 7-5 | 131 | Chris Brant | — | |
| 8-5 | 152 | Brian Puhalski | — | |
| 9-5 | 173 | Greg Dornbach | — | |
| 10-5 | 194 | Paul Tory | — | |
| 11-5 | 215 | Jerry Pawloski | — | |
| 12-5 | 236 | Bruce Hill | — | |
| 1984 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 7 picks | ||||
| 1-11 | 11 | Sylvain Cote | D | 1,171 games |
| 6-5 | 110 | Mike Millar | — | |
| 7-5 | 131 | Mike Vellucci | — | |
| 9-5 | 173 | John Devereaux | — | |
| 10-5 | 194 | Brent Regan | — | |
| 11-5 | 215 | Jim Culhane | — | |
| 12-5 | 236 | Peter Abric | — | |
| 1983 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 13 picks | ||||
| 1-2 | 2 | Sylvain Turgeon | LW | 669 games |
| 1-20 | 20 | David Jensen | — | |
| 2-2 | 23 | Ville Siren | — | |
| 3-19 | 61 | Leif Karlsson | — | |
| 4-2 | 64 | Dave MacLean | — | |
| 4-10 | 72 | Ron Chyzowski | — | |
| 6-2 | 104 | Brian Johnson | — | |
| 8-1 | 143 | Chris Duperron | — | |
| 8-2 | 144 | James Falle | — | |
| 9-2 | 164 | Bill Fordy | — | |
| 10-11 | 193 | Reine Karlsson | — | |
| 11-2 | 204 | Allan Acton | — | |
| 12-2 | 224 | Darcy Kaminski | — | |
| 1982 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 11 picks | ||||
| 1-14 | 14 | Paul Lawless | — | |
| 2-14 | 35 | Mark Paterson | — | |
| 3-14 | 56 | Kevin Dineen | RW | 1,188 games |
| 4-4 | 67 | Ulf Samuelsson | D | 1,080 games |
| 5-4 | 88 | Ray Ferraro | C | 1,258 games |
| 6-4 | 109 | Randy Gilhen | RW | 457 games |
| 7-4 | 130 | Jim Johannson | — | |
| 8-4 | 151 | Mickey Krampotich | — | |
| 9-4 | 172 | Kevin Skilliter | — | |
| 11-4 | 214 | Martin Linse | — | |
| 12-4 | 235 | Randy Cameron | — | |
| 1981 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 9 picks | ||||
| 1-4 | 4 | Ron FrancisHOF | C | 1,731 games |
| 3-19 | 61 | Paul Macdermid | C | 690 games |
| 4-4 | 67 | Mike Hoffman | — | |
| 5-9 | 93 | William Maguire | — | |
| 5-19 | 103 | Dan Bourbonnais | — | |
| 7-4 | 130 | John Mokosak | — | |
| 8-4 | 151 | Denis Dore | — | |
| 9-4 | 172 | Jeffrey Poeschl | — | |
| 10-4 | 193 | Larry Power | — | |
| 1980 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 10 picks | ||||
| 1-8 | 8 | Fred Arthur | — | |
| 2-8 | 29 | Michel Galarneau | — | |
| 3-8 | 50 | Mickey Volcan | — | |
| 4-8 | 71 | Kevin McClelland | C | 588 games |
| 5-8 | 92 | Darren Jensen | — | |
| 6-8 | 113 | Mario Cerri | — | |
| 7-7 | 134 | Michael Martin | — | |
| 8-8 | 155 | Brent Denat | — | |
| 9-7 | 176 | Paul Fricker | — | |
| 10-8 | 197 | Lorne Bokshowan | — | |
| 1979 draft · as the Hartford Whalers · 6 picks | ||||
| 1-18 | 18 | Ray Allison | — | |
| 2-18 | 39 | Stuart Smith | — | |
| 3-19 | 60 | Don Nachbaur | — | |
| 4-18 | 81 | Ray Neufeld | — | |
| 5-18 | 102 | Mark Renaud | — | |
| 6-18 | 123 | David McDonald | — | |
Games are the player's career, for any club, with the Hall of Fame; All-Star selections are not on file for this league.