2025-26 Hurricanes Prospects and Minors Thread

Ryabkin moved up and down the lines, but he did get consistent action in the playoffs with the Wolves and certainly didn’t look out of place. Not sure what to make of Cerrato’s stint in Chicago, honestly. Carolina really needs one or both of those two to hit, though.

Setting up the prospect list for next season.

Removed from the list (6/22/2026):

Charlie Cerrato C (2nd Round 2025) - Should be in AHL next season.
Simon Forsmark LHD (4th Round 2022) - Unsigned by Canes, now an NHL UFA
Nils Juntorp RW (via Trade) - Unsigned by Canes, now an NHL UFA
Ivan Ryabkin C (2nd Round 2025) - Should be in AHL next season

Jakub Vondras G (6th round 2022) - Unsigned by Canes, now an NHL UFA

The prospect tracking list as it stands as of June 22, 2026:

Nikita Artamonov W (2nd Round 2024 KHL Nizhny Novgorod/VHL Gorky-NN)
Fyodor Avramov LW (6th Round 2024 KHL Moskova)
Roman Bausov RHD (3rd Round 2025 MHL St. Petersburg)
Filip Ekberg RW (7th Round 2025 OHL Ottawa)
Michael Emerson F (6th Round 2023 Hockey East Merrimack Sr.) - Emerson's return was 'confirmed' by Merrimack
Noel Fransén LHD (3rd Round 2024 SweHL Färjestad OR AHL Chicago) - We will see where Fransen ends playing after signing a 3 years entry level deal with the Canes. If it's the AHL he will be removed from this list.
Vladimir Grudinin LHD (5th Round 2022 KHL Cherepovets)
Nikita Guslistov C (7th round 2021 VHL Novokuznetsk???????????????) - Unclear where Guslistov ends up.
Timur Kol LHD (6th Round 2024 KHL Moskova/VHL ??????)
Andrei Krutov LW (7th Round 2024 KHL Khabarovsk)
Kurban Limatov LHD (3rd Round 2025 MHL Moskova)
Timur Mukhanov LW (6th Round 2023 KHL Nizhny Novgorod/VHL Gorky NN?????)
Viggo Nordlund LW (6th Round 2025 SweHL Skelleftea)
Alexander Pelevin LHD (7th round 2022 VHL Gorky NN/KHL Nizhny Novgorod)
Alexander Perevalov LW (3rd Round 2022 VHL Novokuznetsk)
Jayden Perron RW (3rd Round 2023 Big 10 U of Michigan Sr.) - I have yet to hear of Perron leaving Michigan
Justin Poirier RW (5th Round 2024 Big 10 Penn St. So.) - As previously noted, Poirier is now collecting NIL money at Penn St.
Alexander Rykov RW (4th Round 2023 KHL Chelyabinsk?????) - Contract status unclear.
Roman Shokhrin LHD (6th Round 2024 VHL Perm)
Alexander Siryatsky LHD (4th Round 2024 KHL Magnitogorsk)
Oskar Vuollet F (5th Round 2024 SweHL Skellefteå)
Stanislav Yarovoi LW (4th Round 2023 KHL Moskova)

Semyon Frolov G (2nd Round 2025 MHL Moskova)
Yegor Velmakin G (7th Round 2023 VHL St. Petersburg??????) - Contract status unclear.

The Canes Prospects twitter account tweeted that both Roman Shokhrin and Timur Kol are in the US, South Florida to be exact. Take that as you will.

cmaleski2 said:

Setting up the prospect list for next season.

Removed from the list (6/22/2026):

Charlie Cerrato C (2nd Round 2025) - Should be in AHL next season.
Simon Forsmark LHD (4th Round 2022) - Unsigned by Canes, now an NHL UFA
Nils Juntorp RW (via Trade) - Unsigned by Canes, now an NHL UFA
Ivan Ryabkin C (2nd Round 2025) - Should be in AHL next season

Jakub Vondras G (6th round 2022) - Unsigned by Canes, now an NHL UFA

The prospect tracking list as it stands as of June 22, 2026:

Nikita Artamonov W (2nd Round 2024 KHL Nizhny Novgorod/VHL Gorky-NN)
Fyodor Avramov LW (6th Round 2024 KHL Moskova)
Roman Bausov RHD (3rd Round 2025 MHL St. Petersburg)
Filip Ekberg RW (7th Round 2025 OHL Ottawa)
Michael Emerson F (6th Round 2023 Hockey East Merrimack Sr.) - Emerson's return was 'confirmed' by Merrimack
Noel Fransén LHD (3rd Round 2024 SweHL Färjestad OR AHL Chicago) - We will see where Fransen ends playing after signing a 3 years entry level deal with the Canes. If it's the AHL he will be removed from this list.
Vladimir Grudinin LHD (5th Round 2022 KHL Cherepovets)
Nikita Guslistov C (7th round 2021 VHL Novokuznetsk???????????????) - Unclear where Guslistov ends up.
Timur Kol LHD (6th Round 2024 KHL Moskova/VHL ??????)
Andrei Krutov LW (7th Round 2024 KHL Khabarovsk)
Kurban Limatov LHD (3rd Round 2025 MHL Moskova)
Timur Mukhanov LW (6th Round 2023 KHL Nizhny Novgorod/VHL Gorky NN?????)
Viggo Nordlund LW (6th Round 2025 SweHL Skelleftea)
Alexander Pelevin LHD (7th round 2022 VHL Gorky NN/KHL Nizhny Novgorod)
Alexander Perevalov LW (3rd Round 2022 VHL Novokuznetsk)
Jayden Perron RW (3rd Round 2023 Big 10 U of Michigan Sr.) - I have yet to hear of Perron leaving Michigan
Justin Poirier RW (5th Round 2024 Big 10 Penn St. So.) - As previously noted, Poirier is now collecting NIL money at Penn St.
Alexander Rykov RW (4th Round 2023 KHL Chelyabinsk?????) - Contract status unclear.
Roman Shokhrin LHD (6th Round 2024 VHL Perm)
Alexander Siryatsky LHD (4th Round 2024 KHL Magnitogorsk)
Oskar Vuollet F (5th Round 2024 SweHL Skellefteå)
Stanislav Yarovoi LW (4th Round 2023 KHL Moskova)

Semyon Frolov G (2nd Round 2025 MHL Moskova)
Yegor Velmakin G (7th Round 2023 VHL St. Petersburg??????) - Contract status unclear.

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Bang up job as always. I hope this year’s draft brings you a raft of CHL and NCAA players to make this a little easier.

andyt said:

The Canes Prospects twitter account tweeted that both Roman Shokhrin and Timur Kol are in the US, South Florida to be exact. Take that as you will.

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It’s in Carolina’s best interests to get as many of these guys as possible into North American programs. The quality level of the KHL has taken a serious hit in recent years and that doesn’t show signs of getting better. That’s got a trickle down effect on the development programs that feel the KHL too. Also, I kind of hope that the Hurricanes’ Russian Fire Sale approach to the draft can be finished. There’s distressed assets and then there’s damaged goods. It’s getting hard to know the difference.

Thank you!

We only have those 4 draft picks at the moment going into the draft:

1st round #31 overall (our pick),
4th round #105 overall (SJ's pick)
6th round #165 overall (Toronto's pick)
6th round #192 overall (our pick)

Unless we trade our 1st round pick as part of a big package to acquire a high end talent, you can pretty much bank on us moving down from that spot at the draft. So that might shake loose a couple of draft picks, maybe adding to our 4 in this draft, but maybe only becoming a 2nd round pick in this draft and adding picks in future drafts.

I'm hoping we have a shift in approach and maybe forgo Russians for this draft? I mean, look at that list...there are 24 players on the list and 17 are Russian. It's true the fact that they remain our draft property in perpetuity keeps them on this list longer, but still, we keep drafting Russians at a crazy high rate.

I am nearing the point where I will start to 'Gregory Hofmann' Russians off the list as they get into their mid 20s. Nik Guslistov for example is now 24 years old and still kicking around the Russian 2nd tier league. This coming season will likely be the last season I bother to track him.

cmaleski2 said:

I am nearing the point where I will start to 'Gregory Hofmann' Russians off the list as they get into their mid 20s. Nik Guslistov for example is now 24 years old and still kicking around the Russian 2nd tier league. This coming season will likely be the last season I bother to track him.

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I’m 100% in favor of that, FWIW. If you wanted to just drop the Russian guys that aren’t in the KHL by the time they’re 23-24 or stop tracking Russian prospects taken after the 4th round at all … fine by me. The hit rate on those guys is only visible with serious magnification anyway.

Another Wolf off to Europe, UFA dman Juuso Valimaki has signed with Brynas in Sweden.