2026-27 Hurricanes Prospects and Minors Thread

[cmaleski2]

26-27 KHL and VHL regular seasons are underway!

Posting our current prospects list here to start. I will probably do the first update covering all of our Russians in a couple of weeks:

Nikita Artamonov W (2nd Round 2024 KHL Severstal)
Fyodor Avramov LW (6th Round 2024 VHL Voskresensk)
Roman Bausov RHD (3rd Round 2025 MHL St. Petersburg)
Michael Berchild LW (4th Round 2026 NCHC U of Denver Fr.)
Filip Ekberg RW (7th Round 2025 OHL Ottawa)
Michael Emerson F (6th Round 2023 Hockey East Merrimack Sr.)
Noel Fransén LHD (3rd Round 2024 SweHL Färjestad OR AHL Chicago) - We will see where Fransen ends playing after signing a 3 year 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 KHL Sochi)
William Hakansson LHD (2nd Round 2026 SweHL Lulea)
Timur Kol LHD (6th Round 2024 KHL Nizhnekamsk/VHL ??????)
Andrei Krutov LW (7th Round 2024 KHL Khabarovsk)
Zach Lansard RW (3rd Round 2026 WHL Regina)
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.)
Justin Poirier RW (5th Round 2024 Big 10 Penn St. So.)
Alexander Rykov RW (4th Round 2023 KHL Chelyabinsk)
Roman Shokhrin LHD (6th Round 2024 VHL Perm)
Alexander Siryatsky LHD (4th Round 2024 KHL Magnitogorsk)
Wiggo Sorensson C (2nd Round 2026 HockeyEttan (Swedish 3rd tier) Boro/Vetlanda)
Oskar Vuollet F (5th Round 2024 SweHL Skellefteå)
Stanislav Yarovoi LW (4th Round 2023 KHL Moskova)


Ryan Fetteralf G (4th Round 2026 Big 10 Penn St. Fr.)
Semyon Frolov G (2nd Round 2025 MHL Moskova)
Zachary Jovanovski G (6th Round 2026 OHL Guelph)
Yegor Velmakin G (7th Round 2023 AHL Chicago) - Given that the Canes have not signed him, we will still track him @Chicago (or an ECHL team).

 

[andyt]

The Prospect Showcase roster is out. It’s a good chance for Nadeau, Unger Sorum, Legault and others to start making a case for a roster spot.

https://media.d3.nhle.com/image/private/t_document/prd/bu4d9uy7zwbzfbue9691.pdf

 

[andyt]

The prospects will be practicing at Lane Arena today at 10:45 and tomorrow at 11 before the games kick off on Sunday.

Canes Announce 2026 Prospect Showcase Roster | Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina to face teams from Nashville and Tampa Bay from Sept. 13-15

www.nhl.com

 

[dwind]

Wish they’d televised or stream it.

 

[andyt]

Wish they’d televised or stream it.

The games will be streamed on the Canes website.

 

[StormChaserBH]

The games will be streamed on the Canes website.

Hopefully using a better camera than the LiveBarn one there I use regularly

 

[jeffbear]

The prospects will be practicing at Lane Arena today at 10:45 and tomorrow at 11 before the games kick off on Sunday.

Canes Announce 2026 Prospect Showcase Roster | Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina to face teams from Nashville and Tampa Bay from Sept. 13-15

www.nhl.com

So, Ryabkin is playing in the showcase and there's been no mention of him bugging out for Russia since that stray report back in July. Has anybody heard anything on that? Again, my interest is mostly positional since the Canes badly need him and/or Cerrato to make some noise.

 

[Pucking Lamplighter]

Is anyone from the board at the Prospect's Showcase? I've been watching on the 'Cane's website. It's nice to get a bit of a hockey fix.

I considered attending, but ran into a snag attempting to get some airlines tix. Now, I'm in airline ticket hold purgatory. I could probably swim to Asia faster. Sheesh.

Jim