The Carolina Hurricanes traded a 2025 fourth-round pick and a 2026 third-round pick to move up in the draft and select Russian defenseman Kurban Limatov with the 67th overall pick.

The 6-foot-4 blueliner is a smooth skating defender who excels in his own zone.

Limatov also had eight goals and 23 points in 46 MHL games with MHK Dynamo Moskva this season.

The lefty has a great physical toolset to boot and there have been rumblings that some teams even considered him a potential first-round talent, but the Russian factor apparently scared some teams off, but not the Hurricanes.

 “He competes pretty hard and skates well, one scout told THN. "He has some good size, and he seems willing to get into the fight.”

'We Feel Like We're In A Good Position': Carolina GM Eric Tulsky On Day 1 Of 2025 Draft Day 1 of the 2025 NHL Draft came and went (it took much longer than anyone would have liked) and the Carolina Hurricanes only move of the evening was to move down the draft, <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/latest-news/carolina-hurricanes-trade-out-of-first-round-again" target="_blank">trading their first-round selection</a> for two second-round picks and a 2027 fifth-round pick.

Carolina Hurricanes 2025 Draft Class

Semyon Frolov
Charlie Cerrato
Ivan Ryabkin
Kurban Limatov
Roman Bausov
Viggo Nordlund
Filip Ekberg

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