RALEIGH, N.C. – Don Waddell, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has acquired a sixth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft from the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of a three-team trade along with the Anaheim Ducks. As part of the trade, the Hurricanes will retain 25% of defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin’s salary for the remainder of the 2023-24 NHL season, and the Maple Leafs will acquire the draft rights to forward Kirill Slepets.
