Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly
Projected Cap Hit: $57,799,166
Projected Cap Space: $17,200,834
Projected LTIR Used: $0
Current Cap Space: $17,200,834
Deadline Cap Space: $79,983,878
Todays Cap Hit: $57,799,166
Roster: 21/23
Contracts: 48/50
Offseason Moves – In/Out – source Sports Forecaster
In
Marcus Kruger, C T – VGK
Brenden Kichton, D FA – Wpg
Jeremy Smith, G FA – Col
Josh Jooris, C/W FA – Ari
Justin Williams, RW FA – Wsh
Keegan Kanzig, D T – Cgy
Trevor van Riemsdyk, D T – VGK
Scott Darling, G T – Chi
Out
Andrej Nestrasil, W/C FA-Europe
Michael Leighton, G FA – TB
Matt Tennyson, D FA – Buf
Danny Kristo, RW FA-Europe
Ryan Murphy, D T – Cgy
Eddie Lack, G T – Cgy
Connor Brickley, LW/C ED – VGK
Depth Chart – source Yahoo! Sports
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Sebastian Aho | Jordan Staal | Teuvo Teravainen |
| Joakim Nordstrom | Victor Rask | Justin Williams |
| Jeff Skinner | Elias Lindholm | Lee Stempniak |
| Josh Jooris | Marcus Kruger | Brock McGinn |
| Derek Ryan | ||
| Defense | Defense | |
| Jaccob Slavin | Goaltender | Brett Pesce |
| Noah Hanifin | Scott Darling | Justin Faulk |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | Cam Ward | Klas Dahlbeck |
| Haydn Fleury |
2018 Free Agents
Unrestricted – Cam Ward, Lee Stempniak, Derek Ryan, Josh Jooris, Jeremy Smith, Andrew Miller, Dennis Robertson, and Jake Chelios.
Restricted – Elias Lindholm, Joakim Nordstrom, Noah Hanifin, Andrew Poturalski, Klas Dahlbeck, Trevor Van Riemsdyk, Phillip Di Giuseppe, Valentin Zykov, Brenden Kichton, Lucas Wallmark, Trevor Carrick, Philip Samuelsson, Patrick Brown, Tyler Ganly, Keegan Kanzig, and Sergey Tolchinsky.
2018 Draft Picks
1st – Carolina
2nd – Carolina
3rd – Carolina
4th – Carolina
5th –
6th – Carolina
7th – Carolina, Vegas
Top 10 Carolina Hurricanes Prospects – source The Hockey News
1. Julien Gauthier – Right Wing
2. Martin Necas – Right Wing
3. Jake Bean – Defense
4. Nicolas Roy – Center
5. Janne Kuokkanen – Center
6. Haydn Fleury – Defense
7. Aleksi Saarela – Center
8. Alex Nedeljkovic – Goaltender
9. Roland McKeown – Defense
10. Warren Foegele – Left Wing