DON WADDELL

Carolina Hurricanes

General Manager

President

Staff History

TEAM	POSITION	DATE SPAN	AGE SPAN	DURATION
Detroit Red Wings	Assistant General Manager	Aug. 7, 1997 - Jun. 22, 1998	38 - 39	10 Months, 15 Days
Atlanta Thrashers	General Manager	Jun. 23, 1998 - Apr. 14, 2010	39 - 51	11 Years, 9 Months, 22 Days
Atlanta Thrashers	Vice President of Hockey Operations	Jul. 1, 1998 - Apr. 14, 2010	39 - 51	11 Years, 9 Months, 13 Days
Atlanta Thrashers	Head Coach (Interim)	Dec. 26, 2002 - Jan. 13, 2003	44 - 44	18 Days
Atlanta Thrashers	Head Coach (Interim)	Oct. 17, 2007 - Jun. 19, 2008	49 - 49	8 Months, 2 Days
Atlanta Thrashers	President	Apr. 14, 2010 - May 31, 2011	51 - 52	1 Year, 1 Month, 17 Days
Carolina Hurricanes	President	Jul. 4, 2014 - Present	55 -	9 Years, 9 Months, 14 Days
Carolina Hurricanes	General Manager (Interim)	Mar. 7, 2018 - May 8, 2018	59 - 59	2 Months, 1 Day
Carolina Hurricanes	General Manager	May 8, 2018 - Present	59 -	5 Years, 11 Months, 10 Days

GM Player History

SIGNINGS	SIGNINGS VALUE	DRAFTED	TRADES
185	$755,794,051	154	99

PLAYER	TEAM	YEAR	ROUND	OVERALL
Stefan, Patrik	Atlanta Thrashers	1999	1	1
Kovalchuk, Ilya	Atlanta Thrashers	2001	1	1
Svechnikov, Andrei	Carolina Hurricanes	2018	1	2
Heatley, Dany	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	1	2
Lehtonen, Kari	Atlanta Thrashers	2002	1	2
Bogosian, Zach	Atlanta Thrashers	2008	1	3
Kane, Evander	Atlanta Thrashers	2009	1	4
Coburn, Braydon	Atlanta Thrashers	2003	1	8
Valabik, Boris	Atlanta Thrashers	2004	1	10
Little, Bryan	Atlanta Thrashers	2006	1	12
Jarvis, Seth	Carolina Hurricanes	2020	1	13
Bourret, Alex	Atlanta Thrashers	2005	1	16
Suzuki, Ryan	Carolina Hurricanes	2019	1	28
Leveille, Daultan	Atlanta Thrashers	2008	1	29
Nadeau, Bradly	Carolina Hurricanes	2023	1	30
Slater, Jim	Atlanta Thrashers	2002	1	30
Nikulin, Ilya	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	2	31
Luke Sellars	Atlanta Thrashers	1999	2	30
Klingberg, Carl	Atlanta Thrashers	2009	2	34
Kochetkov, Pyotr	Carolina Hurricanes	2019	2	36
Morrow, Scott	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	2	40
Gunler, Noel	Carolina Hurricanes	2020	2	41
Lewis, Grant	Atlanta Thrashers	2004	2	40
Drury, Jack	Carolina Hurricanes	2018	2	42
Heimosalmi, Aleksi	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	2	44
Libor Ustrnul	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	2	42
Pavelec, Ondrej	Atlanta Thrashers	2005	2	41
Rees, Jamieson	Carolina Hurricanes	2019	2	44
Holzapfel, Riley	Atlanta Thrashers	2006	2	43
Morin, Jeremy	Atlanta Thrashers	2009	2	45
Koivunen, Ville	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	2	51
Ponomarev, Vasili	Carolina Hurricanes	2020	2	53
Denny, Chad	Atlanta Thrashers	2005	2	49
Kozek, Andrew	Atlanta Thrashers	2005	2	53
Trikozov, Gleb	Carolina Hurricanes	2022	2	60
Unger Sörum, Felix	Carolina Hurricanes	2023	2	62
Blatny, Zdenek	Atlanta Thrashers	1999	3	68
Paquette, Danick	Atlanta Thrashers	2008	3	64
Perevalov, Alexander	Carolina Hurricanes	2022	3	71
Machacek, Spencer	Atlanta Thrashers	2007	3	67
Nikishin, Alexander	Carolina Hurricanes	2020	3	69
Puistola, Patrik	Carolina Hurricanes	2019	3	73
Lehman, Scott	Atlanta Thrashers	2004	3	76
Michael Garnett	Atlanta Thrashers	2001	3	80
Michael Forney	Atlanta Thrashers	2006	3	80
Hamrla, Patrik	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	3	83
Honka, Anttoni	Carolina Hurricanes	2019	3	83
Fensore, Domenick	Carolina Hurricanes	2019	3	90
Hreschuk, Aidan	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	3	94
Perron, Jayden	Carolina Hurricanes	2023	3	94
David Kaczowka	Atlanta Thrashers	1999	4	98
Henman, Luke	Carolina Hurricanes	2018	4	96
Rob Zepp	Atlanta Thrashers	1999	4	99
Brian Sipotz	Atlanta Thrashers	2001	4	100
Vinny Saponari	Atlanta Thrashers	2008	4	94
Forsmark, Simon	Carolina Hurricanes	2022	4	101
Rykov, Alexander	Carolina Hurricanes	2023	4	100
Webber, Cade	Carolina Hurricanes	2019	4	99
Painchaud, Chad	Atlanta Thrashers	2004	4	106
Sharrow, Jimmy	Atlanta Thrashers	2003	4	110
Killinen, Lenni	Carolina Hurricanes	2018	4	104
Carl Mallette	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	4	107
Blake Robson	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	4	108
Blake, Jackson	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	4	109
Milan Gajic	Atlanta Thrashers	2001	4	112
Desbiens, Guillaume	Atlanta Thrashers	2003	4	116
Dwyer, Patrick	Atlanta Thrashers	2002	4	116
Nybeck, Zion	Carolina Hurricanes	2020	4	115
Niklas Lucenius	Atlanta Thrashers	2007	4	115
Pasquale, Edward	Atlanta Thrashers	2009	4	117
Lucius, Cruz	Carolina Hurricanes	2022	4	124
LaVallée-Smotherman, Jordan	Atlanta Thrashers	2005	4	116
Tieksola, Tuukka	Carolina Hurricanes	2019	4	121
Lane Manson	Atlanta Thrashers	2002	4	124
Chiarot, Ben	Atlanta Thrashers	2009	4	120
Yarovoi, Stanislav	Carolina Hurricanes	2023	4	126
Mike Vannelli	Atlanta Thrashers	2003	4	136
MacKenzie, Derek	Atlanta Thrashers	1999	5	128
Nicklas Lasu	Atlanta Thrashers	2008	5	124
Stuart, Colin	Atlanta Thrashers	2001	5	135
Cody Sol	Atlanta Thrashers	2009	5	125
Orr, Robert	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	5	136
Sterling, Brett	Atlanta Thrashers	2003	5	145
Tomas Pospisil	Atlanta Thrashers	2005	5	135
Legault, Charles-Alexis	Carolina Hurricanes	2023	5	139
Alex Kangas	Atlanta Thrashers	2006	5	135
Paul Flache	Atlanta Thrashers	2002	5	144
Juraj Gracik	Atlanta Thrashers	2004	5	142
Matthew McRae	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	5	147
Robidas, Justin	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	5	147
Grudinin, Vladimir	Carolina Hurricanes	2022	5	156
Slepets, Kirill	Carolina Hurricanes	2019	5	152
Khazheyev, Ruslan	Carolina Hurricanes	2023	5	158
Zdenek Smid	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	6	168
Brad Schell	Atlanta Thrashers	2002	6	167
Yuri Dobryshkin	Atlanta Thrashers	1999	6	159
Mukhanov, Timur	Carolina Hurricanes	2023	6	163
Chris Carrozzi	Atlanta Thrashers	2008	6	154
Mercuri, Lucas	Carolina Hurricanes	2020	6	159
Jimmy Bubnick	Atlanta Thrashers	2009	6	155
Mike Hamilton	Atlanta Thrashers	2003	6	175
Montgomery, Bryce	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	6	170
Vondras, Jakub	Carolina Hurricanes	2022	6	171
Sellgren, Jesper	Carolina Hurricanes	2018	6	166
Jeff Dwyer	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	6	178
Jonas Enlund	Atlanta Thrashers	2006	6	165
Hordichuk, Darcy	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	6	180
Dan Turple	Atlanta Thrashers	2004	6	186
Pasi Nurminen	Atlanta Thrashers	2001	6	189
Albert, John	Atlanta Thrashers	2007	6	175
Wall, Kevin	Carolina Hurricanes	2019	6	181
Quapp, Nikita	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	6	187
Murray, Blake	Carolina Hurricanes	2019	6	183
Zubarev, Andrey	Atlanta Thrashers	2005	6	187
Emerson, Michael	Carolina Hurricanes	2023	6	190
Oystrick, Nathan	Atlanta Thrashers	2002	7	198
Baby, Stephen	Atlanta Thrashers	1999	7	188
Matt Suderman	Atlanta Thrashers	2001	7	199
Redmond, Zach	Atlanta Thrashers	2008	7	184
Levko Koper	Atlanta Thrashers	2009	7	185
Colin FitzRandolph	Atlanta Thrashers	2001	7	201
DenisLoginov	Atlanta Thrashers	2003	7	203
Naumov, Yegor	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	7	200
Kucharski, Jake	Carolina Hurricanes	2018	7	197
Miikka Tuomainen	Atlanta Thrashers	2004	7	204
Pelevin, Alexander	Carolina Hurricanes	2022	7	205
Jesse Martin	Atlanta Thrashers	2006	7	195
Pashin, Alexander	Carolina Hurricanes	2020	7	199
Stoesz, Myles	Atlanta Thrashers	2005	7	207
Guslistov, Nikita	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	7	209
Kulda, Arturs	Atlanta Thrashers	2006	7	200
Seeley, Ronan	Carolina Hurricanes	2020	7	208
Samuels-Thomas, Jordan	Atlanta Thrashers	2009	7	203
Postma, Paul	Atlanta Thrashers	2007	7	205
Nyström, Joel	Carolina Hurricanes	2021	7	219
O'Neill, Will	Atlanta Thrashers	2006	7	210
Rizzo, Massimo	Carolina Hurricanes	2019	7	216
Velmakin, Yegor	Carolina Hurricanes	2023	7	222
Samu Isosalo	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	8	230
Colton Fretter	Atlanta Thrashers	2002	8	230
Exelby, Garnet	Atlanta Thrashers	1999	8	217
Tyler Boldt	Atlanta Thrashers	2002	8	236
Enström, Toby	Atlanta Thrashers	2003	8	239
Mitch Carefoot	Atlanta Thrashers	2004	8	237
Evan Nielsen	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	8	242
Eric Bowen	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	8	244
Pauli Levokari	Atlanta Thrashers	2002	8	257
Santala, Tommi	Atlanta Thrashers	1999	9	245
Ray DiLauro	Atlanta Thrashers	1999	9	246
Mario Cartelli	Atlanta Thrashers	2001	9	262
Rylan Kaip	Atlanta Thrashers	2003	9	269
Matt Siddall	Atlanta Thrashers	2004	9	270
Mark McRae	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	9	288
Gamache, Simon	Atlanta Thrashers	2000	9	290