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How the Carolina Hurricanes were built

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Below is a chart of how the 2001-02 Carolina Huricanes were built with name, position, transaction and 2001-02 base salary according to the NHL Players' Association:

Total payroll: $34,117,400

1993 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
  Marek Malik, D, $900,000
(3rd round, 72nd overall)
   
1994 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
Aug. 24     Glen Wesley, D, $2.5 million
from Boston for 1st-round picks in 1995 (Kyle McLaren), 1996 (Jonathan Aitken) and 1997 (Sergei Samsonov)
  Jeff O'Neill, RW, $1.75 million
(1st round, 5th overall)
   
1995 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
  Sami Kapanen, LW, $2.5 million
(4th round, 87th overall)
   
1996 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
  Craig MacDonald, C, $660,000
(3rd round, 88th overall)
   
1997 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
March 18     Bates Battaglia, LW, $750,000
with 4th-round pick in 1998 (Josef Vasicek) from Anaheim for C Mark Janssens
  Nick Tselios
(1st round, 22nd overall)
Niclas Wallin, D, $450,000
(4th round, 97th overall)
   
1998 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
Jan. 3     Martin Gelinas, LW, $1.1 million
from with G Kirk McLean from Vancouver for G Sean Burke, LW Geoff Sanderson and D Enrico Ciccone
July 13   Ron Francis, C, $5 million  
Sept. 10   Arturs Irbe, G, $2.3 million  
  Erik Cole, LW, $525,000
(3rd round, 71st overall)
Josef Vasicek, C, $425,000
(4th round, 91st overall)
Tommy Westlund, LW, $575,000
(4th round, 93rd overall)
Jaroslav Svoboda, RW, $700,000
(8th round, 208th overall)
   
1999 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
Aug. 31   Jeff Daniels, LW, $300,000  
  David Tanabe, D, $600,000
(1st round, 16th overall)
   
2000 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
Jan. 23     Rod Brind'Amour, C, $4.25 million
with G Jean-Marc Pelletier and a 2000 4th-round pick from Philadelphia for C Keith Primeau and a 2000 5th-round pick
Aug. 4     Darren Langdon, LW, $600,000
with Rob DiMaio to the N.Y. Rangers for Sandy McCarthy and a 4th-round pick in 2001
2001 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
July 9     Aaron Ward, D, $819,500
from Detroit for future considerations
Dec. 5     Sean Hill, D, $2.5 million
from St. Louis for D Steve Halko and a 4th-round pick in 2002
2002 DRAFT FREE AGENT TRADE
Jan. 16     Bret Hedican, D, $1.8 million
and
Kevyn Adams, C, $787,900
with D Tomas Malec from Florida for D Sandis Ozolinsh and C Byron Ritchie
March 5     Kevin Weekes, G, $1.25 million
from Tampa Bay for RW Shane Willis and LW Chris Dingman



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