Shane Wright was 2022’s consensus number one for years. Wright starred for the Kingston Frontenacs, working his way to the top of rankings. However, after the likes of Juraj Slafkovsky, Simon Nemec, and Logan Cooley showed off their potential in 2021-22, Wright’s stock began to drop. Since draft day, Shane Wright has been jerked around by the Kraken, but still managed to impress at the AHL and OHL levels, and win the world juniors in 2023. Today, we look at the short career so far of Shane Wright, and break down how he can still live up to that top pick potential.
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0:00 Intro
0:41 A Complicated OHL Career
2:28 Draft & Pre-Season
3:06 A Complicated Debut Season
5:49 Wright’s Future And Potential
11 Comments
Cooley better
But Wright can still be great
Slaf, also, could be, lotsa things. Roll the dice, just like our doctors do; for big pharma, gov, &/or/hopefully helping patients. The dif is, scouting & development. But, still a guess.
I couldn't believe how little ice time he got for Coachella during the playoffs. I'm a Bear's fan and went to all 3 Calder cup games at home, and they gave the kid 4th line minutes. It was ashame because it would have been exciting to see him play more
Wright had a goal and an assist in 8 games with the Kraken, He did not "bounce around". The Kraken guided his development to give him a variety of playing scenarios. He'll be fine. He's only 19. Give the kid a chance. This is junk reporting.
I think the only thing I disagree with is that you said the Kraken mismanaged him, Shane definitely needed more time under his belt to develop and I don't find that to be disrespecting him, if anything it shows they care about his progress and development. He is still young and I am sure he will get the full chance he deserves hopefully next season.
Wright is an absolute bum
Was trash in the world juniors
Was trash in the OHL
Was trash in the AHL
And was trash for the kraken.
Wright wasn’t robbed of development years.
He chose not to go play in other leagues. Because he thought he didn’t need to.
Mintyukov gonna be the best player from this draft
Just to give a sense of how Wright and Slafkovsky are relative to the 23 class that got drafted.. They probably would have been drafted in the low teens (I heard this from one of the NHL draft anlysts on TSN)… the 22 class was a weaker class in general.. people just think simply because you are drafted at the top that you are pretty good.. but there are variances between quality of player from year to year..
I hope his maturity develops to match his skill, he did not provide a good look during the draft process, but I put that at being young & cockey. Hopefully he's learning along his journey as I wish him the best.
i hope shane wright proves the haters wrong