Does Shane Wright Have A BAD ATTITUDE PROBLEM? Montreal Canadiens Seattle NHL Slafkovsky vs Wright 

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As a Habs fan, the Slafkovsky pick keeps getting better and better each day. I think Montreal did the right thing

He gives me a Drouin vibe anyone else?

For like the last two years, Wright has always said the right thing, which probably was a result of being coached by his agent. Maybe some questions in interviews were ones he wasn't prepared for and he was forced to improvise and scouts didn't like what they heard. His reaction to him sliding in the draft seems like a similar thing, he wasn't prepared for it and reacted poorly.

If both Slav and Wright are becoming good everybody are going to be happy. I was convinced that the Habs would pick Wright. After the initial schock I feel pretty comfortable with Slav becoming a Montreal player.

Hughes also said he likes Slaf cuz he has confidence without being Arrogant so I’m assuming that was a shot at Shane

It will be interesting to eventually learn why 3 teams passed on him

Awesome pick and Shane is as well. All the best to all those picked in the 2022 NHL Draft. Olay 🇨🇦👍👍🏿👍🏾

Great video

Martin St. Louis knew that Wrights ego wouldn't fit in the dressing room. I am not a Habs fan but fully respect their team for seeing Wrong for what he is.

The way he pouted at the Draft tells me YES....HE DOES HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM

I’m a habs fan and I loved the death stare! Bring on the fire baby

Montreal isn't the place for this Shane Wright when the pressure really mounts.

Isaac Howard saying he's the best looking, nah I'll give that first overall in looks to Slaf too.

He's a kid give him 3 years guys. We're only saying this cuz he fell in the draft. If he went 2nd nothing so give him time to say these things.

I don't have a problem with the death stare at all. Shows the kid is ultra competitive.

When Wright is in his mid-20s he'll look back on this and see his immaturity. I wouldn't normally root against a Canadian, but I hope Slafkovsky ends up being the better player.

He’s just a spoiled kid, got whatever he wanted from mommy and daddy. I wanted him and I was chapped that we didn’t draft him but I’ve definitely change my tune. With that attitude the fans woulda eaten him alive in Montreal.

I know I'm late to the party here but this is similar to what Marco Rossi said after he got drafted. In one of his interviews (live), he said that "he's 100% ready to play in the NHL".

Wright is gonna be humbled quickly in his first season! When you got the likes of MArchand, Reaves, Tkachuk, Kadri, Wilson, Perry, he is gonna have to keep his head on a swivel.

hey can you tell me how you got the new rookies from the draft is like in quick game or smt ?

He's COMPETITIVE and he knows his worth. It takes balls to do what he did and shows strength of character. He took it personally and it will motivate him ! He's gonna rip it lol will be very interesting to watch the first face off versus Montreal 😁

10/10 for that Lecavalier pronounciation buddy.

God damn you Say french Canadian name realy well

Wright is like an evil villian in a movie.

The way hes acting now, shows me exactly why he wasnt picked, if this is his attitude, i don't think being a "good" player matters cause other players are as good and dont have a shitty attitude

It also came out that Wright reacted poorly when gms and scouts criticized his game during pre draft interviews.

Only time will tell.

Montreal didn't want to draft another Max Pacioretti.

Shane Wright is just bitter not to be picked #1

As a Kraken fan I'm happy he fell to the 4th pick.

Can we wait until the season starts and give this kid a chance to get on the ice before we start judging?

Everyone complains about hockey players being boring and then we crucify them for showing any sort of personality at all lmao

Love ur vids bro keep em coming

As your saying this wright scores a boss goal in your PlayStation game

Yes. Just like eichel, or even johnny football (manziel)

Montreal passed on Zedina too and he said he’ll just “fill their nets with pucks.” Zedina still hasn’t tAken off so maybe Montreal knows something.

We can't say he has a bad attitude, we don't know him, but perhaps more of entitled

He is Bo Callaghan

I’m a Krsken fan so understand the bias. I also coached rugby at a high level for many years and have dealt with every kind of athlete imaginable. After watching/listening to Wright being interviewed he strikes me as someone who’s celebrity is his identity. In other words his self worth is wrapped up in his value as a hockey player. Players of this type are incredibly fragile,(mentally) as their self worth goes up and down with their play. The are also extremely easy to motivate as you simply need to tap into that insecurity. I had a player like this, he asked after every game how he played and I would just shrug my shoulders say, “ok.” The next practice he would destroy everyone in sight. On the other side, they can become extremely self disruptive if things don’t go their way. He may grow out of the insecurity or he may not. If he doesn’t he will have an inconsistent career….showing flashes of excellence followed by long slumps.

His stare down shows his immaturity

Johnny Hawkey WWWWWWWW

Look at the Aaron Rodgers nfl draft. Too much to even explain. He didn't complain, and went out and kicked ass

This is beyond grasping at straws

Kinda like the movie Draft Day….

Here's the thing - playing in Montreal isn't easy - you're in a fishbowl. If you play well, you are a god, you never have to pay to eat out, women flock to you in droves, it's heaven. If you don't, you'll get called out. If his skin is that thin, he would have gotten eaten alive at the first sign of adversity, which every kid faces.

Jack Eichel(i) was also convinced he was better than McDavid. -- we all know how that _played out._ Not only was he *not* McDavid (he wouldn't even be the second best player on the current Edmonton Oilers; he may not even be the 2nd best from his draft (Barzal, Marner, Rantanen, Connor, Chabot, Aho all spring to mind as potential candidates -- in no particular order!)(ii)), Buffalo also actually got *better* after his entitled ass was traded out. - & there are plenty of rumors floating around of him being a so called "locker room cancer", with lots of public statements of his in line with that repute. Montreal may have dodged a bullet there (Eichel 2.0), w/o the GM ever getting praised for it! Because; Slafkovsky is "probably" not McDavid (he doesn't have to!), and atleast (!) two games each year (Seatle - Habs) Wright *will definitely* be top motivated to "prove everyone wrong"... but from a team-building perspective, drafting "the best player" in the draft may not always actually be the best choice, if the potential "2nd best" comes with a lot less baggage (esp. in a top canadian market with lots of media-/fanpressure). "Locker room chemistry" etc. is still important! (But that's hard to measure and, as such, its hard for the GM to get recognition for that!) Have any one of you reading this watched "Draft Day" with Kevin Costner? Has Kent Hughes? ^^ PS: The death-stare is just hilarious! xD ... And him (allegedly) liking a comment about Slafkovsky being the next Yakupov may really, *really* come back to bite him *hard.* Yakupov was actually the top rated (!) prospect that year, *just like Wright;* but some GMs had doubts about his character and commitment. Oilers scouts did actually prefer Murray (!), who also filled more of a possitional need for d-men; instead management went with the hype. Seriously: everyone should be watching "Draft Day", after this! :D i) "Eichel" (german) translates to: "acorn" and also "glans" _Nomen est omen?_ EDIT ii) heck! xD And I completely forgot about a certain russian winger drafted in the 5th (!) round that year (#135 overall), by Minnesota, who just registered 108 points in 81 games this last season. What's the best Eichel's ever done?

Sounds like a generational thing these kids have now a days can’t take the constructive criticism and just believe they deserve everything because some people have told them and said that’s what they deserve and just expect it

The Instagram ones look fake because typically when someone likes a comment it will say "1 like" and underneath two of those comments, it doesn't say "1 like" despite saying Shane Wright liked this.

I like it. He is butthurt and we are his nemesis now. We just created a Hab killer. He is young and emotional. You can still be entitled and be a great player. Ironically lots of his criticism from scouts were he should be more self centered and entitled on the ice. Stop passing the puck and start being a self centered Center. So maybe he got the hint. If he can translate all this animosity into his game he will do good. This is how rivalries are created. It all just ads to the excitement of watching Slafkovsky vs Wright matches in the future. I think its great for Seattle Kraken as well. Now they finally have a team to call a rival in the Habs.

LOL . . . I love how Canadians declare a guy has an attitude problem if he has more personality than moist bread . . .

I am really shocked on how people even think he has a attitude problem it's so ridiculous

Jezz he only fell to 4. Lot of scouts liked Slavkosky and Cooley better. Now I am gun shy on the power forwards taken lately high. But if he could be Laine like then it's good. Don't buy the Jagr comparisons. Although that would great.

I don't think that Shane has an attitude problem. He was just being honest. I have known him for a few years now and cockiness is not a word to describe him whatsoever. He wants to show that the teams who let him slip made a mistake, and that is perfectly justified. Let's say that you had four job interviews, and you were qualified for each job, but only one of them hires you. Wouldn't you want to show the other three that they made a mistake? You can make the argument that you would not do it so publicly but that's beside the point. I am actually happy that Seattle drafted Shane, especially after seeing all the other OHL beauties that the Kraken drafted after him.

I think in My opinion we are going to see a kakko & Hughes situation with Write Is going probably end up like kakko were going to get a Hughes type player good bit progressively better is that to much of hot take?

Funny how some Habs fans before the draft were arguing about how the media/scouts were trying to screw Montreal out of the best player (Wright) by some having Slafkovsky at #1 and how Slafkovsky was overrated because of a couple of tournaments, small sample size and low numbers in the Finnish league. I defended Slafkovsky as the #1 against those Habs fans even though i thought either could go number 1 overall. Now those same fans are probably worshiping Slafkovsky as a great pick and finding excuses to slam Wright because the Habs passed on him. Slafkovsky is a good pick and be happy about that but there is no need to witch hunt Wright and put him down because your team passed on him. Wright is still an excellent prospect with a bright future ahead of him. I'm a Wings fan by the way so i have no dog in this fight.

I'm really not sure that Shane Wright wanted to play with the Canadiens, they were probably not even is his top 5, he just wanted to be the no1 pick. Since we learned that the Canadiens got no1 pick i checked more about Shane Wright and i was really not sure about him, i just got bad vibes about him. I think he is not emotionally mature yet, of course he is still young but so many others prospects were just way better in term of personality and real grits. I wish him the best with the Kraken, and im pretty sure he prefer playing for them than the Canadiens. **spoiler alerts : Shane Wright will not "click like" this comment.

Cracks me up Wright dips to 4. Which Devils were never taking a center and Arizona was hyper focused on Cooley and now everyone starts piling on Wright. He’s 18. Was expected to go 1. Showed some displeasure and now he has an attitude problem. Get real Folks. Think when you were 18.

This is why the hockey community sucks. Shane Wright either naturally he has an asshole attitude or he's a genuis who know's how to build his brand. I want more personality everyone buys into the good canadian boy image every hockey player puts on. I want more contreversy like this it's great for building the sport.

He'll get over it in year or two.

Wright denied the claims.

I mean it’s easy for slafkovsky to have a good attitude when he got picked 1st overall.. I think Shane Wright is understandably pissed. I don’t think he has an attitude problem, I just think he’s fired up to get better and prove the GMs that passed on him wrong. We are just seeing it more than we have in the past because of the prevalence of social media.

Did you see him and his Dad? His dad says it's not where you go it's what you do. Shane says where you go too, then his dad says it's where you go and what you do. So he dominates his dad. Probably since he's a kid he's been like that. Entitled

You're a really good analyst and I appreciate and respect your work

Shane Wright is going to show Seattle that his attitude is just fine. I love the fact he gave them the look and he will punish them in the future. Folks slandering Shane and worrying about his instagram "likes" instead of the player they picked instead. We will see what Slafkovsky's "attitude" is when he has his first 5 games scoreless streak and the fans are on his tail. We will see what his "attitude" is when he can't go to a restaurant or store without being bothered. We will see what his "attitude" is when he has a bad game after being spotted out at a club the night before and the media comes for him.

Wright does not backcheck... huge red flag, especially for a center.

I would not say an attitude problem, he is only 18 after all, but maturity on the other hand i think Slaf beats him by a mile, Hughes did say character was one of his main focus for his vision of the team, wish both prospects luck and time only will tell the rest of this story

HABS!!!

Zadina vibes

Sorry Johnny but I loved that moment. He gave that "You know y'all fucked up right" look. That's not arrogance he showing, he got a big chip on his shoulder because teams doubting what he can do and become because he missed 15 months hockey and it too him time to get back up to speed. He bout to make those teams regret passing on him. He got that competitive mindstate and attitude to become special.

I wouldn't be surprise if Wright get injured in training camp .

Let me save you a video watch: Y E S

He remind me of Drouin

Montreal's pick was the better pick - don't get me wrong - Wright has the potential to become an excellent player and I wish him the best of luck - you can be sure he will be motivated to disprove his critics . That being said Slafkovsky is more ready to play in the NHL and his attitude is the deal maker. The GM(s) saw something in his attitude that they thought would fit in the ultra tough Montreal market. Another factor - he's 18 years old , 6'4" and 219 pounds - he will probably goto 230 pounds all filled out and in the corners he will be a formidable force to deal with - God forbid he checks you. We have a coach who genuinely loves teaching young players and we also have Vincent Lecavalier to mentor - I see a bright future ahead but it will take time and patience. As a sub text I was sad to see Romanov traded - what a fine young man and a damn good hockey player - you gotta give up something good to get some thing good ( Kirby Dach ).

I do find it fascinating how so many fans who celebrated Wright for months, turned on him so quickly. We have some here that want an 18 year old to fail!!!...mon dieu. How can they allow themselves to be manipulated so easily...it's shameful. How come all this dirt is suddenly showing up when a short while ago he was a Prince? Not only are some now finding character flaws, they're suddenly talking about holes in his game! Others are now implying he wasn't a leader (heard he was quiet in the dressing room). Get a grip guys, he led where it counted, on the ice! Yzerman was quiet in the dressing room. For all the lemmings who are drinking the lemmingaid, do you gave any regrets in life? I've lost count of mine. I played 5 years of Junior (2 in la Belle Province) and years of Senior A and made an ass of myself when I allowed emotionally take over. I was an adult with a career then. I could forgive an 18 year-old for a GESTURE he made, in the most consequential day in his short life, but there is nothing to forgive!!! To go 4th in a talent laden draft like this one is nothing to be embarrassed about. You never know who will rise to the top. It would not surprise me in the least if Cooley turns out to be the best NHLer. Do we have to be reminded we're talkng about kids? Will you be as hard on Mailoux when he arrives? I love your passion but don't lose your humanity.

Seriously am I only one who loves that he did the death stare. I mean his rolemodel is Ryan Kesler. He doesn't have to lick Martin st. Louis boots just because he is young. Finally someone has balls lol. I wish he continues staring.

It’s absolutely amazing thing yhat Shane W didn’t go to MTL no way he would be able to handle the heat there no way. If he does bad Seattle is the place he wants to be fanbase isn’t like anything in Canada yet alone mtl

Red Heads can have a wicked temper. That’s why they are called “Hot Heads”

nah. give me all the disrespect. i want more villains. hockey has too many guys who pretend to be good guys when they're lowkey dirtbags. give me someone who chooses violence everyday.

He congratulated Slafkovsky after they were both drafted and i don’t think there is any problem with him believing that he deserves to be #1. Sure he could have said different things in interviews but he’s 18 years old and has been told he’s going #1 for years. He deserves to be upset that he didn’t get chosen and i don’t think he has an attitude problem at all. I’ve seen him play many times as i live near Kingston and he is a great leader on and off the ice. I believe Juraj was the right pick (as a habs fan) but i don’t believe Shane Wright having an additude is the reason he wasn’t picked.

How did you get both Wright and Slafkovsky in their respective teams?

Never talk too much before…

Great analysis here! I didn't know all of these facts....Good job! (I'm a Habs fan) :D

@Johnny Hawkey Hi. I'm a slovak and obviously a big fan of slafkovský. But... I don't think wright should be judged by that comment liking because it is a Bug that instagram has. If you like the first message, it says you liked all the other responses as well. Because for example, one politician "liked" Criticism on himself which looked really hilarious😂 But of course, he only liked the first comment. Just wanted to make that clear

The twitter thread is obviously fake. The "worst 1st pick since yak" doesn't show any likes in front of the reply area, but shane wright "liked" it below. As for the stare down, I like the intensity. We don't know what was said to him from Montreal in terms of how much they wanted him. He probably dreamed of being drafted 1st overall to a canadian team for a long time. Also, before the draft he was criticized for being too "vanilla" and not having enough attitude. Now he all of a sudden has an attitude problem? Ridiculous.

I think he is touched

Yes he has a bad additude and he needs to lighten up before coming to aeattle bc we seattlites don't put up with bullies 😡

If you ask me the main display of immaturity here is all the "adults" judging an 18 year old so hard simply because he's showing some emotion and frustration. Think for ONE second about the pressure he's been under for 3+ years. The effort he's put in, and all that work is rewarded with "he has an attitude problem" or "he doesn't have enough drive. I'd be frustrated too.

At least shane won't have to learn french

Called it way before the draft. Glad the Habs didn't take him. Good luck to him and his future.

I would have been happy with Wright as an overall pick. I think he has the potential to be a great player. Last week, I read an article and his parents said that when Shane was a kid, sometimes he would play with other kids and have a hissy fit because he was playing with other kids and they didn't know what they were doing. His parents said they had to take him off the ice and give him a time out. They said, and I quote, it was embarrassing. After hearing his "I deserve to be picked first overall", that and his parents story made me feel like he's maybe a little full of himself. Then came the draft and the death stare. I don't know if he has a bad attitude but he was really immature about being selected 4th. 2 other teams passed over him. I think he took it personally because in his head, he was going to be a Canadien and he felt rejected. The mature and good natured thing to do was say I feel slightly disappointed but I'm happy to be picked by a team that will give me plenty of ice time and the opportunity to play in the NHL. Shane says he a leader but his death stare was not a winning attitude, it was a loser attitude. It was not classy at all. He's got time to grow and mature. He's only 18. He's been told he's special and the best for most of his teens. It might have got to his head a little. Maybe this will bring him back down to earth. Listen, when Crosby and Ovechkin came into the NHL, a reporter asked Ovechkin to say a few nice words about Crosby. His face lit up. He was saying so many great things about Crosby, saying he's a special person, etc. When the reporter asked Crosby about Ovechkin, Crosby looked upset, like why are you asking me about that guy? I thought it showed Crosby was immature. With time, I grew to like Crosby's attitude more more than Ovechkin. So I'll give Wright the benefit of the doubt. Do I have an issue with Wright playing extra hard against Montreal, NJ or Arizona? Absolutely not. On the contrary, go out and show them what they missed out on. But in the future if it turns out that he acts like he's above the team, it won't be a surprise to me. But again, he's young. He should mature with time and might even look back on the draft an resent his own actions.

As a long suffering Canucks fan, I can tell you now that Shane is going to be great. He falls to Seattle and with our luck he is going to terrorize us for years.

Maybe Wright was in mtl scope but then blachawks did a weird move and gave Kirby Dach so Mtl change their pick since maybe right at the start that was tight between the 2 IDK now time will tell I also like the new squad in mtl that look at evrything from the game aspect to devotion and attitude toward people evryday there you also understand why Wright wasn't a great fit

I saw the red flag as soon as they asked his former teammates what he thought of him. They didn't say anything formal, but what stood out the most was that he was a leader on the ice but was very quiet in the locker room, and there was no point in calling Wright when the team go out, he won't come. He was never natural during his interviews, all his answers were prepared and worked in advance. He looked like a robot lol.. The future will tell us but it gives me impressions of E.Kane or DeAngelo. He has a lot of talent but his childish attitude could affect his career.

Let's see if Wright gets himself in even more trouble with his character when Montreal plays the Seattle in his first game? Looks like Wright needs to get shaved down a notch, will he get that as it looks like he deserves or will he [mature]?

y'all too sensitive.

Miss Congeniality , lol !!!!

Why cant he have an attitude problem? or be arrogant? if ur a killer, ur a killer. i don't get anyones interest in him faking his emotions, like hes a king in england or something... He has to compete against the best hockey players across the world on a regular basis since he was a barely a teenager and has been considered the best across the board for the same amount of time, I want him believing he's better than them. if he ends up a top player the same thing you'd criticize him for will be lauded. i'm confused, every player thats good were supposed to like? i know tons of guys in that league that are great, that other fanbases hate. You never knew shane, never will, but you know now lol The Chip he carries on his shoulder is clearly that he plays for keeps. i celebrate the mentality. Never needs to grow out of that, change my mind. 3 reasons, it matters whether he was grateful to get passed up by 4 teams.

I mean if I was Shane wright and I got dropped down to the fourth overall pick I would be pissed too

Wright is way better to skating in Seattle than Montreal. In Seattle, he could stare all day long and nobody will care about him or say anything... But in Montreal, he would not last one day without a front page in the newspaper for his stare!!! Montreal did the right thing for Wright!