WTF Is Going On With Shane Wright?? NHL News Today 2022 Seattle Kraken News & Rumors 

THIS VIDEO IS LONGER THAN HIS CHICAGO GAME!!!

Too late new king of OHL is Mešar💪

Same thing is happening to jack Quinn on my sabres. Put in the fourth line and being a healthy scratch when he was the ahl MVP last year

Honest question: couldn't he just ask to go back to the OHL this year to have prime ice time? Kinda similar to what Power did last year? I feel like that could be the best thing for him at the moment...

Can't say for sure but it appears Seattle is trying to get an attitude adjustment out of Wright.

It is sad that he is playing only 6 minutes on avg. But from what i saw, he is terrible defensively and on faceoffs. If you compare him to Slafkovsky, you have to know, that Slaf is really solid in defense, he is not making stupid mistakes and turnovers all the time. Wright needs more time in OHL. When i look at habs prospects, both Beck and Mesar played much better than Wright and they were both on 3rd or 4th line in those games. It shows you 1 thing and that is that Wright is not as NHL ready as we might thought. And also there is in my opinion atitude problem, he used to think in OHL, that hockey is easy and he does not have to work hard to score points. Well that backfired on him in NHL, because now he has to work hard and he is not used to that.

Habs fan here; No doubt Wright will do well in the future, but he's simply not ready now! 1-2 years from now progress will be noticed for sure, he just has to work contrary to what he's used to!

Thanks!

Ice time is key but also very important is PP time and if your getting neither you will NOT produce.

St Louis, Suzuki have starter on the 4th

just a few things.............. 1. not every kid is ready to make the jump to the NHL straight out of junior and wright may be one of those kids. playing him 6 minutes is useless and he would be better served in the OHL. 2. if what has been written is true wright is rumored to have an attitude issue. hopefully that isnt the case BUT if it is send him back to the OHL. humble him and put him in a place where he can continue to develop while playing important minutes.

If he plays 10 games, it burns 1 year of his entry contract. They can send him down at any point. 11 shifts is good for a 18 years old. He needs to show he can play to earn more time. Im sure the team doesnt care about his production, they are developing the man as a pro.

its still way early in the season, he will get more ice time eventually and its not easy to pull the young ones off the entitlement teet

Hakstoll prob didnt like Francis deciding publicly that Wright will stay up. Back in juniors soon

right on

Like Slaf,they must be evaluating him.Both of them look like they will need tlme either in the Ahl or the Junior level.

He's what 5 games into his career? relax and let it breathe a minute lol

I totally agree

He’s only 18! It took LaFleur 3 seasons to break out

as a season ticket holder for kingston I would love him come back because it bring kingston to chat about a long run in ohl playoff run.. so a maybe byes

Free Agency Time

Imagine playing 5 games and registering 1 shot 😂

Breaking news from the Canucks just moments ago.....they're still terrible.

The Kraken staff are a joke. Look at their initial roster pick. Lol

To me he should have never been here in the first place, he is an 18 year old kid who just got a shock not going number 1 overall, he is the future of the franchise, all the spot light is on him and Seattle is not going to be a good team regardless I would have not had him play anyways, take a bit of the spot light off him Give him a year in junior people seem to forget he didn’t play hockey for a season so he needs more time to get ready. I’m not panicking on him I think there’s still a lot of potential there but he should not be in the nhl

I think as much hype was around him we have to keep in mind he’s only 18. And the best players are in their late 20s or 30s

Ice time is “earned” he will do well.

After seeing the dreary level of play in the AHL and the slow, low skill hockey of major junior (compared with the NHL) I just wonder what he would "learn" playing at that level.

I think theyre trying to hurt his confidence a bit but Im not sure whether itll work or not

I think Seattle got a poisoned gift with Wright. Mtl and Arizona knew better then to take a guy with the ego the size of a truck. Beck, Mesar and Joshua Roy, 3 Habs rookies doing far better right now in the junior then Wright ever did. So am glad they took Slafkovsky.

They can play him 9 games and return him to the OHL without burning a year of his contract no? Is that what they are doing?

Unfortunately, Shane lost an important development year due to Covid. Nothing can be done about that. I wish it weren't the case, but it would make great sense to get him back to Junior for a bit, and bring him back at the end of the season if possible? Maybe even let him play in some international tournaments in the same way MacTavish did. Help him get some confidence a little more development with an NHL player development staff supporting him. It's what happened to Draisaitl and he looks fine.

Like him or not no one can put up points with 5 min a night not even mcdavid.

Kraken are mismanaging this guy so bad. Could come back to haunt them.

Didn’t he earn it by getting drafted as high as he did? No one’s paying money to see Brandon tanev play H8 how these rookie studs dont get the opportunity to shine

Wright is a center and Slafs a winger. Much more involved in developing a center vs other forward positions. Wright will be sent down b4 the 10 games are up imho

Send him back to Juniors for the year. or a trip to the minors for some seasoning. don't want him to be like Jeff Brubaker

Kraken has 7 Centers Berniers Donato Gourde and others all ahead of him Overated Shane Wright is. Slafkovsky has looked good play without the puck. Can take the hits, skating well, feeding good passes, just no finish by teammates, could have 4-5 points already

Habs fan with no room to talk about development: Maybe playing him 6 minutes a night then scratching him isn't the play?

Wright is young, and because of his skill level, has been granted the exceptional status. He certainly wasn't mentored like Sid or McDavid...these guys work their tail off each and every night. He needs to do the same; change his attitude into a winning one and not an entitled one.

Maybe the idea is that his confidence would drop.. he seems like he could be too confident

You don’t give opportunities. Players, no matter if they rookies, just drafted or whatever, have to earn more icetime. Nothing is given, it has to be earned

Dude wasn't the number 1 pick. Clearly the scouts saw something in him that meant he wasn't this ideal prosoect everyone initially thought he was. Give the dude some time.

Unless you are a Stanley cup contender let him play. Maybe his attitude does not warrant reward?

another Lafreniere

I think this is mostly due to ego. Ron Francis needs to justify picking Wright (especially for a team that doesn't NEED to pick the supposedly NHL-ready player in 2022, considering they aren't trying to contend for at least another couple of years). They could've had Geekie, they could've had Gauthier, or Kasper or Nazar. Those are guys who we knew wouldn't be playing in the NHL in the year following their draft, but who are likely all going to be beasts in the NHL in 2 or 3 years. But they chose Wright, who, for the bulk of his draft year, was the consensus #1, and who everyone was saying was ready for the NHL. To prove they made the right choice, they need to play him in the NHL. Sometimes, choosing the player who is supposedly NHL-ready is a mistake because that player has been labelled as such not because they're _actually_ ready for the NHL, but because they are too OP for junior hockey (and so they look amazing compared to their fellow players in the CHL). They have a leg up in one or more of size, speed, shot, or stick-handling that allows them to tear it up in the CHL, but it's something that was gifted to them, not something they had to work super-hard to develop during their mid-teenage years. Thus, they're used to everything being easy, and when they come to the NHL and realize that they're nothing special anymore, they don't know HOW to work hard. Some figure it out, while others wash out in a few years and head to Europe (*cough*... Yakupov ...*cough*). The Slafkovský choice is looking really smart now, because Slaf has been learning how to work hard since he was 15 and left home for Finland to live on his own, playing mostly on the U18 team for TPS (he did put in a couple games on the U16 team, but he was too good). Then when he was 16, he played on his first men's national team in the 2021 World Championship, and could no longer rely on his natural physical gifts to carry him through. He got an education in going from the best to the worst player on a team when he was just 16 years old. And it must have sunk in, because the difference between Slaf at 16 on the Slovakian men's national team and Slaf at 17 on the same team is night and day. He was the Olympic tournament MVP in 2022, while he had no points in the 2021 World Championship. I'm not saying Wright's a bust, but the Kraken are in a bind. There's no point in sending him back to junior, and they know it. He's too good, and he won't learn a damn thing. But he can't play in the AHL, due to the dumb rules that disallow players who have played in the CHL from joining the AHL until they're 20. And he shouldn't be in the NHL either...he's clearly not ready, and is not being used in a manner that will actually help him. *So personally, I think the best choice is Europe. Send him to a good men's league team (with a well-respected development coach) in Finland, Sweden or Switzerland on a 1-year contract. And just...leave him there.* Let him develop into the player he has shown he can be. Otherwise, I fear that he will never live up to his potential.

I still think in 10 years, Shane Wright will be considered the best player from his draft class. Slaf may be flashier. And might score more goals. But Wright will be a more complete player, and will likely be the type of guy that is able to make his line mates better. Sort of like comparing Ovi to Sid, with Wright being Sid. Side note: I’m not saying those two will be as good as Sid and Ovi, just using them as a comparison for how I feel the players will be held against each other, stylistically. So don’t go crazy with, “Wtf are you taking about? Crosby is one of the best players the game has ever seen! Wright will never even sniff his jock.” Cuz I know that’s how people like to operate on RU-vid. 😢

He is averaging 6:51 minutes a night, when I have watched him he is a fish out of it’s depth, they shouldn’t even keep him up for the full testing time because he is in no way ready. I think he has one of the worst FO% I’ve ever seen for a centre with an average of 29.4%. Wright is going to be a MUCH longer term project then most people thought because right now he is a turnover machine with bad decisions leading to the other team getting the puck. His only point so far was him barely (maybe not even) touching the puck when it was in the defensive end 11 seconds before the goal went in.

Ice time is earned. He’s a kid who seemingly needs an attitude adjustment. Hopefully he’ll mature and learn to be a good pro.

It's easy to criticize without any facts. You know nothing. How many players have been rushed into NHL service and their career faltered because of it? More than a few. Relax

This is coming from someone who has not seen a full Kraken game but maybe the team have already decided he would play the whole season in the NHL and just asking him to observe and learn in the first month. Slafkovsky hasn't played on the PP in Montreal either. Slafkovsky said in an interview that St.Louis told him to watch and learn for now. I see no problem letting Wright get used to the speed and skill of the NHL before giving him too much ice time right out of the gates. If his ice time doesn't increase by Christmas, and the team is struggling to score goals, we can have this conversation. But for now, I don't think it's so bad. Same goes for Slafkovsky BTW. I'd like him to get more PP time but if St.Louis thinks there's no rush, then that's fine with me. The Habs have some talent up front and I think it's ok to give him some time to learn too. Slafkovsky's had some great chances 5 on 5 in his first 5 games and if there are injuries and the PP is stagnant, that's when I expect him to get PP time. In Detroit's best seasons, they would rarely let a player start the NHL after being drafted. They let them play in the minors for 2, 3 years before being called up. Guys like Ovechkin and Crosby were generational talents and were impact players right of the gates but their teams where also depleted of talent. Wright isn't a generational talent. I thought Logan Cooley was more talented than Shane Wright. Arizona sent him back to play in University and they don't have an outstanding team either. I don't see the rush in brining up players too early. But like I said, if Seattle has already decided to keep Wright in the NHL and want to ease him into the line-up, I see no problems with that. As long as he doesn't play 7 min a game till the end of the season.

Slaf has show so much more than Wright... what are you talking about. Every stats show he is way more dominant!

Why not Europe 1c on some team.

Why waste his rookie year riding the bench why not send him down so he can get his confidence and game going

Ron Francis is a terrible gm and has no clue what he’s doing and Dave Hakstol is a garbage coach who was no good in Philly and is no good here. Hopefully they don’t waste his talents.

Great philosophie. Give the spoiled kid who was handed everything ice time that others work their buttts off for. You're tripping balls if you think a coach is going to risk his career for 1 player. I think the draft got you hyped up because it was in MTL. Do you really think that established players care about the draft. Every year theres a draft, every year kids show up, every year many disapoint and this year was by far one of the worst draft in years. Its 1999 without the Sedins. How did Caufield and Suzuki get to where they are today ? They earned it . Great way to keep your players, taking away hard earned minutes to sastisfy a few . Slav and Wright are getting the ice they deserve. These kids are good with the puck , its without the puck and positioning, and reading the play that they dont have. Move them up the line up and youll lose the team and the game. Hockey IQ gets developped by playing. But you cant risk the team losing so keep him down the line up and just like at every level he'll figure it ou eventually , then he'll get his shoot.

Now you know why he dropped down in the draft order. Lol

Attitude problem in NHL doesn't fly.

victim of covid 19 lock downs ? not enough hockey play?

When shane wrong is a bust, their gonna blame a coach or everyone else but the fear problem. him. Shane wrong is the problem. He's terrible defensively and he's lazy.

He's a boy in a man's game, or a woman's game. No difference, he's just gotta grow up and accept responsibility for this. People saw the draft antics and thought, "Oh boy... this gonna get ugleeee!" Then it did. Kid needs a mentor, period. Right now he has the grace of an immature, disgruntled, entitled , and spoiled teenager. Which he is, by the way.

they got to bring his way too over-inflated ego down to Earth. i can just imagine the entire Kraken locker room seeing him as an entitled kid that thinks hes some gods gift to the NHL. He just oozes bad vibes to me..

he's just not that good.

We can see why he dropped in the draft. Sounds like he has a bad attitude so he may be a Cancer. If he was in this years draft he goes 6 to 10th pick best case. Overrated maybe a 2ndiner at best. Kraken need a Coach.

Let's not forget that Wright lost a year of Hockey. Every other 2022 Draft Pick was sent back down except him and Slaf, and Slaf is playing like 8 minutes too.

Come on people. Teenagers coming in to the NHL is very difficult. A) Ice time is earned B) points don't matter C) it's 5 games D) it takes a full decade for these kids in junior hockey to get here only to be dumped on after two weeks of playing on an expansion team ? Give these kids and their management a chance, they're not all Connor McDavids...