When the Montreal Canadiens won the 2022 NHL Draft Lottery, the prevailing assumption in many NHL circles was that they were going to select forward Shane Wright with the first overall pick.However, they selected Juraj Slafkovsky instead, who has gone…
The Seattle Kraken traded forward Shane Wright to the Nashville Predators on Sunday in exchange for Matthew Wood. Wright, who was heavily linked to the Montreal Canadiens before the 2022 NHL Draft, receives a fresh start in Nashville after spending his entire NHL career with Seattle.
Wright has registered three goals and one assist in 14 games this season and is signed through the 2026-27 season with an $886,666 cap hit. The Canadiens famously passed on him to draft Juraj Slafkovsky first overall in 2022, allowing Wright to drop to the Kraken at fourth overall.
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