Shane Wright’s name is known as the Seattle Kraken could land a goal scorer
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman said the Seattle Kraken are looking for a scoring winger, and they put Shane Wright’s name out there to potentially land one. Even though things didn’t work out as well as either side had hoped, they still rate him as a good first-round pick. The same can be said for Alexis Lafreniere. What about an exchange?
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Matt Marchese: “One more before we let you go here. Have you heard Shane Wright’s name as a possible trade chip for Seattle?”
Friedman: “Yes, that’s right. Yes. That’s how that report was right. That’s right. I, I almost didn’t believe it when I first heard it, but because it was so surprising. But that’s not wrong. He’s out there. He’s out there.”
You know, we talked on the pod today with Wright’s deal for (Alexis) Lafreniere, does that make sense? Does that make any sense? Seattle has never had a goal scorer like a young scorer. And I think they feel like Wright is a young center. Centers are valuable. I think if they could get a goalscorer.
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To be honest, I was wondering, the first thing that came to my mind was, would they try with the Rangers for (Artemi) Panarin? But I’m not convinced Panarin would do that.
So I actually wanted to switch, like they were looking for a goalscorer. And you know, Wright fought his battle there in Seattle to find his own, to carve out his place. Lafreniere has some battles to fill his role with the Rangers. I don’t know how the two teams feel about that, but just popping into my head like that’s one that could, that could make sense.
Marchese: “I mean, Shane Wright isn’t the only guy who’s struggled to find his scoring touch in Seattle. That seems to be an ongoing stretch of trouble. But he does feel like a top guy, you know, another location could change the trajectory here a little bit. What do you think the perceived value is for him? Like, he’s still obviously a very young player.”
Friedman: “It would be high, you know, that’s all. Like teams say, this is like teams saying, ‘This is a guy who was a high pick.’ For example, I know there are Rangers fans who really like Lefreniere, and they say, ‘The Rangers should give him a deal.’ Rangers will say, ‘This guy is an overall pick. We’re not just giving it away. We’d rather keep it and try to fix it than give it away.’
And I think the same goes for Wright? It’s clear he’s struggling to find a role there. I looked it up yesterday, he’s 10th in Seattle, ahead in ice age. He averaged, he played nine minutes last night. Obviously they’re struggling to find a way, but he’s still the fourth overall pick a few years ago.
So the price will be high, very high. And they’re going to say we want a comparable young player, or something that’s a valuable package. So that’s what, that’s why this whole Wright thing is for Lafreniere, whether it’s true or not, or feasible or not. It’s, it’s interesting to me because you have two young guys who are struggling in their place. They are both high picks.
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Like, it tells you a story, but the GM won’t tell me the name. He said there was a former first-round draft pick who looked like a first-round draft pick years ago. Okay, who’s available now? He just couldn’t do it in his current situation. And the team says, ‘Hey, we’re trading this guy. He was a first-round pick. And this manager told me that guy was a first choice, just like five years ago.
And but that’s the way people look at it. And Wight is more recent than that, and LaFreniere is more recent than that. And they were, as one choice and as four choice. Just like this, like these teams, even when those players are struggling, they don’t let go and easily give up their grip on those guys.”
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