As the fourth-overall pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, Shane Wright – once considered the top prospect in his class – was met with high expectations heading into his first professional season. He tore up the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 2021-22, tallying 108 points in 74 regular-season and playoff games in his return from a one-year layoff due to the league’s COVID-19 shutdown. The extended reprieve hurt Wright’s draft stock as other prospects headed overseas to other circuits which resumed play. Even so, scouts still deemed the Kingston Frontenacs’ center worthy of a high draft slot, with the Seattle Kraken reaping the rewards of anxiousness within the industry.
Despite his draft
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