Too good for another year of major junior. Not quite ready to be taking a regular shift in the NHL.
“I like following the transactions page,” James Boyd told Postmedia in a phone interview on Monday. “But they haven’t tipped their hand in what they’re doing.”Wright’s five-game conditioning stint, which cannot last more than 14 days, ends on Dec. 5. A day later, the Kraken play the Montreal Canadiens, who passed on selecting Wright with the No. 1 pick in the draft.Article content
If all goes according to plan, Wright will then return to Seattle with a gold medal around his neck and plenty of confidence and, er, conditioning under his belt. That is, unless Jared McCann gets injured again. After all, No. 1 pick Juraj Slafkovsky has three goals and four points in 13 games for the Canadiens. Everyone else is either back in junior, college or playing in Europe.
It’s not just Wright that Canada is keeping an eye on the NHL level. The team is also keeping spots available for Dallas’ Wyatt Johnston, Los Angeles’ Brandt Clarke and Arizona’s Dylan Guenther, who may also get loaned out for the tournament. Whether or not they get Wright and other NHLers, Canada is once again expected to be the favourites in a tournament that they won in August, especially with 2023 top prospects Connor Bedard and Adam Fantilli off to incredible starts this year.
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