The Minnesota Wild will proceed their seek for a middle
The Chris Johnston Show: Chris Johnston on the Minnesota Wild.
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“I mean, you are taking a team just like the Minnesota Wild, you understand, obviously, they’re on the lookout for and were before the deadline. I mean, they’d talks on (Vincent) Trocheck, for instance, on the trade deadline, or before it. You already know, how does Bill Guerin solve that problem? I feel he’s gonna need to get pretty creative. It’s, you understand, he’s, he’s been a GM who’s made loads of big trades, so you understand, I feel there’s a path there for him to do this.
Seattle Kraken’s Shane Wright will get interest
The Chris Johnston Show: Chris Johnston on Seattle Kraken center Shane Wright being available.
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“But yeah, I mean, there may be. That’s why there’s their centers, every third, mainly every third position or something on this draft board is a player who can play center. Even, even someone younger like Shane Wright, who’s in the teenagers, you understand, and still hasn’t, possibly it’s hard to say exactly what he’s going to be as an NHL player at this stage. He took a step back in his offensive game last season. But you understand, the indisputable fact that he’s available, I feel, could, it could attract interest. Because you understand, it’s just hard, hard to seek out players to play those spots.”
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Everyone wants right-handed defensemen and centers, but two wingers sit atop the draft rankings
The Chris Johnston Show: Chris Johnston on the highest two ranked players for the 2026 NHL draft are wingers. Teams are on the lookout for centers and right-handed defensemen, so do you draft the very best player or draft by position.
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“And you understand, the weird thing, to not circle all of it back and get us all twisted and knots, is the weird thing is that the 2 top forwards, you understand, ranked on this, this draft are wingers, right? And, and I feel that, that’s where a few of the debate is available in, in case you’re picking where Toronto is picking, or even when San Jose finally ends up making their selection at two.
Is it take the very best player who might occur to be a winger? The person who’s viewed as the very best player, or is it smarter to draft for considered one of these premier positions? Because getting a right shot defenseman, getting an efficient centerman is just so hard within the league, or it’s, or it’s so costly in case you find yourself making those type of trades.
And so I’m sure that’s a part of the discussion being had within the, within the amateur scouting meetings which can be happening immediately.”
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