{"id":343281,"date":"2026-05-30T23:24:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T17:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=343281"},"modified":"2026-05-30T23:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T17:54:53","slug":"nhl-rumors-minnesota-wild-shane-wright-and-do-you-draft-by-premium-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/nhl-rumors-minnesota-wild-shane-wright-and-do-you-draft-by-premium-position\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild, Shane Wright, and Do You Draft by Premium Position?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Minnesota Wild will proceed their seek for a middle<\/strong>
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The Chris Johnston Show<\/strong><\/a>: Chris Johnston on the Minnesota Wild.<\/p>\n

** NHLRumors.com transcription<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, you are taking a team just like the Minnesota Wild, you understand, obviously, they\u2019re 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<\/a> solve that problem? I feel he\u2019s gonna need to get pretty creative. It\u2019s, you understand, he\u2019s, he\u2019s been a GM who\u2019s made loads of big trades, so you understand, I feel there\u2019s a path there for him to do this.<\/p>\n

Seattle Kraken\u2019s Shane Wright will get interest<\/strong>
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The Chris Johnston Show<\/strong><\/a>: Chris Johnston on Seattle Kraken center Shane Wright being available.<\/p>\n

** NHLRumors.com transcription<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBut yeah, I mean, there may be. That\u2019s why there\u2019s 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<\/a>, who\u2019s in the teenagers, you understand, and still hasn\u2019t, possibly it\u2019s hard to say exactly what he\u2019s 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\u2019s available, I feel, could, it could attract interest. Because you understand, it\u2019s just hard, hard to seek out players to play those spots.\u201d<\/p>\n

NHL Rumors: Will the Detroit Red Wings Have an Energetic Offseason?<\/a><\/p>\n

Everyone wants right-handed defensemen and centers, but two wingers sit atop the draft rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

The Chris Johnston Show<\/strong><\/a>: 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.<\/p>\n

** NHLRumors.com transcription<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd 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\u2019s where a few of the debate is available in, in case you\u2019re picking where Toronto is picking, or even when San Jose finally ends up making their selection at two.<\/p>\n

Is it take the very best player who might occur to be a winger? The person who\u2019s 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\u2019s, or it\u2019s so costly in case you find yourself making those type of trades.<\/p>\n

And so I\u2019m sure that\u2019s a part of the discussion being had within the, within the amateur scouting meetings which can be happening immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

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