He had 8 goals in the playoffs last year, which is enough for top 10ish this year and last. Didn't seem to get the big goals against the tougher oppostion this year, i.e. the Soo and London.You mean the guy who isn't great offensively didn't put up numbers?
Boy, it's as if someone saw this coming...
He didn't have "underwhelming" playoffs. This isn't a surprise, it's just a reflection of his hockey career. He is what he's always been: A guy who has never been able to put up numbers at any point in his life.
You mean the guy who isn't great offensively didn't put up numbers?
Boy, it's as if someone saw this coming...
He didn't have "underwhelming" playoffs. This isn't a surprise, it's just a reflection of his hockey career. He is what he's always been: A guy who has never been able to put up numbers at any point in his life.
He surfed on his 16 years old season, which was spectacular, but has shown very little growth since. Very happy that the Habs made the gutsy call then, but it was very telling when he dropped to 4th after Cooley, scouts were not fooled.2 playoff games in, and Shane Wright has zero points for Coachella. Watched most of the last game, and it's mind-boggling this guy was so coveted for so long. Boy, did we dodge a bullet not drafting him.
I was thinking that maybe he just got off track because of covid... Nope.He surfed on his 16 years old season, which was spectacular, but has shown very little growth since. Very happy that the Habs made the gutsy call then, but it was very telling when he dropped to 4th after Cooley, scouts were not fooled.
Here's the thing with players like Shane Wright...
Players do plateau.
There's a very long laundry list of players who were awesome at 15/16 and had NHL hype around them before they got drafted. Players like Nick Ebert & Steven Anthony are cautionary tales. If you don't know those two, that's entirely normal. They were players with tons of hype who saw their careers plateau before they became adults.
Sometimes it's important to trust your eyes and not believe the media hype. Most had him ranked #1, a couple #2. But then you have a certain scout, whose name will be withheld to avoid triggering the few here that don't like him for some reason, who ranked him 6th (in one of the weakest drafts in over a decade) only to be called a "troll".
I thought for sure we were picking him, "exceptional status" and all. So I made a point of watching a ton of Frontenac games, latter part of reg season, all of playoffs. And I was scratching my head. Guys like Arcuri and Chromiak clearly stood out more. What I saw was a floater. Plain and simple. And all this talk about him being so "cerebral" didn't pass my eye test. So come draft time, I was happy we didn't pick him. I wanted Cooley. But am glad our scouts/mgt knew better. Also, for shits and giggles, I watched all the Coachella playoffs from the following year. The guy was a ghost. 2 goals and 9 points in 24 games.Here's the thing with players like Shane Wright...
Players do plateau.
There's a very long laundry list of players who were awesome at 15/16 and had NHL hype around them before they got drafted. Players like Nick Ebert & Steven Anthony are cautionary tales. If you don't know those two, that's entirely normal. They were players with tons of hype who saw their careers plateau before they became adults.
Sometimes it's important to trust your eyes and not believe the media hype. Most had him ranked #1, a couple #2. But then you have a certain scout, whose name will be withheld to avoid triggering the few here that don't like him for some reason, who ranked him 6th (in one of the weakest drafts in over a decade) only to be called a "troll".