The Bruins’ search for help down the middle just lost one possible name.
Shane Wright is no longer available, with the Seattle Kraken sending the 2022 fourth-overall pick to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Matthew Wood. For a Boston team that could have used a young center to gamble on, Wright had been an intriguing fit. That option is gone now.
The move had been hanging out there for a while. Wright had become one of the NHL’s most discussed trade candidates over the offseason, and the fit in Seattle had clearly run its course. The 22-year-old never really found his footing with the Kraken, and this deal feels like the kind of reset both sides had been circling for some time.
Wright heads to Nashville with plenty to prove. His start to the season has been quiet, with four points in 14 games. Last season wasn’t much better overall, as he finished with 27 points in 74 games in 2025-26, though he did flash more upside the year before by posting career bests of 19 goals and 44 points in 79 games during the 2024-25 season.
For Boston, the loss of Wright as a possible target stings a little in theory, but the urgency isn’t the same with Fraser Minten and James Hagens giving the Bruins encouraging early returns this season. That doesn’t make Wright any less interesting as a player, but it does make it easier for Boston to move on without him.
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