Wright (lower body) returned to action for OHL Windsor on Thursday.
Wright was injured Jan. 26, but it appears he's recovered rather quickly. The 19-year-old is expected to remain in the juniors ranks for the rest of the season, though it's possible he could be called up to the Kraken if Windsor's season comes to an earlier than expected end.
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Kraken's Shane Wright: Injured in OHL action
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Wright (lower body) is considered out indefinitely after sustaining an injury with OHL Windsor this week, Dave Jewell of The Hockey Writers reports.
Wright has put up 11 points over six games since joining Windsor shortly after the end of the World Junior Championship. The first-round pick from 2022 doesn't have a timeline to return, so it's unclear how severe this injury is.
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Kraken's Shane Wright: Sent to OHL
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Wright was reassigned to OHL Kingston on Friday.
Wright is fresh off captaining the Canadian World Junior team to a gold medal as the team defeated Czechia 3-2 in overtime Thursday. The decision to send him back to Kingston comes as no surprise as it's been rumored for weeks that this would happen. Wright has a goal and an assist through eight NHL appearances this year.
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Kraken's Shane Wright: Loaned to Canadian Juniors
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Wright was loaned to the Canadian Junior team for the upcoming World Junior Championships on Thursday.
Wright scored his first NHL goal Tuesday after he was recalled from an AHL conditioning stint. Wright had four goals in five AHL games before his promotion. He has two points in eight games this season in the NHL.
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Kraken's Shane Wright: Tallies in first game back
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Wright scored a goal on three shots in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Canadiens.
Wright took the confidence he found while on a conditioning stint with AHL Coachella Valley and applied it in his first game back in the NHL. He scored in the first period, and it coincidentally came against the team that passed him over with the No. 1 overall pick at the 2022 Draft. Wright is up to two points, four shots on net, six blocked shots and a plus-4 rating in eight contests for the Kraken. His time with the big club could still be short, as it's possible he's loaned to Team Canada for the World Junior Championship.
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Kraken's Shane Wright: Back from conditioning
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Wright was recalled from his conditioning assignment with AHL Coachella Valley on Sunday, per CapFriendly.
Wright tallied five goals in six games during his conditioning stint. Prior to being sent down, the rookie forward had been a healthy scratch on a regular basis for Seattle. He has one assist through seven career NHL appearances and it's unclear if the team plans to get him more playing time at the top level.
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Kraken's Shane Wright: Sent down for conditioning
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Wright was sent to AHL Coachella Valley on a conditioning assignment Sunday.
The fourth overall pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, Wright has two assists in seven games this season. He's been a healthy scratch for the last five contests and nine of the last 11. Wright will see some more playing time in the minors while Seattle decides what level he'll play at for the rest of the 2022-23 campaign.
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Kraken's Shane Wright: Earns first NHL assist
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Wright logged an assist in Wednesday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Blues.
Wright picked up his first NHL point with the secondary helper on Ryan Donato's breakaway tally in the second period. This was Wright's third appearance of the season, but he's yet to exceed seven minutes of ice time in any of those games while adding just one shot on goal, a blocked shot and a plus-1 rating. It's still uncertain if he'll stick with the Kraken all year or end up having a nine-game audition before returning to the junior ranks. The limited usage will make it tough for fantasy managers in redraft formats to have much patience with the 18-year-old center.
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Kraken's Shane Wright: Scratched for second game of season
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Wright will be a healthy scratch for Thursday's game versus the Kings, per the NHL media site.
Wright didn't record a fantasy-relevant stat in 6:14 of ice time versus the Ducks on Wednesday, and he's out of the lineup a day later. The 18-year-old earned a spot on the Kraken's roster with a strong training camp, but it appears he still has some progress to make before he has the full trust of head coach Dave Hakstol.
