{"id":902825,"date":"2026-11-02T03:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T03:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/902825\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T03:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T03:44:11","slug":"wright-traded-to-predators-by-kraken-was-no-4-pick-in-2022-nhl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/902825\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright traded to Predators by Kraken, was No. 4 pick in 2022 NHL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/shane-wright-8483524\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shane Wright<\/a>\u00a0was traded to the Nashville Predators by the Seattle\u00a0Kraken for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/matthew-wood-8484241\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Wood<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Wright, the No. 4 pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, has four points (three goals, one assist) in 14 games this season. The center played 167 games with the Kraken since the start of 2024-25 after playing the majority of the previous season with Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old has 82 points (39 goals, 43 assists) in 183 NHL games. Wright had nine points (two goals, seven assists) in 24 AHL playoff games in 2023, helping Coachella Valley reach the Calder Cup Finals before losing to Hershey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to add Shane to our mix of forwards,\u201d Nashville general manager Chris MacFarland said. \u201cWe feel he will bring a strong, two-way game to our team and will add to the pace of our lineup. We believe Shane will continue to grow as a player, and we look forward to working with him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shane Wright\u00a0was traded to the Nashville Predators by the Seattle\u00a0Kraken for Matthew Wood\u00a0on Sunday. Wright, the No. 4&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":902826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-902825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}