Montreal Canadiens Three Options With the First Overall Pick
Draft Shane Wright
The most likely choice for the Canadiens is to draft Shane Wright. An argument could be made that Slafkovsky fits perfect with Suzuki and Caufield. Or that Nemec rounds out a great group of prospect defenders, or Cooley’s speed fits better.
But Shane Wright is the best player available in this draft and should be the first overall pick. He has proven for years that he is the top prospect available this year and has dealt with a much brighter spotlight than anyone else in this draft.
And he has been terrific. He wrapped up his OHL season with 32 goals and 94 points in 63 games played. He has a very intelligent player, he can snipe, he can set up plays, wins face-offs and battles and he is as good defensively as he is offensively.
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Wright got off to a bit of a slow start this season, but due to the pandemic, he didn’t play a game in the 2020-21 season. He did show up at the World Under-18 tournament and scored nine goals and 14 points in five games.
He got rolling at an elite level for the second half of the OHL season, and proved he is the best player available. The most likely scenario here is that the Canadiens do not overthink this, and they simply take the best player available to them and that is Shane Wright.
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