Seattle Kraken

Kraken Agree to Trade Shane Wright to a Team in Need of a Young Center

The Seatltle Kraken have agreed to trade Shane Wright, now it’s just a matter of getting a solid return.

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NHL Trade Talk
July 4, 2026

Shane Wright‘s time in Seattle is coming to an end. According to Elliotte Friedman, the Kraken have agreed to trade the young center this summer, with Wright’s agent, Kurt Overhardt, confirming the situation directly: Seattle GM Jason Botterill has agreed to move Wright to a team in need of a top young center.

“I can confirm that we have had positive conversations with GM Jason Botterill, and he has agreed to move Shane this summer to a team in need of a top young centre,” Wright’s agent, Kurt Overhardt, said Wednesday.

Botterill didn’t comment.

It’s the culmination of a rumor cycle that’s followed Wright for the better part of a year. The Kraken made him the fourth-overall pick in 2022, hoping he’d develop into a foundational piece down the middle. Instead, his production has trended the wrong way — after a promising 44-point season in 2024-25, Wright regressed to 27 points in 74 games this past year, spending much of the season buried in a reduced role behind Matty Beniers and Chandler Stephenson.

Multiple insiders had flagged a growing separation between the player and the team for months. Nick Kypreos noted back in February that Seattle would “absolutely” entertain trading Wright if it helped address the team’s scoring needs, while Friedman had been tracking the situation as real speculation since at least January.

The Flyers and Rangers were among the teams reported to have shown interest earlier this year, and Seattle has made clear it prefers to package Wright as part of a larger deal for an established top-six forward rather than simply moving him for futures.

The question becomes which team lands him — and at what cost.

At just 22 with a pedigree that once had him compared to top prospects in his draft class, Wright still carries real trade value, even amid the disappointing season. League sources say Seattle intends to hold firm on getting a fair return rather than a discount.

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