Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener - Can Shane Wright Revive His Career Somewhere Else?? | BB Clips

Episode Date: July 17, 2026

Boomer, Pinder and Rhett discuss what's next for Shane Wright as reports suggest the Seattle Kraken are looking to move the former fourth-overall pick. The guys debate why things haven't worked out in Seattle, whether a fresh start with a new organization could unlock Wright's potential, and which teams make the most sense if he does hit the trade market. Could a change of scenery be exactly what Shane Wright needs?Video Links: https://youtu.be/cCuxm-Wyy78#nhl #nhlshorts #nhlplayoffs #nhlpredictions #nhlhockey #nhlpicks #stanleycup #stanleycupfinal #detroitredwings #seattlekraken CHECK OUT OUR STUFF ⬇️BARN BURNER MERCHhttps://nationgear.ca/collections/shirts/FlamesnationBARN BURNER SHORTS https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj_bcGtvvo-cW2DHEDZ6dEO5ePDmlhZc9&si=jo8iNGxT4ImhS2Y8📲 Follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fnbarnburner/X (Twitter): https://x.com/barnburnerfn?lang=en🎧 Listen on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/barn-burner-boomer-pinder-with-rhett-warrener/id1648562889Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Mc6Qd5U22R2zbMlQ7RxIiProducer: Jack Haverstock Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I did want to ask this. You brought it up a couple of times, and I've just kind of, I'm not interested. Shane Wright. Young Center. It seems like he's not long for the Seattle crack. Yeah, there's a conversation,

apparently between the agent team, they're actively trying to find him a new home. It is. You asked me about Shane Wright. I said, ah, I'm not kind of out on this guy. Now, and again, it might just be optics. I don't know. Probably should have done.

a little bit more, do a little intel because on one hand, I'll sit here and piss him money, you can never find centers. You know what he says? You gotta trade them. Well, here's a young guy who is available and is maybe not elite in whatever year he was drafted, 2020 or whatever it was. Stupid COVID year, he didn't play game.

COVID year he didn't play. Slavko's won to Montreal instead of him. He slides to the cracking. Well, I'm just wondering, I bitch and complain that you can't get centers and here's a center and I'm, ah, no, I'm good. So, well, kind of talking out of both sides. I think, though, you answered your own debate.

He's done nothing to get you excited. You said it in your thing. It's like, well, he's probably not an elite center. Well, what do we need? An elite center. Now, that said, like, what's the ask? Is it a first cam out? Is it a second and third?

Yeah, I'm in. Because if it doesn't work, is losing a second and a third in the next three draft class is going to hurt flames? No, they're swimming in picks. I don't know who he's saying no to as far as, trades. I don't even think he probably can. He has not protection. But if he's

that sought after and highly regarded, why is he not gone? Well, they're trying to maximize return, but that's my point, is that whatever they're looking for is way too much for a guy that you have no clue. I'd rather go after Pedersen. That's a loaded one for sure.

Because he's at least shown you he's a hundred point player once. This guy, what's he got for most points? Well, he's played, in a way, he's played two full seasons, if you want to call it that. Yeah. um two seasons ago 79 games this past year you played in 74 so let's call it a full season sure those are full season you had 19 goals 44 points two years ago this past season 27 points 12

goals so step back year yeah there are centers that have been out there that we've said they're not going to be good they flashed it but it's not there and they've totally proven us wrong i think i think pier luke de blois might be number one in that list and he's been he's a really really really good Washington Capital right now and he's been a great fit there. But he was an awful fit in L.A. awful fit in Winnipeg. It's taking a lot of time and money. I'm not convinced. I'm not sold. He did

have a great year. You can't. I just mean, they gave up Kemper. Like the price was right and it's a hell of a trade because they already had Lingren was better than him and Thompson's better than both of them. Like it was a great deal for the caps. They've got the best player in the transaction. But like he's not a star. But if he's there two C and he's playing

a wall, you're like, shit, how do you find guys like that well, they bought low. Now, there's lots of examples of guys that it didn't go that well. But Zegris is another. He at least flashed it early in his career, but his last couple years in Anna, I'm awful by his own standards. Yeah. And so it's like, is this one of those situations or is this a guy that will never,

ever get close to the, the hype that his pedigree earned? I wonder about the baggage that's go, like, and I don't even have, like, and I don't even have, get baggage is their way, his attitude at that draft, but he, didn't he eyeball? Montreal. Yeah, he was being mugging them when they picked.

Because for a long time, he was the, he was the perspective one. Yeah, he was the number one. Wow. And you feel like he didn't shut down the fucking O. He wanted to play hockey that year.

The league kept telling them they were going to get started. They didn't. Like he got screwed that year. Um, and that hurt his development. You can't not play for your 17 year old year and, you know, have it work.

Yeah. But. Oh. So he's looking at the camera. for the photo and Montreal's table is right there. It's pretty good. Yeah, he was, did you not see that? Well, I can't remember it now.

Yeah, that's because Montreal had the first pick. So they've got six years. Table right at the very front. So he's given them the, hey, fuck you guys. Well, maybe they said something to they were going to take them too, but. So far, Slavkovsky seems to be the, the right. Yeah, but Montreal's not regarding it yet. Yeah, but he went.

What about the other teams that didn't take them? There's another one in there, too. There's another one in four there. Two other teams, not in Montreal. So I don't know. I was maybe hasty at the start, but I still kind of feel that way. I don't feel like can he play center in the NHL? I think so.

Yeah, he's the center for sure. It's just as you two, three or what. Yeah. I don't know. I find the flames I think on. Ah, is it America. Keeping powder. Powder linton.

Ontario. The powder dry, maybe. And see. The Annix Burlington? It's going on. Trump's taken over that. It's right. It's a bylosen area, which is a scary one,

because you're betting on him being better than he's ever shown you he's been in the league. You're betting on him being better than Reschney? No, but you're any more than just one Roshney? I mean, like, if you look at the age of Backland, Stroman Frost, UFAs this summer, like they really... You don't... Listen, I think we're all... It's probably draffling this summer, but you, like,

no one's ever been like, shit, we've got too many centers. No, I think we're all in the same opinion. For the right price, yeah, we'll take them. Yeah, so what is... that price, that's where we don't really know. If it's a second and the third, I say go get it. It's a first. I don't know. I know. And it's got it.

There's no sprint to go get this guy. It's not a dissimilar situation than Nemich, but at least you had the Olympics. And like, there are flashes of Demich showing what his skills can do in the NHL. The Shane Wright highlight reel isn't him, like, fooling NHLers much yet. Where at Nemich, you see like, this guy's weapon three on three. this guy that he gets up in the ice, the highlight's impressive. But it's not a different type of bet,

is it? That like the change of scenery and a bigger role in a different environment. Well, if it's not a different type of bet. Yeah, okay, it's a similar type of bet,

but if the price is the same, there's no way. So it's not even. That's the thing. The bets, it's a bigger bet for Nemich because of the price you paid. Yeah.

And Demich, I would suggest is. We weren't upset with the price that was paid for Nemich, were we? Late first. Well, it's two firsts, whether they're late or not.

That's true. It's two firsts. They look to be late. They aren't necessarily. We thought Florida's picked this year would be a late one as well. It turned up being a top 10. Yeah. But I guess what I'm saying, it's two firsts.

So when you trade two firsts and that for a, for a player, there's going to be some warts on that player, probably, or they wouldn't be available. It's just did it need to be a D man? I wonder. Did you need to do it now for this D man? Do you wait? I think they didn't expect to get Carl's, either. I'm going to say something wrong for it.

It's all right. We'll just pick one and go. Right? Like, would that have changed things? Well, I mean, they made the trade. They could have pivoted and gotten Bjork, right? No, but that's my point. I don't, I think they thought they were getting Bjork.

Maybe. Yes. Yeah, like every mock we did, we didn't think Carl's was getting to him. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, I think when you saw what Nemich did at the Olympic tournament, like, pretty outstanding stuff for a very young guy that had huge minutes. Wright doesn't have one of those on the back of his player card where you're like,

That's the guy we can unlock. It's also maybe part of why we look at the crack and then wonder how come you're not better. Well, they had a fourth overall pick and took a setter who they thought was going to be the number one setter. And he's thought it'd be the face of the franchise. Not been that. I don't know how people feel about Maddie Paneers. He was going to be unreal. He had that one year where you're like, this guy's the star.

They were looking for. And maybe he's a two C and that's great. You need those. But they don't have a star. And then Paneran said no. And then who was it this year? Robertson said no. Robertson said no, it's

until they win. That's not a destination. Poor Seattle. Won a Super Bowl. Yeah, I think the NFL team can recruit. They screwed up too on a Super Bowl drive full Pete. Remember that? Marshawn wants you to run it.

That could have hand it off there, Pete? Hand it off. I'd hand it off.