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We’re revisiting the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and how Juraj Slafkovsky went 1st overall to the Montreal Canadiens over inevitable Seattle Kraken draftee Shane Wright.
This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter
This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
The 2022 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert
31st) Tampa Bay Lightning, Isaac Howard
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Avalanche via Coyotes), Reid Schaefer
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21 Comments
We also got the real 2022 first overall pick in Lane Hutson.
Both are not worthy of a top 10 pick at this time! Definitely not first overall
Habs should look for him!
People act like 2 consecutive 50 pts season is bad for someone thats not even 21 yet. He also was on a top 10 in the league first line. I love Slaf, he was the best pick for the teams future.
I think it’s still early, moreover Slaf is playing on a first line whereas Shane is on the 3rd line. I’m waiting at least another year or two before I give my verdict on this one. By then, both players should be playing to their full potential and also, Wright will probably be playing on the top 6 in Seattle so it’ll be a fairer comparison between the 2.
Slaf is a big boy, they generally take longer to develope because through the lower levels they can rely on there size. Habs knew this when they drafted him and I dont think they are at all upset by the choice, it wasn't a strong year but I think we got the best guy available that year.
Well something is said that if they went out to sign a 2c instead of insetting Wright at that spot tells me they do not have full confidence in the guy. I still think Montreal made the right choice for the team/franchise. Slaf hasn't hit a ceiling yet either. He is also more passionate than Wright is. I mean, did you see his comments after losing in teh first round of teh playoffs?
Slaf, Wright, Cooley, they are all good and will get better, all the teams that drafted them and their fans can be happy, and hopeful about their future.
As a MTL fan, we can also rejoice knowing that Slaf is definitely not a bust, because we had way too many of those.
If he ends up being a 60-70 point player, drafting him is a huge success, considering the size, physical play and skill he brings. Nothing against Wright and Cooley, but players like them are usually available every year at the draft, 6’3” 225 players with skill like Slaf are not aways there.
Even at 21st overall in the 24 draft, a player like Michael Hage could be very close to what Wright and Cooley bring talent wise, and most definitely Ivan Demidov is already looking like a superstar vs all these players. So drafting Slaf, makes even more sense now because of the other players that MT drafted after, the team is very balanced skill and size wise, because of Slaf.
It's kind of sad that the Habs got the first pick in the weakest draft year ever.
Wright actually played 2-3rd line with average of 15 min for the whole year and managed more points than his 1st lone center Maty Benier lol.
He is actually able to carry a line. He also started the year with a 4 pts in 20 games before he got his groove.
I remember watching your videos and being engrossed in this debate, sometimes I forget Wright fell to 4th overall
Hutson has more points than Wright
Weight being drafted at 5 was on point
Guy is not him
I always thought Cooley was the right choice and still believes that.
Between Slaf and Wright, I would choose Slaf. I just don't like Wright. They'll probably end up similar, but Slaf should be more clutch and more of a leader.
wright is so much better
It was important to go for a bigger guy, this is why Wright even Cooley wasn't in the plan for the Habs, to this day it is still true that we are better with the big guy, imagine Cooley with Suzuki Caufield Hutson and many others, damn we still need extra pounds. Slaf was and still the right pick for the team they want to become.
10 years from now cooley will be hands down best player in this draft
Shane took some time to hit his stride, but in the second half of the season he was on a 50+ point pace
[Slaf] In TPS 2022 we had a very defensive style of play and the coach wasn´t too keen on Juraj. He played mostly on the 3rd line with some good effort but got no points. He was a totally different player in the national team.
Thats such a sad take. You only mention points like thats all that matters in hockey, why dont you compare bodychecks and shot blocks too?
Obviously if we had drafted Shane wright he would have been given the same chances as slaf. Who knows where he would be now.
It takes 5 years to do a fair comparison. It will be interesting to follow. and will Cooley turns out to be the best? I'm still glad we picked Slav.