Shane Wright comments on Bob McKenzie ranking him 2nd - he is NOT happy

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Ryan
June 29, 2022 (8:33 PM)

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Yesterday TSN's Bob McKenzie revealed his top 20th draft rankings, and the projected 1st overall Shane Wright, was no longer 1st! Slovakian Juraj Slafkovsky took the throne at first overall according to McKenzie.

Here is his top 20 list:

1- Juraj Slafkovsky
2- Shane Wright
3- Logan Cooley
4- Simon Nemec
5- Cutter Gauthier
6- David Jiricek
7- Joakim Kemell
8- Jonathan Lekkerimaki
9- Matt Savoie
10- Marco Kasper
11- Kevin Korchinski
12- Pavel Mintyukov
13- Conor Geekie
14- Danila Yurov
15- Frank Nazar
16- Brad Lambert
17- Jimmy Snuggerud
18- Jiri Kulich
19- Ivan Miroshnichenko
20- Isaac Howard

Shane Wright was answering some questions from reporters and he said that the rumours surrounding the draft cannot be ignored.

It's definitely not something you can ignore easily. Now that the season is over, my attention is on the draft. However, it's all noise and I don't have any control over what people say or the different rankings. I'm focused on being as ready as possible for the draft. It obviously comes with pressure, but I want to enjoy the moment as much as possible.

When asked about the Bob McKenzie list that had him placed 2nd in the upcoming draft, he had this to say:

I don't put much stock in the various lists. At the end of the day, they're just rankings and that doesn't mean they'll be representative of the draft order. We won't know that until July 7, so I don't care much about it. I know these are smart people who put a lot of effort into these rankings, but they don't matter to me.