Associated Press
Buffalo, N.Y. – Shane Wright landed a steak dinner with the Montreal Canadiens at the NHL’s pre-draft combine this week. Juraj Slafkovsky brought the sizzle.
Whatever attributes separate the two players considered to be the top-ranked prospects, a lack of self-confidence isn’t among them.
“I’m competitive. I always want to be first. I always want to be best,” Wright said Friday, when reminded of telling Canada’s TSN earlier in the week that he believed he “deserved to be the No. 1 pick.