No. Just typically overreaction because he's likely a late bloomer. The kid really shouldn't be playing at the NHL but at the same time, he's above the AHL level. Either way, it's utterly nonsense to value him at that price.
While I do not necessarily disagree. This same argument didn't stop people from decrying the trade for Gudbranson as among the worst ever, all because McCann was a surefire second liner. Even now, people would rather blame Willie or Benning then admit, just maybe, McCann isn't anything special.
I guess hearing what an outstanding drafting guru Benning was and pointing to McCann as evidence of that may have swayed people's opinions a bit.
Who knows what McCann will turn out to be, but he was clearly pushed into a roll on a Canucks squad due to a radical lack of depth, and that's proven at least twice (McCanna and Virtanen) to have been detrimental to player development.
As a Canuck fan, I'm just grateful Boeser had the sense to stay away from this team for another year.