It's the biggest knock on him.
One of the fastest guys in the league, but he doesn't have the testicular fortitude to actually do anything beyond waving his stick on the forecheck and you'll never see him cut inside and drive to the net.
Very frustrating player to watch. Everyone else on the team got dragged into the fight in the playoffs and he was still afraid of his own shadow.
It’s one thing to avoid contact in some regular season game, but McLeod doesn’t ratchet it up at any point even in the playoffs. He can do it, we’ve seen him in small sample sizes get to the net and get rewarded, we’ve seen him hit.
There’s a good chance it clicks for him after getting traded. He’s really good on the dot and on the PK, good size and amazing speed. It’s mental with him, he just has to decide to do what coaches have been telling him to do since he was a teenager.
Anyway I love this trade because we absolutely had to open up some cap space. McLeod likely being on the 4th line makes him more expendable than even Ceci.
We got a guy with 3 years ELC, hometown kid, whether he becomes a top 6 forward any time soon doesn’t even matter that much. Although would it be shocking if a kid with his pedigree, at 19/20 years old, excelling at every level he’s played at, would it be so shocking if he took a job this season?
