Jared McCann calls out former team (Canucks) for nearly ruining his career

[KeziaTML]

Why is he calling out the Leafs like that?

 

[Wats]

His job is to link to shitty articles?

He has kids to feed. Let him cook.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

I'm happy for McCann, he's finally found himself a good roster fit in Seattle after years of battling.

That being said, he will never score 40 goals again.

Nobody expected him to score 40. But what if he scores 50 next year?

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Nobody expected him to score 40. But what if he scores 50 next year?

What if he scores 80?

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

What if he scores 80?

What if cat was spelled D-O-G?

 

[sigma six]

Did he forget how to put the puck in the net in the playoffs?

Might not have been 100% after being concussed by Makar's temper tantrum. Did you forget that part?

 

[notbias]

Might not have been 100% after being concussed by Makar's temper tantrum. Did you forget that part?

And the other years when he was terrible? Makar?

before the Makar hit 1 assist in 3 games, after 1 goal and 1 assist in 4 games, looks like it knocked more points out of him.

 

[SEALBound]

I'm not sure it's entirely fair to say the Penguins "gave up" on McCann. He needed top 6 minutes but wasn't going to get them because he wasn't better than anyone in the top 6 at the time. He wasn't a great 3C. It was just a tough spot for both him and the team to be in.

 

[Siludin]

I was critical of him when he was on the Canucks.
He's also not leaning into the Canucks nearly as hard as the thread title makes it seem; the criticism is constructive and self-aware.
He does seem to shoulder some of the blame in identifying the criticism as a misconstruction or a misunderstanding of his own introversion at the time.
If any analyst said McCann had personality issues affecting his ability to find immediate success, that would have been accurate, but the nature of the business is that it's easy to be objective and cold in analyzing these players, before stepping back and being like "wow, I'm right, but I'm also an asshole."
After he was traded I was definitely one of the people carrying the torch of "he was traded due to his personality rather than his lack of potential."
It's easy to get caught up and be way to harsh on young players, and I definitely leaned in on these boards before, so if he reads this he can accept my apology if my contribution to the negative energy affected him disproportionately.
Glad he's doing well now.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

40-Goal Scorer Calls Out Former Team for Nearly Ruining His Career

A key player in the NHL had a rough start when he got drafted. In fact, it took him years to come back after the team that drafted him almost ruined his career.

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"I was afraid": Jared McCann opens up about stressful Canucks experience | Offside

Former Canucks first-round pick Jared McCann opened up about what happened with him in Vancouver, leading to a trade in 2016.

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Vancouver, Florida, Pittsburgh all gave up on Jared. In now going into his 10th NHL season, he's finally broken out with 40 goals, 70 points last year. Is he a late bloomer? A legit 40 goal scorer now?

Leafs?

 

[The90]

40-Goal Scorer Calls Out Former Team for Nearly Ruining His Career

A key player in the NHL had a rough start when he got drafted. In fact, it took him years to come back after the team that drafted him almost ruined his career.

www.markerzone.com

"I was afraid": Jared McCann opens up about stressful Canucks experience | Offside

Former Canucks first-round pick Jared McCann opened up about what happened with him in Vancouver, leading to a trade in 2016.

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Vancouver, Florida, Pittsburgh all gave up on Jared. In now going into his 10th NHL season, he's finally broken out with 40 goals, 70 points last year. Is he a late bloomer? A legit 40 goal scorer now?

There are so many players that are Uber talented at almost every professional level being held back. Good for Mcann for finding his spot. You’re only as good as you’re allowed to be.

 

[Slats432]

That's nothing, the Oilers rushed about 20 guys and likely damaged every single one.

 

[MapleLeafs94]

Protecting Justin Holl over him in the expansion draft is looking like one of Dubas biggest blunders during his time here (I still think you could do a lot worse management wise btw). Even if it's a William Karlsson lite outlier season, which I'd honestly lean towards but we'll see, he's still infinitely more useful(at the time) than a bottom pair penalty kill specialist that makes bone headed mistakes nightly.

 

[PavelBure10]

"It is what it is".

 

[StreetHawk]

I was critical of him when he was on the Canucks.
He's also not leaning into the Canucks nearly as hard as the thread title makes it seem; the criticism is constructive and self-aware.
He does seem to shoulder some of the blame in identifying the criticism as a misconstruction or a misunderstanding of his own introversion at the time.
If any analyst said McCann had personality issues affecting his ability to find immediate success, that would have been accurate, but the nature of the business is that it's easy to be objective and cold in analyzing these players, before stepping back and being like "wow, I'm right, but I'm also an asshole."
After he was traded I was definitely one of the people carrying the torch of "he was traded due to his personality rather than his lack of potential."
It's easy to get caught up and be way to harsh on young players, and I definitely leaned in on these boards before, so if he reads this he can accept my apology if my contribution to the negative energy affected him disproportionately.
Glad he's doing well now.

McCann like Virtanen should never have spent the entire season in the NHL. Even burning an ELC year isn't the worst thing in the world, so long as your preserve the accrued NHL season which would have required them to be on an NHL roster for half the season. It was clear that by November he was getting manhandled on the ice. Infamous game vs Anaheim at the Pond, both Perry and Getzlaf each took a turn roughing each of them up. Clearly, they were not ready on the ice, which was also evident off the ice to the Sedin Twins and they voiced that.

Canucks brass was just fully intent on keeping them for whatever reason.

 

[Jumptheshark]

I usually toss Vancouver under the bus and run them over--but there seems to have been a lot of friction between Him, teammates and other people not directly working for the team. A few media guys were not fans of his

 

[rielledup]

Remember when jimbo traded him for gudbranson and the analytics people said it was a terrible trade because gubranson is terrible and all the old school people liked the trade? Gudbranson was terrible in Vancouver and they couldn't get rid of him fast enough. How do the anti analytics people explain situations like that?

 

[Three On Zero]

What if he scores 80?

Bring on the “Do you take one McCann or 24 random NHLers” thread! We have been prepared

 

[Pens x]

He should throw some shade at the Penguins too.

 

[Zach716]

There’s 2 sides to every story but it’s pretty incredible how some slight changes in circumstances can be the difference from a bust to a star.

 

[tarheelhockey]

There’s 2 sides to every story but it’s pretty incredible how some slight changes in circumstances can be the difference from a bust to a star.

This is very largely true in life as well. Lots of talented workers get stuck in toxic work environments and find their entire career derailed, while others thrive because they’re working for the right boss.

 

[wetcoast]

There’s 2 sides to every story but it’s pretty incredible how some slight changes in circumstances can be the difference from a bust to a star.

I would change it slightly from an adequate NHLer to a decent goal scorer but not a difference maker which IMO a star must do.

 

[JianYang]

From that audio clip, it doesn't seem like he is explicitly calling anyone out.

He is just talking about his personal experiences in the league as a youngster.

 

[lawrence]

benning ruined many things.

But I’m happy for McCann.

 

[Kevinsane]

Nobody expected him to score 40. But what if he scores 50 next year?

I love when someone says “he’ll never blah blah blah again…”, as if it’s anything other than not wanting that player to do so.