Quinntessential
Registered User
- Mar 25, 2013
- 409
- 625
Value of: Jared McCann
- Thread starter Quinntessential
- Start date
Seattle isn't moving their best offensive scoring player.
Ok, so you give us Jared McCann and your 2nd round pick and we'll give you Erik Gudbranson.
NiagaraKraken
Registered User
Hockeyholic
Registered User
A team could trade for him and then sign him to an extension - the way Vegas did with Mark Stone. While McCann is not Stone a team may see him as a helpful player to acquire and sign to a longer term commitment.
Fistfullofbeer
Moderator
If McCann's case goes to arbitration I hope the arbitrators decide this is exactly how McCann plays. Will give us a good chance at signing him on the cheap.
NiagaraKraken
Registered User
Well he does have 33 points in 48 games so yes. Doesn’t matter anyways, Seattle should be locking him up.
Seattle can’t expect Beniers to come in and light the league on fire. Need depth at C.
as for McCann see if he finally gets a long term deal after bouncing around with 4 nhl clubs plus his short stint as a Leaf.
as for McCann see if he finally gets a long term deal after bouncing around with 4 nhl clubs plus his short stint as a Leaf.
so that sounds like "on pace for" and not "good for" since he has a career high of 35
Big McLargehuge
Fragile Traveler
Seattle shouldn't trade their best offensive forward already (he's still only 25) and contenders shouldn't be paying a premium for a player who has ghosted every playoff game of his career to this point.
To be fair he's paced around that the past few seasons. An 82 game pace of 44 points in 19-20, 61 points last year, 56 this year...his career high is still only 35, but circumstance plays into that pretty heavily between covid shortening schedules and now playing for an expansion team.
McCann's next contract may make Seattle consider dangling him, but I don't think the market would be great enough to overcome what his value to Seattle is likely to be the next couple years. You don't build around a player like McCann, but productive players in their mid-20s aren't as easy to pluck out of thin air as fans like to think. McCann has flaws, if he didn't he never would have made it to Seattle to begin with, but he's a solid and decently productive player with enough skill to be a quality piece of the puzzle. Him having (what I can only assume is) a more specific role in Seattle seems more likely to bear fruit to me than him bouncing up and down the line-up depending on what a contender needs on a given night.
To be fair he's paced around that the past few seasons. An 82 game pace of 44 points in 19-20, 61 points last year, 56 this year...his career high is still only 35, but circumstance plays into that pretty heavily between covid shortening schedules and now playing for an expansion team.
McCann's next contract may make Seattle consider dangling him, but I don't think the market would be great enough to overcome what his value to Seattle is likely to be the next couple years. You don't build around a player like McCann, but productive players in their mid-20s aren't as easy to pluck out of thin air as fans like to think. McCann has flaws, if he didn't he never would have made it to Seattle to begin with, but he's a solid and decently productive player with enough skill to be a quality piece of the puzzle. Him having (what I can only assume is) a more specific role in Seattle seems more likely to bear fruit to me than him bouncing up and down the line-up depending on what a contender needs on a given night.
Flying Dego
Registered User
- Apr 30, 2013
- 5,253
- 6,433
McCann is still a Rfa. So worst case it’s an arbitration award to have him under contract for next season vs a long term deal.
Fistfullofbeer
Moderator
Have you follow him this season btw? Do you have any comments on his value or did you just want to let everyone know that he has never passed 50 in a season?
I think he's been one of the few exceptional moves that were made in expansion. I think the value required to make it worthwhile to Seattle to trade him won't be there though and he won't get 50pt player value.
On a deeper team he slots onto the 3rd line or maybe as a complimentary wing to a top 6 pair. Maybe 2nd unit PP. Not even sure he makes the 3rd PK unit.
I think he'd be a great fit for the Avs style of play, but not enough of an upgrade to offer much in return. He is closer to Compher than Burakovsky.
Seems like he would carry more importance as a team leader/shepherd for the likely young core that will start finding their way into the organization over the next couple years than what he'd bring back in a trade.
RainyCityHockey
Registered User
Seems like that lazy article by Friedman(which was written after the informations about McCann's desire to stay in Seattle) starts making the rounds even though it's total BS.
McCann has told his teammates and the staff that he wants to stay in Seattle.
So unless there's an incredible offer I doubt he goes anywhere and the only thing that needs to be talked about are numbers($ and term) of his new contract.
McCann has told his teammates and the staff that he wants to stay in Seattle.
So unless there's an incredible offer I doubt he goes anywhere and the only thing that needs to be talked about are numbers($ and term) of his new contract.
CheckingLineCenter
Registered User
- Aug 10, 2018
- 9,089
- 9,858
66-30-33
Registered User
One Winged Angel
You Can't Escape
NiagaraKraken
Registered User
Unless Seattle is going to be spending money on free agent C this off season they should keep McCann at least through arbitration til next season. Beniers will need someone else to help take some of the pressure off him.
In a generally awful season, he is one of three or four players (along with Dunn, Gourde, Oleksiak, for instance) who has emerged as likely having long term value to the Kraken. I can't see a trade unless it is a big overpayment as I think the plan is to keep him long term or it should be the plan if it isn't.
Pens x
Registered User
- Oct 8, 2016
- 16,297
- 8,095
Jackass Hextall doesn’t get enough crap for this trade. Dude gave away McCann for scraps. The kool aid gang defend the move for various reasons, including lack of playoff production and we had to shed cap space. You don’t donate a 25 year old making $2.9 that is going to score 40 points worst case, then go run out there and sign Zach Aston Reese to a $1.75 mil deal. ZAR has scored 1 goal this entire season.
If lack of playoff success is grounds for being traded in Pittsburgh, 75% of the team would be gone because more forwards than not are struggling under Sully over the last 3 years. Our first line has failed to produce in that same time - we should go donate Sid, Rust and Guentzel too.
If lack of playoff success is grounds for being traded in Pittsburgh, 75% of the team would be gone because more forwards than not are struggling under Sully over the last 3 years. Our first line has failed to produce in that same time - we should go donate Sid, Rust and Guentzel too.
Last edited:
