Quoting: Ryminister_92
Get over this “best faceoff man in the league” BS. He’s not. Just because he has the highest win percentage doesn’t mean he’s the best - a faceoff win is a highly subjective stat in the first place. But McLeod isn’t even in the top 25 in faceoffs taken or faceoffs won.
You Devils fans are overhyping a 4th line centre to the extreme. He’s not THAT valuable.
The devils send him out for the most important faceoffs every time despite having Hischier, Haula, Lazar, Mercer and Tierney all winning faceoffs at a high rate.
He’s been fantastic in the dot for years. It’s not just the %s, it’s watching him play.
He elevates everyone he plays with, has excelled at every spot in the lineup he’s been put in, fits with the system perfectly, and is finally finding a scoring touch. He also took a discount to stay in jersey.
With no realistic replacement on the roster or in the pipeline, I would need a haul to move him.
An AHL tweener who has no place on the NJD roster (because he can’t fit in a bottom line defensive checking skill set, and doesn’t play over any of Haula Mercer Meier Holtz Hughes Bratt Hischier Palat Toffoli in the top 9) isn’t gonna get McLeod or even get discussions started