Michael McLeod

Michael McLeod

25-Year-Old CenterC
New Jersey Devils
2023 Fantasy Outlook
McLeod is pretty much the ideal fourth-line center for any NHL club, especially an ascending young group like New Jersey. He finished with a career-high 26 points in 80 games a season ago, which figures to be his offensive ceiling moving forward. What McLeod offers is the ability to log tough defensive minutes in addition to being one of the best faceoff men in the game. The Devils inked him to a new one-year, $1.4 million deal in July. McLeod will once again be a restricted free agent next summer, this time around with arbitration rights. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a one-year, $1.4 million contract with the Devils in July of 2023.
Staying with club
CNew Jersey Devils
July 1, 2023
McLeod put pen to paper on a one-year, $1.4 million deal with New Jersey on Saturday.
ANALYSIS
McLeod set new personal bests in games played (80), assists (22) and points (26) last season. Selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, the 25-year-old center figures to remain a bottom-six option for New Jersey for the upcoming campaign. Thus, McLeod is unlikely to offer more than mid-range fantasy value.
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2022–23 Time On Ice Stats
  • Average Time On Ice:
    12:15
  • Average Power Play TOI:
    0:04
  • Average Short-Handed TOI:
    1:11
 
Ice Time
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2020–21
13:49
0:07
1:34
2021–22
13:20
0:12
2:02
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12:15
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McLeod has been a disappointment since being selected No. 12 overall back in 2016, but he did finally establish himself as a full-time NHL player last season. The numbers (nine goals, 15 points, minus-12 rating, 60 shots, no power-play points in 52 games) were modest, but it's a significant improvement from a couple years ago. McLeod was drafted as an offensive center. He put up big numbers throughout his junior career, but he looks like more of a bottom-six guy at the NHL level. The Devils' lack of depth essentially ensures McLeod will open next season with a roster spot, but there's no real reason at this point to suspect another significant step forward, leaving McLeod with essentially no fantasy value until he proves otherwise.
McLeod has played in 33 games with the Devils over the past two seasons, and he's still in search of his first goal while having chipped in only five assists. Perhaps the game will start to slow down a bit for the 12th overall pick from the 2016 draft, but McLeod hasn't come close to justifying his early draft slot up to this point. He'll compete for a bottom-six role with New Jersey in 2021 and will likely end up earning scant minutes while spending significant time in the press box barring significant improvement.
McLeod got a chance to strut his stuff at the NHL level in 2018-19, but he didn't make the most of it with just three assists and no goals in 21 games. The 12th overall selection in the 2016 draft hasn't exactly been an offensive dynamo at the AHL level, either, with only six goals and 34 points in 61 games. It's apparent McLeod will never be a big goal-scorer, but it's too early to completely write him off as a bust. He'll try to crack the Devils' roster in camp.
Selected 12th overall in the 2016 draft, McLeod finally turned pro last season after playing at better than a point-per-game pace in each of his final three seasons with the OHL's Mississauga Steelheads. He tried to make the Devils roster out of camp last year, but that bid was derailed by a torn meniscus. While the 20-year-old forward will almost certainly need more seasoning after posting just one assist and a minus-6 rating in six games with AHL Binghamton, we could see McLeod in the NHL as soon as this year if he develops quickly. Dynasty owners should file the 6-foot-2 center's name away for future reference.
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Poised to become free agent
CFree Agent
June 30, 2023
McLeod wasn't presented with a qualifying offer by the Devils, so he will become an unrestricted free agent Saturday, Stephen Whyno of the Associated Press reports.
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Adds assist in season-ending loss
CNew Jersey Devils
May 11, 2023
McLeod assisted on a Dawson Mercer goal in the first period en route to a 3-2 season-ending overtime loss to the Hurricanes on Thursday.
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Shorty in Game 7
CNew Jersey Devils
May 1, 2023
McLeod scored a shorthanded goal in Monday's 4-0 win over the Rangers.
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Good to go
CNew Jersey Devils
April 17, 2023
McLeod (undisclosed) is available to play in Game 1 against the Rangers on Tuesday, Amanda Stein of the Devils' official site reports.
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Not making trip
CNew Jersey Devils
April 12, 2023
McLeod (undisclosed) won't travel with the Devils for Thursday's regular-season finale against Washington, Amanda Stein of the Devils' official site reports.
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