With three points in 34 games, Jay McClement is the lowest scoring forward on the Carolina Hurricanes. For comparison, Brock McGinn has as many points as McClement in sixteen fewer games. One can’t just chalk this up as a bad season; McClement has surpassed twenty points once in the last seven seasons. This begs the question – why is he still on the team?
It is not for lack of other viable options. Patrick Brown, Andrew Poturalski, or Lucas Wallmark could easily step in and duplicate or exceed McClement’s box score production. Sure, your fourth line
center’s ceiling should be higher than five goals, but Jay McClement’s value is not found on the scoresheet.