Michael McLeod

Michael McLeod

26-Year-Old CenterC
New Jersey Devils
IR-NR
Injury Personal
Est. Return 9/16/2024
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.
Directed to surrender to police
CNew Jersey Devils
Personal
January 30, 2024
McLeod (personal) has been directed to surrender to London, Ontario police to be charged with sexual assault in connection with an alleged incident that occurred during a 2018 Hockey Canada event, TSN reports.
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Per TSN, McLeod and four other individuals, including three NHL players, are expected to surrender before the London Police Service holds a press conference Monday to provide an update on the case. The five individuals are accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a London hotel on June 19, 2018, following a Hockey Canada Foundation golf and gala event. McLeod remains on the non-roster list while on an indefinite leave of absence from the Devils.
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2023–24 Time On Ice Stats
  • Average Time On Ice:
    15:09
  • Average Power Play TOI:
    0:08
  • Average Short-Handed TOI:
    1:10
 
Ice Time
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2021–22
13:20
0:12
2:02
2022–23
12:15
0:04
1:11
2023–24
15:09
0:08
1:10
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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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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Moves to non-roster list
CNew Jersey Devils
Personal
January 25, 2024
McLeod (personal) was placed on the non-roster list Thursday, per CapFriendly.
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Takes personal leave of absence
CNew Jersey Devils
Personal
January 24, 2024
McLeod was granted an indefinite leave of absence by New Jersey on Wednesday.
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Lights lamp twice Wednesday
CNew Jersey Devils
January 4, 2024
McLeod scored two goals, including the game-winner, in Wednesday's 6-3 victory over the Capitals.
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Two helpers in loss
CNew Jersey Devils
December 22, 2023
McLeod logged a pair of assists in Thursday's 6-3 loss to the Oilers.
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Nets lone Devils goal in loss
CNew Jersey Devils
December 18, 2023
McLeod scored a goal on his lone shot in Sunday's 5-1 loss to the Ducks.
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