So since Brock and Mitch both had good things to say about McShane, a prospect I haven't seen a ton of but have not been overly impressed with due to skating, speed and not moving his feet enough, I opted to look a little closer at the numbers.
In the first half of the season up to 12-31, McShane had 24 pts in 30 games but in the 2nd half he jumped up to 45 pts in 32 games, going from a .8 ppg to a 1.41 which is a major leap forward. At a 1.41 ppg over the 62 games he played that would be 87 pts, much better then the 69 pts he had.
That said I was not impressed with the little I saw of him at the summer showcase, I'm sure he'll get invited to play for Team OHL against Russia and if he has a good enough season he should get invited to the winter camp hopefully. But until he improves his skating and speed, he's still got a lot of work to do before I would call him one of our top 10 prospects. The good news is the skill is there, now we just need to see if he can work on the skating. I'm sure he'll have a big year since he's playing for a contract before the June deadline, it will be interesting to see if he can be a 90+ pt getter this year.