No, he isn't. He does what they got him for. To use his excellent hands and scoring instincts to make plays. And I have to admit that he does it better than I expected. That said, he's weak on the puck, hiw backchecking is pretty bad and his skating ability declined rapidly. I don't know how you could call him a solid allround player. Rieder is the prototype of a solid allround player. Vrbata isn't even close.
McGinn is absolutely crap. I told you guys that his brother Brock is the only McGinn who's NHL material and it's showing now. They got McGinn to strengthen the PP and to add a physical element. In fact, McGinn has been very soft. No physicality at all. Hardly any hits, let alone hard ones. No fights. He also failed miserably on the PP with only 1 Assist in 41 games and therefore lost his spot on the 2nd unit. Should have been replaced long ago. His latest games were catastrophic even though thr team played well overall. His icetime therefore dropped down considerably. I can only repeat myself. It's a bad bad sign that our top prospects and top offensive players have to play over 3mins PK just because we dress guys that actually do absolutely nothing. Fischer played over 1:30 PK in his nhl debut. If a vet cannot get any any special team icetime over a rookies, let alone those making their debut, they probably shouldn't be in the lineup unless they're as physical and reliable as Ryan White. Tippett must have been really desperate to make decisions like these lately. He wouldn't have to worry about all this with guys like Miller, Jooris or Dauphin in the lineup.
damn auto correct and I've been such a bad boy I can't edit - too funny 
