You might have glossed over the trade acquisition for Adam McQuaid when the Blue Jackets made that trade at the time. And honestly, next to getting Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingel, McQuaid sure wasn’t the sexy name. But he was a guy that came in with a physical presence, could provide minutes defensively, and represented the lone Blue Jackets player with a Stanley Cup ring.
I said it at time, that the veteran presence could only help a team like Columbus.
Adam McQuaid 2018-19 Stats
Games played: 77
Goals: NYR 36 / CBJ 14
Assists: NYR 2 / CBJ 1
Points: NYR 5 / CBJ 2
Time on ice: NYR 17:28 / CBJ 11:25
Penalty Minutes: NYR 33 / CBJ 9
Corsi For (even strength): NYR 43.3% / CBJ 43.4%
2018-19 Playoff Stats
Games played: 0 – Injured
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Points: 0
Time on ice: 0
Penalty Minutes: 0
Corsi For (even strength): 0
Adam McQuaids’ Contract Status
McQuaid is a UFA and I expect he will be playing elsewhere next season.
High Point
In a critical game against the Hurricanes, McQuaid scored his lone goal with the Blue Jackets in a 3-0 win. I think that’s probably it. Oh, McQuaid tied his season-high of three shots in that game. That’s more than Wennberg all year, right?
There was this fight against Garnet Hathaway in Calgary, which McQuaid won.
McQuaid’s ice-time partners 5v5
| Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | GP | TOI | CF | CA | CF% | FF | FA | FF% | SF | SA | SF% | GF | GA | GF% | xGF | xGA | xGF% | SCF | SCA | SCF% | HDCF | HDCA | HDCF% | HDGF | HDGA | HDGF% | MDCF | MDCA | MDCF% | MDGF | MDGA | MDGF% | LDCF | LDCA | LDCF% | LDGF | LDGA | LDGF% | On-Ice SH% | On-Ice SV% | PDO | Off. Zone Faceoffs | Neu. Zone Faceoffs | Def. Zone Faceoffs | Off. Zone Faceoff % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam McQuaid | w/o Dean Kukan | w/o Scott Harrington | Markus Nutivaara | 13 | 22:22 | 15 | 16 | 48.39 | 8 | 13 | 38.1 | 7 | 9 | 43.75 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.31 | 0.44 | 41.43 | 4 | 5 | 44.44 | 2 | 2 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 | 3 | 40.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 8 | 8 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 66.670 | 0.667 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 52.94 |
| Adam McQuaid | Dean Kukan | w/o Scott Harrington | w/o Markus Nutivaara | 4 | 33:27 | 25 | 28 | 47.17 | 20 | 18 | 52.63 | 15 | 12 | 55.56 | 3 | 0 | 100.00 | 1.25 | 0.81 | 60.76 | 17 | 14 | 54.84 | 6 | 2 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 12 | 47.83 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | 8 | 12 | 40.00 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | 20.00 | 100.00 | 1.200 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 53.85 |
| Adam McQuaid | w/o Dean Kukan | Scott Harrington | w/o Markus Nutivaara | 11 | 86:09 | 69 | 98 | 41.32 | 45 | 73 | 38.14 | 35 | 46 | 43.21 | 1 | 2 | 33.33 | 2.35 | 4.36 | 35.02 | 30 | 50 | 37.50 | 11 | 21 | 34.38 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 | 29 | 39.58 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 33 | 40 | 45.21 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | 2.86 | 95.65 | 0.985 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 50.00 |
Low Point
McQuaid lost out on the rest of the regular season and playoffs after taking a hit by Andrew Shaw in their game against the Canadiens in late March.
After the injuries that also kept Markus Nutivaara and Ryan Murray out, McQuaid could have found some extra ice time in the playoffs. It’s all hindsight now, and I don’t think the series outcome changes, but it would have been worth noting the physical edge he provides against his former Bruins’ mates.
How would you grade Adam McQuaid’s 2018-19 season?
| A | 1 |
| B | 8 |
| C | 29 |
| D | 16 |
| F | 6 |