Pittsburgh Penguins by the numbers: Jared McCann

Jared McCann #19 of the Pittsburgh Penguins. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Usefulness is a term that needs to be valued more when it comes to hockey forwards. For this Pittsburgh Penguins center/winger, that word is 100% accurate.

Jared McCann is quite simply, useful and there are very few like him. His raw speed and skill have helped him grow from his young, enthusiastic start to his time now with the Pittsburgh Penguins. McCann is a bit of an anomaly because many are still trying to figure out what he is. Is he a center? Or is he a winger? No one, including Mike Sullivan, probably knows, but that’s just fine.

He was initially pegged to be a center when he was traded to the Penguins from…