The 50 Greatest Ottawa Senators Of All-Time: #20 – #11
By Jack Leiper
16. Shawn McEachern
Stats: 454 GP, 142G, 304P
Height/Weight: 5foot11, 195lbs
Acquired: Trade with Boston (for Trent McCleary + 3rd round pick)
Perhaps one of the most underrated Senators of all-time, McEachern’s 304 points earns him a spot in the Senators’ top 10 all-time scorers. He spent the better part of six seasons with the club and was a consistent scorer with the team from 1997 until he was sent to Atlanta in 2002.
His best season came in 2000-01 when he posted a 72 point campaign. That year puts McEachern with players like Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley, Radek Bonk, Jason Spezza, Marian Hossa, and Erik Karlsson as the only players to have 70+ points in a single year (7).
Aside from his 72 point campaign, McEachern also posted 56, 51, and 48 point seasons. This led to a pretty good PPG average of 0.56. McEachern sort of slips through the cracks when talking about life Senators. He spent the majority of his career in Ottawa and put up some pretty solid years as a Senator.
McEachern is a comparable to Milan Michalek, who is ranked one position below him. Both are players who help solidify forward groups and acted as good insulation during their best years.
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