Offensively speaking there isn’t much to write home about. McMillan’s AHL stats are unspectacular, and he’s scored at a replacement level rate at 5-on-5 in his 162 games in the NHL.

In terms of his two-way game, McMillan probably isn’t a decent bet to be more than a fourth-line player. By shot attempt differential the Coyotes have been bleeding shot attempts against with McMillan on the ice at evens this season, although that’s likely a product – to some extent – of him being buried in the defensive zone in terms of his territorial deployment. The year prior – when he shared the ice with the likes of Mike Ribeiro and Shane Doan during a short stint with the Coyotes – he was among Arizona’s best forwards by the underlying numbers.

There are some things in the underlying data that might suggest that McMillan has some untapped potential, albeit in a bottom-of-the-roster type way. He’s drawn penalties at a very high rate, which generally suggests that a player is regularly getting position on defenders. He’s also improved the shot attempt differentials of three of the five forwards with whom he’s spent at least 100 5-on-5 minutes skating alongside over the past three years. It isn’t much, but if you squint you might find some reason to believe that he could be a useful bottom of the roster piece.