McCabe signs 5-year, $22.55 million contract with Maple Leafs

Jake McCabe signed a five-year, $22.55 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. The deal, which begins subsequent season, has a mean annual worth of $4.51 million.

The defenseman is within the remaining season of a four-year, $16 million contract ($4 million AAV) he signed with the Chicago Blackhawks on July 28, 2021. He was traded to the Maple Leafs on Feb. 27, 2023, and will have grow to be an unrestricted free agent after the season.

“It is actually thrilling for me and my household,” McCabe stated. “We have cherished our time in Toronto to this point, and to have the ability to log out for one more 5 years is tremendous thrilling for us.”

McCabe stated negotiations started through the offseason and that he felt assured the perimeters would come to an settlement.

“I imply, you clearly by no means understand how typically negotiations go,” McCabe stated. “However (normal supervisor) Brad [Treliving] has been nice the entire time and was in a position to work one thing out right here, and I believe we’re all very enthusiastic about it.”

McCabe has three assists, is averaging 21:09 of ice time and leads Toronto with a plus-6 ranking in 9 video games this season.

“I believe it is nice,” coach Craig Berube stated. “He is a team-first man, arduous defender, arduous to play in opposition to. He is the kind of [defenseman] you need in your hockey crew.”

The 31-year-old had an NHL career-high 28 factors (eight targets, 20 assists) in 73 video games with the Maple Leafs final season.

Chosen by the Buffalo Sabres within the second spherical (No. 44) of the 2012 NHL Draft, McCabe has 155 factors (33 targets, 122 assists) in 586 video games with the Maple Leafs, Blackhawks and Sabres, and three factors (one aim, two assists) in 18 Stanley Cup Playoff video games.

NHL.com impartial correspondent Darrin Bauming contributed to this report