When I made my (not really a) joke post about the five players the Leafs aren’t getting in trade (one down, four to not go), I included Jake McCabe as a guy they might get. No one is thrilled by this, and I don’t think McCabe himself would be shocked by that. He’s built a career out of the not-thrilling aspects of hockey. Every team needs players like that, and the Leafs have several most fans deeply appreciate, so is McCabe a fit? Just who is he, though?
Is he this guy?
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This was McCabe on the Sabres in the short pandemic season.