Current Season
GP
80
Goals
5
Assists
20
Points
25
+/-
+3
S%
6.5%
Career Stats
Contract
Cap Hit
$4.51M
Total Value
$22.57M
Expires
5 yrs · 2029-2030
Status
Then UFA
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Phil Housley is not throwing around empty compliments here - he is talking about a defenseman who gives a coach something every night: reliability. Jake McCabe has built his reputation the old-fashioned way, by making the boring plays look automatic and the hard minutes look manageable. For a Maple Leafs blue line that lives under a microscope, that kind of trust carries real weight, especially when the conversation shifts from flash to playoff survival.
Jake McCabe played like a guy who understood the assignment, even when the season around him was coming apart at the seams. The Leafs have had enough turbulence to fill a whole season of postmortems, but his willingness to absorb the punishment stood out in the middle of it. This is the kind of defenseman coaches trust when the building is noisy and the year gets ugly.