Bryan McCabe

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Bryan McCabe Is extremely aggressive in the defensive zone. Has a good shot from the point. Knows when to pinch in from the back end. Can log an abundance of minutes and feasts on the power play. He is physical on the ice loves to throw his trade mark can opener check at the oppostion.He has good offensive abilities. He has become a great triggerman on the power play where he can use his booming accurate low shot. He, like his defensive pairing partner tomas kaberle, can make the first pass out of the zone and he is blessed with above average wheels.Caber was selected by the New York Islanders in the second round, 40th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft He won two World Junior Championship gold medals for Canada. He has also represented Canada at the 97 and 1998 World Championships.McCabe played just two-and-a-half years with New York, and he became the team's captain for a season. He, Todd Bertuzzi weretraded by the NYI in 1998 to Vancouver. McCabe's stay on the Canadian west coast was short-lived as he was dealt to the Chicago Blackhawks which in turn was even shorter. After just one year in the Windy City, McCabe was sent to the Maple Leafs for Alexander Karpovtsev and Vladimir Gusev in October, 2000.In the 2001 playoffs McCabe played the finest hockey of his young NHL career. "It was a lot of fun," said McCabe who was making his first appearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs. "I'm not satisfied though. It was tough losing in the second round." After a disappointing second round loss in the 2001 playoffs, McCabe and the Leafs looked to rebound in 2001-02. Having posted a career high in points with 28 the previous year, McCabe broke out offensively in 2001-02 scoring 17 goals and 43 points and was instrumental in Toronto's run to the Eastern Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes. Although Toronto lost the series in six games to the upstart Hurricanes, the team fought to the bitter end, tying the game in the dying seconds before losing in overtime.-Legends of HockeyMcCabe's totals dipped in 2002-03. Coming off a sub-par year offensively, McCabe rebounded in 2003-04, registering a career high 53 points (16-37-53). His o5-06 season started off great. There was Noris buzz surround Bryans early heroic play as he and the leafs played above average hockey. Bryan lead the league defenseman in points for much of the 05-06 season. He was named to the Canadian Olympic squad. He was on pace to break Ian Turnbulls record for points by a defenseman but Bryans offensive tallies started to slow down after a mid season groin injury but despite that he still had career highs in all offensive categories. Leafs have not locked up the offensively gifted d-man and could face loosing him because of cap space and free agent market demands. NHL Second All-Star Team 2004
Bryan McCabe Defense Born Jun 8 1975 -- St. Catharines, ONT Height 6.01 -- Weight 204 Selected by New York Islanders round 2 #40 overall 1993 NHL Entry Draft
Regular Season Playoffs Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1991-92 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 68 6 24 30 177 4 0 0 0 6 1992-93 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 14 0 13 13 83 -- -- -- -- -- 1992-93 Spokane Chiefs WHL 46 3 44 47 134 10 1 5 6 28 1993-94 Spokane Chiefs WHL 64 22 62 84 218 3 0 4 4 4 1994-95 Spokane Chiefs WHL 42 14 39 53 115 -- -- -- -- -- 1994-95 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 20 6 10 16 38 18 4 13 17 59 1995-96 New York Islanders NHL 82 7 16 23 156 -- -- -- -- -- 1996-97 New York Islanders NHL 82 8 20 28 165 -- -- -- -- -- 1997-98 New York Islanders NHL 56 3 9 12 145 -- -- -- -- -- 1997-98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 26 1 11 12 64 -- -- -- -- -- 1998-99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 69 7 14 21 120 -- -- -- -- -- 1999-00 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 79 6 19 25 139 -- -- -- -- -- 2000-01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 82 5 24 29 123 11 2 3 5 16 2001-02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 82 17 26 43 129 20 5 5 10 30 2002-03 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 75 6 18 24 135 7 0 3 3 10 2003-04 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 75 16 37 53 86 13 3 5 8 14 2004-05 HV71 Jonkoping SEL 10 1 0 1 30 -- -- -- -- -- 2005-06 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 73 19 49 68 116 -- -- -- -- -- 2006-07 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 15 2 8 10 20 NHL Totals 796 97 251 348 1398 51 10 16 26 70
Playoff Totals NHL 51 10 16 26 +6 70
2003-04 NHL - Second All-Star Team

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