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

Defenseman could have become unrestricted free agent after this season, had 28 points in 2023-24

Jake McCabe signed a five-year, $22.55 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. The deal, which starts next season, has an average annual value of $4.51 million.

The defenseman is in the final 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 could have become an unrestricted free agent after the season.

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

The 31-year-old had an NHL-best 28 points (eight goals, 20 assists) in 73 games with the Maple Leafs last season.

Selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the second round (No. 44) of the 2012 NHL Draft, McCabe has 155 points (33 goals, 122 assists) in 586 games with the Maple Leafs, Blackhawks and Sabres, and three points (one goal, two assists) in 18 Stanley Cup Playoff games.