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Maple Leafs keep defenseman Jake McCabe with new 5-year deal

The Toronto Maple Leafs signed defenseman Jake McCabe to a five-year extension with an average annual value of $4.51 million, the team announced Monday.

McCabe was in the final year of a four-year contract he originally signed with the Chicago Blackhawks, who traded him to Toronto in February 2023.

McCabe, 31, was a second-round pick of the Buffalo Sabres in the 2012 NHL draft.

He has three assists in nine games this season and career totals of 33 goals and 122 assists (155 points) in 586 games with the Sabres (2013-21), Chicago (2021-23) and Toronto.