{"id":466052,"date":"2025-04-04T18:10:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T22:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=466052"},"modified":"2025-04-04T18:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T22:10:17","slug":"toronto-maple-leafs-d-man-could-miss-multiple-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/04\/04\/toronto-maple-leafs-d-man-could-miss-multiple-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs D-Man Could Miss Multiple Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/04\/03\/job-not-done-for-the-toronto-maple-leafs-despite-playoff-berth\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> may have to deal with some injury concerns as we near the end of the regular season. News emerged on Friday afternoon that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccabja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-04-04_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake McCabe<\/a> is injured and could miss multiple games. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ca\/sports\/nhl\/injured-maple-leafs-defenceman-jake-mccabe-could-miss-more-than-just-one-game\/ar-AA1CjwzZ\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An update was given<\/a> by Toronto Head Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/berubcr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-04-04_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Berube<\/a> after practice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:3uus7y6h3rlrk6sbctzxm4bg\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3llz2ycyngs26\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreigtpnj7i5gqqmz2gzg5nhjacsfdrwwff56oqv2v2h53iolptydh6m\">\n<p>Maple Leafs\u2019 Jake McCabe, David Kampf out Saturday vs. Blue Jackets<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a  href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:3uus7y6h3rlrk6sbctzxm4bg?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DailyFaceoff.com (@dailyfaceoff.bsky.social)<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:3uus7y6h3rlrk6sbctzxm4bg\/post\/3llz2ycyngs26?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2025-04-04T18:41:37Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Jake McCabe Injured; Could Miss More Than One Game<\/h2>\n<p>McCabe left Wednesday&#8217;s 3-2 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/16\/nhl-rumours-florida-panthers-restart-contract-talks-with-forward\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Panthers<\/a> with an undisclosed injury. He collide with a linesman and was involved in a hit with Panthers forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/verhaca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-04-04_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carter Verhaeghe<\/a> before leaving the game with 1:10 remaining in regulation.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old defenceman will miss at least Saturday&#8217;s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/05\/columbus-blue-jackets-signing-of-forward-shows-organizational-message\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus Blue Jackets.<\/a> However, he may miss more time. Berube was elusive when the media tried to pin down a timeframe for McCabe&#8217;s return.<\/p>\n<p>The Eau Claire, Wisc. native has played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/20\/buffalo-sabres-sign-depth-defenseman-to-contract-extension\/\" target=\"_self\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/04\/04\/nhl-predictions-april-4-chicago-blackhawks-vs-washington-capitals\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> and the Maple Leafs across his 12-year NHL career. McCabe has two goals and 21 assists for 23 points in 66 games this season. He has a Corsi for of 42.8 and a relative Corsi of -8.0.<\/p>\n<p>McCabe has 35 goals, 140 points and 175 points in 643 career games. Buffalo originally drafted him in the second round, 44th overall of the 2012 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<h3>What It Means<\/h3>\n<p>Losing McCabe would be a big blow to Toronto&#8217;s blueline group. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/myersph01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-04-04_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philippe Myers<\/a> looks like he will draw into the lineup while McCabe is out. Myers looks like he will partner with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/benoisi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-04-04_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon Benoit<\/a> for as long as injuries make lineup changes.<\/p>\n<p>The Leafs are in first place in the Atlantic Division, but not having McCabe for an extended period could be a problem. He&#8217;s been one of the better defenders on the team this season.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto will need the pairing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/carlobr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-04-04_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Carlo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/riellmo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-04-04_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Morgan Rielly<\/a> to keep getting better. The pressure is on the Maple Leafs and they&#8217;ll need McCabe back soon.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs may have to deal with some injury concerns as we near the end of the regular season. News emerged on Friday afternoon that Jake McCabe is injured and could miss multiple games. An update was given by Toronto Head Coach Craig Berube after practice. Maple Leafs\u2019 Jake McCabe, David Kampf out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":443231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,4547,6671,34,4548],"tags":[375,1113,489,7777,5951],"class_list":["post-466052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leafs","category-hockey","category-injuries","category-news","category-nhl","tag-craig-berube","tag-jake-mccabe","tag-philippe-myers","tag-simon-benoit","tag-toronto-maple-leafs-news"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":466072,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466052\/revisions\/466072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}