According to TSN.ca, the much anticipated trade of Bryan McCabe from the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Florida Panthers is to be made official on Tuesday, September 2 at 11 AM. McCabe, who has a no-trade clause in his contract, agreed to a trade to the Panthers a few weeks ago. The trade was held up while the Panthers waited for the Maple Leafs to pay a $2 million signing bonus due to McCabe on September 1. McCabe has three more years left on his current contract that will see him make $4.15 million each season.
***UPDATE***
The Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday finalized the Bryan McCabe trade. McCabe and a 4th round pick in 2010 were traded to the Florida Panthers in exchange for defenseman Mike Van Ryn.
The Maple Leafs will reportedly receive Defenseman Mike Van Ryn in exchange for McCabe and a draft pick. Rumors began in recent days that the Maple Leafs would also receive a forward in addition to Van Ryn. There was speculation that either Richard Zednik or Radek Dvorak would be the forward sent to Toronto, but it appears likely that neither player will be moved.
McCabe, along several other Maple Leafs players, took a lot of heat from Maple Leafs fans near the 2007-08 trade deadline for refusing to waive his no-trade clause. In June, in an attempt to trim payroll, Maple Leafs interim GM Cliff Fletcher even went as far as telling McCabe not to report to training camp in September if he would not waive his no-trade clause, a highly illegal move that could have gotten the NHLPA involved.
McCabe will bring a lot of depth and experience to the blueline of a young Panthers team that is looking to make the playoffs for the first time since 2000. Van Ryn should provide some offensive depth for the Maple Leaf blueline, but with his injury history, he is a bit of a risk.
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