Originally Posted by BE-LEAF-ABLE

Ditto. Bryan McCabe is one of the most overrated players I have EVER heard of. It's ridiculous the praise this guy gets.

Not only is he not good defencively; he's horrible! He's a defencive liability. And it's true, he can't hit - I've been saying that for years. I't'll be hard to find any footage of him throwing a shoulder-to-shoulder check, because there probably isn't one. He can't do one, and I doubt anyone will be able to show one.

He also makes the same mistakes over and over and over again, year after year, after year like he's 28 or something. What kind of veteran defenceman is that? This guy is a bottom pairing defenceman at best. He's one of those players who should be limited to 10 minutes a game and mostly used on the powerplay only (if at all), yet he makes what $5.75M-$7.15M? (I've heard a million different numbers in that range). This guy should be making $1M-$3M and bouncing about from team to team as an "extra". It's only because he's on the Leafs that he's been able to keep above surface for so long. They've had 3 chances since 2003 to dump this guy, but they just don't want to let him go - as if other teams are ever lined up for his services.

But that's what always happens. We overrate our players. If Fletcher could have let him for for free or waived him or anything (except the dreaded buyout if it hurts them too much cap-wise), I'd hope it goes through, but alas, it wasn't meant to be.