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The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without Jake McCabe on Tuesday night when they take on the Flyers in the second half of a home-and-home series in Philadelphia. Sunday night saw the Maple Leafs defeat the Flyers 3-2 in overtime, courtesy of Morgan Rielly.
It was an extremely physical contest in which the two teams combined for 76 hits. Leafs defenseman Jake McCabe and Flyers forward Garnet Hathaway fought. Hathaway got the better of McCabe, who fell to the ice and appeared to have suffered an upper-body injury. The bruising Toronto defenseman left the game and did not return. He was then placed on IR the following day.
Leafs coach Craig Berube was asked about Garnet Hathaway and whether he emphasizes ensuring he doesn't get into his players's heads.
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"I don’t talk about him at all, really. We know what kind of a player he is. He is a hard player and does a good job of it. He is physical, and we know he is going to be physical. He is not going to shy away from it. We just have to be prepared for it," Berube said.
"We don’t want to react. We want to initiate. That is the biggest thing: not reacting and taking retaliatory penalties. You are going to get hit in this league, and things are going to happen. It is about being disciplined," Berube added.
Hathaway is known to be one of the most physical players in the NHL. He laid four hits on Sunday and is up to a total of 139 hits in 40 games this season. You can certainly expect to see squarely in the mix again on Tuesday night.
Jake McCabe was placed on IR on Monday
On Monday, the Maple Leafs officially announced that Jake McCabe had been placed on the injured reserve list. At a minimum, his placement on IR will sideline him for the next three games.
Craig Berube was then asked if there's any potential timeline for Jake McCabe to return to the lineup.
"Not really. I think it’s just you have to go day to day here, and you know, he needs to get back on the ice, and then we’ll go from there. I think that’s probably the best way I can put it. And I’m not sure when that is," Berube said.
The Leafs will go into battle without McCabe on Tuesday in the rematch against the Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. EST.
