Kyle McLaren

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Kyle McLaren
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McLaren with the San Jose Sharks in 2008
Born (1977-06-18) June 18, 1977 (age 46)
Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 230 lb (104 kg; 16 st 6 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Boston Bruins
San Jose Sharks
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NHL Draft 9th overall, 1995
Boston Bruins
Playing career 1995–2009

Kyle Edgar McLaren (born June 18, 1977) is a [1] Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins and San Jose Sharks.

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Playing career

McLaren was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the first round, ninth-overall, during the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. He played his first NHL season when he was just eighteen in the 1995–96 season, and was the youngest player on an NHL roster that year. Kyle later became a Bruins Assistant Captain.

In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals on April 25 in the 2002 playoffs, McLaren injured Richard Zednik of the Montreal Canadiens with an elbow to the face. McLaren received a three-game suspension from the league. Despite Boston winning the game 5–2, they would lose the series to the Canadiens in six games.

By July 2002 McLaren was dissatisfied with his perceived role in the Bruins organization. That summer, McLaren had been offered a two-way contract by Bruins general manager Mike O'Connell, meaning that McLaren could be made to report to the minor league affiliate of the Bruins, the Providence Bruins of the AHL, where he would earn but a small fraction of his NHL salary. An established NHL player at that point, McLaren was insulted and demanded a trade. [2]

In a three-way deal, San Jose traded their 1999 first-round pick Jeff Jillson and goaltender Jeff Hackett, previously acquired from Montreal for Niklas Sundstrom and a third-round pick, to Boston for McLaren and a fourth-round selection in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

During the 2003 season he was struck in the face by a slapshot from Vancouver's Sami Salo and missed 6 games due to his injury. For the remainder of the season he played with a clear visor. He stopped wearing a visor until partway through his 2005 season, when he returned with a yellow tinted visor because its color helped prevent glare of the ice from affecting him. McLaren switched back to a clear one during the 2007–08 season.

In 2006, McLaren signed a three-year contract worth US $7.5 million; the deal expired in June 2009. McLaren signed that deal citing how happy he was in San Jose and how much his family loved it there.

On October 7, 2008, McLaren was placed on waivers by San Jose Sharks' general manager Doug Wilson so that the team could accommodate the salaries of newly acquired defencemen Brad Lukowich, Dan Boyle, and Rob Blake within the constraints of the NHL salary cap. He played the season for the Sharks' AHL affiliate Worcester Sharks; his salary did not affect the San Jose Sharks' salary cap as he remained in Worcester.

On March 4, 2009, he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for a 2009 sixth-round draft pick, but that deal was later nixed as the Flyers reported that McLaren failed his physical. [3]

McLaren received an invitation to attend training camp with the New York Rangers for the 2009–10 season, but did not make the team after failing a physical.

McLaren received another training camp invite by the Atlanta Thrashers for the 2010–11 NHL season on August 24, 2010, but was released on September 22, 2010.

Awards

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1992–93Lethbridge Y's Men AAA AMHL 6028285684—————
1993–94 Tacoma Rockets WHL 6219105361456
1994–95 Tacoma RocketsWHL471319326841124
1995–96 Boston Bruins NHL 745121773500014
1996–97 Boston BruinsNHL58591454—————
1997–98 Boston BruinsNHL66520255661014
1998–99 Boston BruinsNHL5261824481203310
1999–2000 Boston BruinsNHL718111967—————
2000–01 Boston BruinsNHL585121753—————
2001–02 Boston BruinsNHL3808819400020
2002–03 San Jose Sharks NHL3308830—————
2003–04 San Jose SharksNHL6422224601603310
2005–06 San Jose SharksNHL772212366110334
2006–07 San Jose SharksNHL6751217611104410
2007–08 San Jose SharksNHL6138118450006
2008–09 Worcester Sharks AHL 221671970112
NHL totals71946161207671701131478

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
2001 Canada WC 70222

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References

  1. ↑ "Kyle McLaren at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.
  2. ↑ BEACHAM, GREG (January 24, 2003). "Kyle McLaren Ready to Forget Boston". Plainview Herald.
  3. ↑ "Flyers nullify McLaren trade; defenceman failed physical".
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