Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin sabuwar NHL, Montreal Wanderers ta ɗauki McDonald. McDonald na ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa 12 da suka kasance mambobi ne na ƙungiyar Wanderers ta 1917/18. Wanderers gida fagen fama da aka hallaka da wuta kawai 6 wasanni a cikin 22 wasan jadawalin. Wannan taron ya tilasta ƙungiyar ta warwatsa 'yan wasan Wanderers ta hanyar zane zuwa 1 daga cikin sauran ƙungiyoyi 3 (Toronto, Montreal Canadiens da Ottawa Senators) a cikin National Hockey League. McDonald ya karbi Montreal Canadiens wanda ya taka leda har zuwa 1919, ciki har da mummunan 1919 Stanley Cup Finals
wanda aka soke bayan wasanni biyar (daura a 2-2, tare da wasa ɗaya) saboda annobar cutar mura ta Spain. McDonald yana daya daga cikin 'yan wasan Canadiens da ke fama da cutar mura lokacin da aka dakatar da jerin. Abokin aikinsa Joe Hall zai mutu saboda cutar.