Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, 1997, New Jersey Devils sun ba da McCauley, tare da Jason Smith da Steve Sullivan, zuwa sake gina Toronto Maple Leafs a musayar Doug Gilmour, Dave Ellett, da zagaye na 3 na New Jersey a 1999
Ka yi haƙuri. An yi amfani da McCauley da farko a matsayin mai tsaron gida a lokacinsa na farko a Toronto, kuma an iyakance shi ne kawai da kwallaye shida da maki 16. Matsalar bugun jini ta ci gaba da damun sa a matsayin kwararre, kuma waɗannan raunin sun shafi gudummawar sa a kan kankara. Zuwa 2000<unk>01, ya sami kansa a cikin ƙananan yara tare da St. John's Maple Leafs na American Hockey League (AHL), kodayake an kira shi zuwa Toronto don wasan karshe.