Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muckalt akasarudzwa mumutambo wechipfumbamwe (221st yose) ye
1994 NHL Entry Draft neguta rake rokumusha Vancouver Canucks. Akatamba mutambo wake wekutanga weNHL neCanucks musi waGumiguru 12, 1998, vachipesana neLos Angeles Kings, achiwanawo pfungwa yake yekutanga yeNHL, rubatsiro. Muckalt akawana chinangwa chake chekutanga cheNHL musi waOctober 20 kurwisana neCarolina Hurricanes. Akatamba mumitambo 73 mumwaka wake wekutanga, achihwina zvibodzwa gumi nezvitanhatu nemapoinzi makumi matatu nematanhatu. Muckalt akatengeswa kuNew York Islanders pamwe chete naDave Scatchard uye muchengeti wemagariro Kevin Weekes mukutsinhana nemuchengeti wemagariro Felix Potvin uye dhizaini inosarudza pakati pe1999-2000 mwaka musi waZvita 19, 1999. Zvisinei, achangotanga kutamba neIslanders, akaiswa parutivi kwenguva yasara yemwaka nekukuvara kwepafudzi kwakagadziriswa mumutambo wakanangana neTampa Bay Lightning musi waNdira 13, 2000. Mushure memwaka wakazara neIslanders muna 2000-01, akabatanidzwa mukutengeserana kwe blockbuster neOttawa Senators musi waJune 23, 2001. Muckalt akaendeswa kuOttawa pamwe chete nemudziviriri ari kuuya Zdeno Chara uye yekutanga kutenderera kweIslanders muna 2001 (iyo Ottawa yaizoshandisa kusarudza Jason Spezza) mukutsinhana nepakati nyeredzi Alexei Yashin.