Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A họpụtara Muckalt na agba nke itoolu (221st n'ozuzu) nke
1994 NHL Entry Draft site n'obodo ya Vancouver Canucks. Ọ gbara egwuregwu NHL mbụ ya na Canucks na Ọktọba 12, 1998, megide Los Angeles Kings, na-ebute isi ihe mbụ ya na NHL, enyemaka. Muckalt gbara goolu mbụ ya na NHL na Ọktọba 20 megide Carolina Hurricanes. Ọ gbara egwuregwu 73 n'oge ọ na-agba bọọlụ, na-agba goolu iri na isii na isi iri atọ na isii. A gbanwere Muckalt na New York Islanders tinyere Dave Scatchard na goalie Kevin Weekes na mgbanwe maka goalie Felix Potvin na draft na-ahọrọ n'etiti oge 1999-2000 na Disemba 19, 1999. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe ọ malitere na ndị Islanders, Otú ọ dị, a kwụsịrị ya maka oge fọdụrụnụ n'oge a na-enwe mmerụ ahụ n'ubu na egwuregwu megide Tampa Bay Lightning na Jenụwarị 13, 2000. Mgbe oge zuru ezu ya na ndị Islanders na 2000<unk>01, o tinyere aka na azụmahịa azụmahịa na Ottawa Senators na June 23, 2001. A kpọgara Muckalt na Ottawa yana onye na-agbachitere Zdeno Chara na onye mbụ na-ahọrọ ndị Islanders na 2001 (nke Ottawa ga-eji họrọ Jason Spezza) na mgbanwe maka kpakpando etiti Alexei Yashin.