Toronto Maple Leafs place T.J. Brodie on injured reserve
Toronto Maple Leafs announced Tuesday that defenseman T.J. Brodie has been placed on injured reserve (IR). The veteran defender missed 12 games earlier this season with an oblique injury and made his return to the lineup in December. Brodie missed Sunday’s 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers with an undisclosed injury.
The @MapleLeafs have recalled F Bobby McMann from the @TorontoMarlies.
D TJ Brodie has been placed on injured reserve.
Brodie currently has eight points in 28 games this season. The 32-year-old tallied 28 points (4G, 28A) in 82 games last season. He and Morgan Rielly were the only two defenders on the Leafs to play all 82 games. With Brodie sidelined, the Leafs’ blueline will be without him and Jake Muzzin who remains out with a neck injury. The Leafs’ blueline has dealt with significant injuries between Muzzin, Rielly, and Brodie throughout this year. Brodie is currently in year three of a four-year $20,000,000 million contract he signed with the Leafs in 2020. The contract carries an average annual value (AAV) of $5,000,000.
Furthermore, the Leafs called up Wainwright, Alberta native Bobby McMann from the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League (AHL). McMann recently won the AHL Player of the Week after registering three goals and six points in three games. He has 15 points (8G, 7A) in 17 games this season. Last season, he registered 35 points (24G, 11A) in 61 games. He has not played an NHL game.
The undrafted 26-year-old stands 6-foot-2 and weighs 207 pounds; he is an all-around big-bodied forward that possesses good offensive instincts. The former Alberta Junior Hockey League Most Valuable Player spent four years at Colgate University in the NCAA and in 145 career games he tallied 92 points (37G, 55A) to go along with 122 penalty minutes.