MONTREAL, QC - FEBRUARY 08: Tyson Barrie #94 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against the Montreal Canadiens during the second period at the Bell Centre on February 8, 2020 in Montreal, Canada. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed T.J Brodie this summer to replace the outgoing Tyson Barrie.
This was a move the Toronto Maple Leafs probably felt that they had to make. Barrie is a bad defensive player, and while he more than makes up for it with offense, given the make-up of the Leafs, you can understand why they’d want the more defensively responsible Brodie.