Following the opening of the NHL’s first buyout window of the offseason Thursday (June 19), the Chicago Blackhawks positioned TJ Brodie on waivers to provoke the buyout course of Saturday, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported.
TJ Brodie is on waivers for functions of a buyout
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 21, 2025
After his buyout, the Hawks will incur a cap hit of $3.233 million in 2025-26 and $258,333 in 2026-27. The 34-year-old had one yr remaining on the two-year contract with a $3.75 million cap hit that he signed final summer season.
The previous Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs standout had solely ten factors in 54 video games for the Hawks whereas struggling mightily within the defensive zone. The Hawks have been outscored 42-23 throughout Brodie’s 5-on-5 ice time (the third-worst targets ratio out of 214 defensemen throughout the NHL) and likewise generated a forty five.2% scoring-chance ratio.
Brodie signed a two-year deal final summer season, intending to supply veteran depth for a younger Hawks squad. Nonetheless, his play declined over the course of the season, and he turned a daily wholesome scratch, lacking the ultimate 22 video games.
Born in Chatham, Ontario, Brodie was chosen by the Flames within the fourth spherical (No. 114) of the 2008 NHL Draft. Throughout Brodie’s first coaching camp, then-Calgary head coach Brent Sutter proclaimed the 6-foot-1, 182-pound speedster to be not like anybody else within the Flames group.
With Alex Vlasic having emerged as a top-four defenseman and each Artyom Levshunov and Sam Rinzel more likely to be full-time gamers subsequent season, the Blackhawks wish to open up a roster spot for his or her youthful gamers, main Brodie to search for a brand new NHL group for the 2025-26 season.
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