- T.J. Brodie is calling it a career after 15 NHL seasons
- He played 962 games with the Flames, Maple Leafs, and Blackhawks
- Read below for the Chatham native’s reason for walking away
T.J. Brodie has played his last NHL game.
The longtime Flames and Maple Leafs defenseman officially retired this week, closing out a 15-year run that covered 962 regular season games. He filed the paperwork after sitting out all of the 2025-26 season.
Word of the retirement made the rounds Tuesday:
Brodie leaves the game with 58 goals and 300 assists. Calgary grabbed him in the fourth round, 114th overall, at the 2008 draft, and he turned that late pick into more than a decade of steady top-four minutes.
He spent his first 10 seasons with the Flames and played 634 games there. His best offensive years came in 2014-15 and 2015-16, when he put up 41 and then 45 points while handling heavy shutdown work next to Mark Giordano.
Toronto signed him as a free agent in October 2020 on a four-year, $20 million deal. Brodie played 274 games across four seasons on a Leafs blue line the club is still reshaping this summer.
His final NHL stop was Chicago, where he played 54 games in 2024-25 before the Blackhawks bought out the last year of his contract.
Brodie talked to CKSN in his hometown about why he stepped away:
“It’s time. Time to let the kids settle down in one spot and not have to move around and change schools and stuff. I got to play a lot longer than most guys did, I’m very fortunate for that. It’s time to be back with the family and the people that mean the most.”
Take a look back at some of the best plays of Brodie’s career:
The Chatham, Ontario native did not walk away from the game entirely. He spent last winter playing rec hockey in the Wallaceburg league, suiting up for the Rhinos alongside his cousin Nolan Ross.
Not a bad way to keep the skates sharp after 962 games in the best league in the world.
