Sheldon Keefe healthy scratches T.J. Brodie for game 1 against Boston

The Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe healthy scratched the veteran defenseman T.J. Brodie for the first game of the series against the Boston Bruins.

While this decision is causing mixed reactions in the fanbase, his inconsistency this season forced Keefe to make that decision. Morgan Rielly, Ily Lyubushkin, Simon Benoit, Jake McCabe, Joel Edmundson and Timothy Liljegren will be on the lineup, while Cade Webber, Conor Timmins and Mark Giordano will join Brodie in the press box to watch the game.

"Brodie is an intelligent player. Even though he's fallen off pretty hard, he's still better than Lyubushkin, Edmondson and Benoit.

Dressing all three of those guys is extremely stupid and will come back to haunt the Leafs. If you scratch T.J., Timmins should be the one to play."

"No, it won't. Brodie needs to watch game 1 from the sidelines and he will come back in game 2 or 3 with more intensity and a cleaner game. He is important to the team but this is necessary."

"Lybushkin over Brodie is a crime"

"Are you serious? Brodie has done nothing of late. He bring zero jam. He couldn't check his jacket in at the Hilton. There is a reason why they traded for Lybushkin."

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