It’s not like Brodie’s experience has added value. In the first year of a two-year contract carrying a $3.75 million salary-cap hit that has aged terribly since July, he has enjoyed plenty of opportunities to find a rhythm. Yet aside from some short-lived improvement in late November, he has failed to take advantage of those opportunities. He’s not oblivious to that fact, either.
“It’s definitely hard to get confident,” Brodie said this week. “It has been a roller coaster with my game specifically. I play good and then struggle another night.”
Monday marked the latest of several disastrous Brodie performances. He proved completely unable to handle the Hurricanes’ aggressive forechecking pressure. The Hawks were outshot 20-3 and outscored 2-1 during his five-on-five ice time, and they’ve now been cumulatively outscored 36-17 with him this season.
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