NEW YORK—James Reimer wasn’t feeling good in New York Wednesday.

Nazem Kadri had the blues Thursday, but for an entirely different reason.

It was simply “one of those days” for the Leafs Thursday as their roster lost their top goalie and one of their brightest young players for their game against the New York Rangers.

Kadri, as expected, was returned to the Marlies to help the Leafs deal with an overabundance of forwards.

Kadri met with Leafs brass, including assistant GM Dave Nonis, Thursday at the morning skate.

The news was grim: the Leafs needed to send a forward to the Marlies; Kadri wasn’t going to get enough ice time with rookie Matt Frattin playing so well, with Tim Connolly returning from injury and Tyler Bozak dropping to the third line, where Kadri was going to end up.

That log jam, coupled with the fact Kadri doesn’t have to clear waivers to be sent to the Marlies, left the Leafs with no other choice.

“He has to go, he doesn’t have a choice,” Leafs coach Ron Wilson said. “We have an overabundance of forwards and for (Kadri), instead of playing eight or nine minutes here, he should be at 20. . . the Marlies have a good team and he should be playing more.” Kadri understood the decision and accepted it, but he was also upset because he felt he’s served time at the NHL level, and improved himself according to the team’s requests.

While Kadri walked away from the Leafs, probably for a long time, Marlies goalie Ben Scrivens was back with the Leafs to cover for the loss of Reimer.

“Well, the travel is the same, even though it’s different cities, I moved a lot between Reading and the Marlies last year . . . this is the same type of thing, just more cameras,” Scrivens said, laughing.

Scrivens backed up Jonas Gustavsson, who was pressed into his fourth start with Reimer pulled from the Rangers game Thursday.

Wilson said Reimer is not suffering from a concussion. Gustavsson apparently said Reimer was dealing with a concussion, and his comments were tweeted.

“I don’t have a medical degree and neither does the Monster, but I haven’t been told anything of that sort,” Wilson said about the concussion report.

“James felt fine in practice (Wednesday) but he didn’t feel that way after practice. So we decided to shut him down for another day. We’ll reassess him (Friday) in Toronto.”

Wilson said Reimer was examined Saturday for a concussion, as is requested by the NHL’s new protocol when a player suffers a blow to the head.”

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Wilson said team doctors did not diagnose Reimer with a concussion. The diagnosis was “whiplash-like” symptoms consistent with a hit to the neck area.

In the meantime, Tim Connolly will make his Leafs debut Thursday. Connolly is returning from an upper body injury suffered Sept. 29.

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