It’s often hard to figure out what a team’s identity is at the start of a season. That’s especially true in the AHL, as teams hit the ground with limited group practice time, the uncertainty of who should be on…
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Rewind: Marlies drop back pair in Opening Weekend
This post is showing up days late and combined into two. Been an odd personal week up here and the site got somewhat pushed to the back burner. There will be a lot of catching up to do over the…
Marlies open season with blowout victory over Comets
Tonight was the Toronto Marlies’ first step in defending the Calder Cup. Well, sort of – only nine of the team’s twenty skaters and goalies tonight were among the group that played in that franchise-defining Game 7 against the Texas…
Homecoming
When someone asks me whether I’d still consider myself a “fan” or not, I struggle a little and usually end up with a response of “it’s complicated”. On one hand, it’s easy to get desensitized when your work life revolves…
My 2018/19 Accountability Post
Last year, I wrote a predictions post at the start of the season. It was somewhat right, and often incredibly wrong – to the point where I wrote about the mistakes I made and the lessons I learned at the…