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2017-18 Marlies

herman said:
https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-prospects/2017/7/13/15943658/toronto-maple-leafs-prospects-jeremy-bracco-adam-brooks-prospect-profile-showdown-toronto-marlies

Brooks is like... better Bozak. Bracco is like... not as productive Marner.

Let's see some lines... assuming Kapanen makes the jump.

Rychel - Mueller - Johnsson | Mueller should have lots of options down low or in the high slot
Greening - Brooks - Bracco | Greening adds speedy size to this line of smart playmakers
Timashov - Moore - Grundstrom | So many alley-oops from left half wall to back post
Lindberg - Aaltonen - Smith | Smith is the sniper on this line. Haha
Clune - Gauthier - Soshnikov | Sosh will shoot from wherever, so let's make sure the goalie's eyes are obstructed

Dermott - Liljegren | because this is what we all want to see
Borgman - Rosen | Free chemistry; slightly secret crosstalk too
Nielsen - LoVerde | LoVerde is, by all accounts, upper-tier AHL; should teach Nielsen defense.
Valiev - Holl | Marlies classic. Might be a tire fire.
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Missing some players on AHL only deals:

JJ Piccinich
Jean Dupuy
Max Novak

Won't be surprised to see the three of them with the Solar Bears though.
 
Coco-puffs said:
herman said:
https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-prospects/2017/7/13/15943658/toronto-maple-leafs-prospects-jeremy-bracco-adam-brooks-prospect-profile-showdown-toronto-marlies

Brooks is like... better Bozak. Bracco is like... not as productive Marner.

Let's see some lines... assuming Kapanen makes the jump.

Rychel - Mueller - Johnsson | Mueller should have lots of options down low or in the high slot
Greening - Brooks - Bracco | Greening adds speedy size to this line of smart playmakers
Timashov - Moore - Grundstrom | So many alley-oops from left half wall to back post
Lindberg - Aaltonen - Smith | Smith is the sniper on this line. Haha
Clune - Gauthier - Soshnikov | Sosh will shoot from wherever, so let's make sure the goalie's eyes are obstructed

Dermott - Liljegren | because this is what we all want to see
Borgman - Rosen | Free chemistry; slightly secret crosstalk too
Nielsen - LoVerde | LoVerde is, by all accounts, upper-tier AHL; should teach Nielsen defense.
Valiev - Holl | Marlies classic. Might be a tire fire.
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Missing some players on AHL only deals:

JJ Piccinich
Jean Dupuy
Max Novak

Won't be surprised to see the three of them with the Solar Bears though.
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Oh yeah, JJ. I think he slots in actually, because the Marlies are astoundingly short on RWers with Griffith and Kapanen gone/graduated.

I also forgot to mention Marchenko, who if he is not traded or picked up on the waiver wire, will help bolster our numerically weaker RD side. Eric Fehr is another possibility, but I think he gets traded.
 
https://theleafsnation.com/2017/07/14/toronto-marlies-sign-michael-paliotta-to-ahl-contract/

Dubas adds depth to the right side defense with another reclamation project. Big, mobile defenseman with offensive instincts that weren't nurtured earlier.
 
Frank E said:
What's the latest you've heard on Gauthier, herman?
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Last I heard from Mirtle via the Leaf Report a couple weeks ago was that Gauthier's injury is baaaaad. Horrific. Muscle torn off the bone, especially on a longer limb of a rather tall person. Surgery fixed it up but the road to recovery will push beyond training camp and probably season start.

Edit: I forgot to capitalize Gauthier's name!
 
herman said:
Frank E said:
What's the latest you've heard on Gauthier, herman?
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Last I heard from Mirtle via the Leaf Report a couple weeks ago was that gauthier's injury is baaaaad. Horrific. Muscle torn off the bone, especially on a longer limb of a rather tall person. Surgery fixed it up but the road to recovery will push beyond training camp and probably season start.
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That is a real sad thing to hear, in the AZ game I attended he was a very strong presense on the ice, I believe he may have even scored (not sure now), but he had a couple of great chances in that game and was noticeable. Hopefully this is not the end, just a sidestep in his development.
 
Gauthier was starting to look better just prior to his injury; I hope the best for his recovery. I don't see him being a long term fit for the Leafs either way, unfortunately, as he's on the tail end of his growth potential and he was barely a 3rd line centre for the Marlies. This injury is only going to further hold back whatever strides he was making mobility-wise in an increasingly fast-paced game.
 
Kristian Pospisil, development camp invitee and standout, has earned himself a two-way AHL contract.

Also: Alex Gudbranson has a two-way AHL deal as well.
 
Martins Dzierkals, who has aged out of the CHL, has been signed to a one-year AHL deal with the Marlies. His NHL rights expire June 1, 2019, so we've got a bit of runway to assess his fit.

He plays with a physicality that our crop of small skilled forwards normally eschews. His body might not be quite large enough yet to make full use of it, but he looks to me to be a high-end digger type of player, a la Hyman, but slightly smaller and with better hands. Would be a fun LW option on a limited minutes skilled 4th line as he could just go maximum effort every shift.
 
herman said:
Martins Dzierkals, who has aged out of the CHL, has been signed to a one-year AHL deal with the Marlies. His NHL rights expire June 1, 2019, so we've got a bit of runway to assess his fit.
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He was one of the extra picks the Leafs ended up getting after passing on Konecny and trading down in 2015 (along with Dermott and Bracco). Had a promising D+1 year but his point totals took a hit in his D+2 season which isn't a good sign (although he did deal with some injuries).
 
CarltonTheBear said:
He was one of the extra picks the Leafs ended up getting after passing on Konecny and trading down in 2015 (along with Dermott and Bracco). Had a promising D+1 year but his point totals took a hit in his D+2 season which isn't a good sign (although he did deal with some injuries).
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Yeah, he played through a high ankle sprain and forced it for the World Juniors too. He's got that engine that Babcock goes on and on about and plays a 200-ft game with speed and skill. Thommie Bergman is also really high on him. The only knock is that he is slight of frame and generally unknown. Not having to spend an ELC on him (yet) but keeping him under team supervision and control is amazing.
 
herman said:
Not having to spend an ELC on him (yet) but keeping him under team supervision and control is amazing.
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Yup, this was part of the vision Dubas had of really creating an MLB style development program here.

Some players won't go for it because it's usually less money and not how things are traditionally done, but for Toronto who can provide facilities, coaches, food even, it's a great opportunity for all parties.
 
Justin Bourne, former Marlies video coach who used to be a hockey writer and is now a contributor to the Athletic, released his first article for the website today about what he learned after two seasons with the Marlies. It's a good look at the human element that a job like his had:

There?s little doubt that at some point during my tenure with The Athletic I?ll write something hyper-specific, like 1000-plus words on the unacceptable route of a back-checking forward who ends up having less than zero impact on a non-threatening rush.

It will, in due time, get fairly granular.

And, that sort of thing is easy. What isn?t, is figuring out where to start after spending two seasons with the Maple Leafs organization and getting to know the characters, the systems and everything in between.

So for this first week what I?d like to do is paint the view from the top of the CN Tower: what I learned in my transition to working on a coaching staff, what separates the players at the fringes of the NHL and AHL, how I learned to watch the game as a coach and a look at what life is like for a buried NHL player.
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https://theathletic.com/84567/2017/08/15/bourne-what-i-learned-after-two-seasons-on-the-toronto-marlies-coaching-staff/

There's going to be lots of good stuff coming from Justin in the future I'm sure.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
There's going to be lots of good stuff coming from Justin in the future I'm sure.
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Like the very next day!

https://theathletic.com/84966/2017/08/16/bourne-a-closer-look-at-who-makes-the-nhl-who-falls-short-and-why/
 
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