Are The Marlies Staff, Players Destined For Maple Leafs And NHL Roles?: Comparing This Year's Marlies To The 2018 Calder Cup Champions
With the Toronto Marlies advancing to the Calder Cup final, how does this team compare to the 2018 Calder Cup champions, and what staff members or players are destined for the NHL?
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Marlies become the first AHL team to win three deciding series games in a row.
I was at, game four in Toronto.
They are undefeated since I went, 2-0. but, Mike Augello, how are they doing it?
Well, they're depending a lot on their veteran players, you know, like the Vinny Leteris and the Logan Shaws.
But, you know, as the playoffs have gone along, the guys who got called up by the Leafs and then were not played that much by Craig Berube, William Villaneuve, Jacob Quillin, Luke Haymes, they have played much better and they've contributed.
and, you know, Easton Cowan I think had started a little s- I think he's a little gassed from playing a lot of games in the NHL.
Mm-hmm.
But he scored a big goal last night with 12 seconds left to go to give the Marlies the victory.
Now they play Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the Eastern Conference Final.
I think the most, impactful thing here could be that their head coach might be a candidate for the Maple Leafs job, is John Gruden, who is well thought of- Mm-hmm and sort of has the same type of resume as Dan Muse before Dan Muse got the Pittsburgh job.
You know, he could be a legitimate candidate, and I would rather go with a guy like John Gruden over a bunch of retreads like, Jay Woodcroft or Bruce Cassidy if the Leafs are gonna go in a positive direction.
Yeah, you know what?
I had the same thought where you- And John Gruden has previously coached Austin Matthews back with the NTDP way back when.
and the Marlies, you know, they're a low seed team.
Like, they are upsett- They are making some upsets here.
