Toronto Marlies Notebook: A Weekend Worth Forgetting

Want to hear something crazy? Today marks the first period of time between notebooks where the Toronto Marlies have lost more games than they’ve won.

Yeah, they’re pretty good. The Toronto Marlies are the class of the AHL’s north division.

Unfortunately, had you only witnessed this past weekend’s performance, you probably wouldn’t believe me.

Selfishly, this hiccup puts forth a fantastic opportunity as a writer. Up until this point, The Marlies have been so earth-scorchingly dominant that these notebooks had begun to border on repetitive.

I mean, there are only so many different ways you can describe how good Timothy Liljegren is.

Alas, due to his World Junior duties, Big Time Timmy was absent, and boy did it show. The Manitoba Moose stormed into Ricoh and proceeded to not only sweep the Marlies but snatch their position as the AHL’s best team in the process.

After dropping consecutive games for the first time all season, there is certainly plenty to discuss. Let’s jump right in.