Toronto Maple Leafs Prospect Report: Toronto Marlies Season Recap

February, 2020 (Record: 5-8)

For the third straight month, the Marlies had a losing record. The team has been in a free-fall since early December, and there’s potentially one reason for it: Sheldon Keefe.

Everywhere Keefe has coached, the team has had success. Even if a short-stint with the Leafs, the team has been much better than under Mike Babcock.

After the month of February, it’s clear that this roster just isn’t the same as previous years. The Marlies depth unfortunately is what it once was, and the team’s young defense has been an issue all season.

Not only has defense been an issue but it felt like their star-winger Jeremy Bracco was going to get traded. Bracco hasn’t played since February 1st, due to personal reasons.

The star winger has always butted heads with coaches and GM’s due to his personality, so with the Trade Deadline passing, it’ll be interesting to see where his career takes him.

Fun Fact of the Month: Joseph Woll has developed into the Marlies starter but hasn’t performed well in his first professional season. in 32 games played, Woll has .880 Save Percentage, 3.75 Goals Against Average and 11-16-3 record.

March, 2020 (Record: 2-3)

Who would have thought that after starting the season with a 14-3-3 record, that the Marlies would be 29-27-5 when the season stopped?

Following suit with the NHL, the AHL season stopped mid-March and there’s no return in sight.

Everything looked promising for a ninth straight playoff season, but if the season resumes it doesn’t look like that’ll be the case as Toronto sits in seventh place in their division. The only chance the team has at keeping that playoff record is if the season gets cancelled so they can try again next year.

Fun Fact of the Month: Kenny Agostino leads the Marlies in goals (27) and points (49) in 53 games played this year. Agostino also has 30 points in 85 NHL career games played.