The Toronto Marlies have been rather busy off the ice this week. Since the NHL trade line and injuries to the Leafs and Marlies have depleted the Marlies roster they have added a few players.
Deleted from Roster
D Richard Petiot to Tampa Bay (NHL)
D Anton Stralman to LEAFS
D Phil Oreskovic to LEAFS
F Tyler Doig returned to Reading (ECHL)
Added to Roster
D Andy Rodgers from Tampa Bay (NHL)
D Jeremy Swanson signed to PTO
D Andrew Martins signed to PTO
F Ashton Rome on loan from San Jose (NHL)
F Jay Rosehill from Norfolk (AHL)
The Marlies also signed defensemen Josh Engel and Joey Ryan to Standard player contracts from there current Professional Try Out contracts.
Toronto Marlies Clear Day List
(Players Eligible for playoffs, unless emergency callup required)
Goalies- Justin Pogge, Adam Munro
Defense- Josh Engel, Jonas Frogren, Phil Oreskovice, Todd Perry, Joe Ryan, Jamie Sifers, Anton Stralman, Juha Uotila
Forwards- Bates Battaglia, Darryl Boyce, Andre Deveaux, Alex Foster, Ryan Hamilton, Ryan Hollweg, Nikolai Kulemin, Ben Ondrus, Kyle Rogers, Tim Stapleton, Juri Tlusty, Jeremy Williams
Notable names not on list: Kris Newbury, Stefano Gilati
The Marlies look like they will finish in 4th place. Although there is a chance that the Marlies could move up to 3rd, anything higher seems unlikely at this point in the season.
However, the roster that they have named for the playoffs is a much stronger lineup then we have seen all season. Since it is highly unlikely that the Leafs will make the playoffs the Marlies are able to add some Leafs to the roster which will make it much stronger.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what Kulemin can do down here as we have seen him for a game or so this year. Now, we will get to see him really play during the entire playoff run.
The defense looks to be strong for the playoffs too with Stralman and Oreskovic back for the playoffs and Frogren down here come playoff time.
This team may surprise some during the playoffs. I'm not saying that we will win the Calder but I'm not betting against that possibility either.
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