Maple Leafs AHL/ECHL prospects review

Maple Leafs AHL/ECHL prospects review: "It has been two years of change for the Toronto Maple Leafs top affiliate. After moving from St. John’s – where the Leafs had developed prospects since 1991 – to Toronto for the 2005-06 season, the Marlies, as they are now known, have had an interesting two years.

Coach Paul Maurice guided the Marlies during the 2005-06 season and it was no secret he was being groomed as the next head coach of the big club. When rumor became fact at the end of the 2005-06 season, Greg Gilbert was hired as the new bench boss of the Marlies. Gilbert came to Ricoh Coliseum with an extensive resume, which included head-coaching stops with the Calgary Flames, the AHL’s Worcester IceCats and, most recently, the Ontario Hockey League’s Mississauga IceDogs. "

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