After watching a number of their veteran contributors depart this offseason – Chris Mueller and Vincent LoVerde to free agency; Colin Greening to retirement – the Toronto Marlies made strides to bolster their leadership group this afternoon by signing forward Darren Archibald to a one-year AHL deal.
Archibald, a 29-year-old right winger, is a native of Newmarket, Ontario who will now be playing for the AHL affiliate of his hometown team. It’s every child’s dream! Well, I’m sure landing on the NHL roster of your hometown team is every child’s actual dream, but this is a close second.