It will be a season of turnover on defence for the St. John's IceCaps. The top three defencemen from last season are all gone. Mark Barberio has graduated full-time to the NHL, while Morgan Ellis and Darren Dietz were not qualified by the organization as restricted free agents and have signed elsewhere. Victor Bartley, Travis Brown, and Mac Bennett join the ranks of defencemen who are not returning.
But that's not all entirely bad. if anything the organization purged the players who they believe have reached their developmental plateau in order to make some room for new blood.