The job of the Leafs is to make the Leafs, now and in the future, a better team. The harsh truth is that sometimes that means caring less about the Marlies than we want them to.
The deal today was all about Brian Boyle, and it’s a good one. But looked at from the other side, the AHL side, it’s going to make winning for the Marlies a lot tougher.
Byron Froese, the goal scoring leader in the AHL and the goal and points leader on the Marlies, will be going to the Syracuse Crunch, the top team in the same division the Marlies are in.