The Charlotte Checkers are the defending Calder Cup Champions. However unlike in the NHL where dynasties can be built by ensuring the players that were there to help you win that Championship stay with the team while making moves to improve the team, AHL teams can quickly lose those good teams to NHL Free Agency, trades, and Call ups.
The Charlotte Checkers were no exception. Players like Martin Necas and Haydn Fleury found themselves with permanent vocations with the Carolina Hurricanes while others like Nicholas Roy, Aleksi Saarela, and Trevor Carrick went along with trades out of the Hurricanes system.