Depending on the perspective you bring to this blog, you're going to care about one or both of the following news items from the AHL:
(1) By virtue of sweeping two games in Chicago this past weekend, along with getting some help from out west, the Lake Erie Monsters have punched their AHL postseason ticket, securing a playoff spot for the first time since 2011.
(2) Zach Werenski made his professional debut in those two Chicago games, and by all accounts, he's starting off on the right foot. Whether or not he lives up to Lake Erie Coach Jared Bednar's assessment of him as an "elite talent" remains to be seen.