If you want to make an AHL coach laugh, tell him you’ve figured out his lines in July.
There may be nothing more fluid in hockey than an AHL roster prior to the start of the season. Just last year at this time Coach Ben Groulx was probably thinking he’d have Kevin Lynch, Daniel Walcott and Mathieu Joseph as big parts of his roster, yet he ended up with basically nothing. Lynch missed the entire season, Walcott only played in five games, and Joseph made the Lightning after a strong training camp.