To refresh our memories, let’s look back at last year’s Marlies. They led the league in points percentage with .750 (the method the AHL uses to rank teams). They had a Goals For percentage of 61, and scored 294 goals in total, the most in the league. They were fourth best in goals against.
It was never reasonable to expect that to carry over into this season with the loss of huge chunk of that scoring in Mark Arcobello, William Nylander, Josh Leivo and T.J. Brennan.
This season, Byron Froese is filling the Arcobello role, and doing a credible job but with considerably fewer points.