Tampa Bay’s farm team exposed a plethora of issues the Toronto Marlies are attempting to correct this season, the most pressing of which is goaltending (or lack thereof).
The much-publicized loss of Calvin Pickard and Curtis McElhinney via waivers and Garret Sparks’ promotion to the NHL left a sizeable hole in the organization at the netminding position to begin the season. The Jeff Glass experiment then badly backfired, with the veteran netminder posing a .849 save percentage in 10 games. In his last act as a Marlie, he lasted half a period after allowing three goals against in nine minutes.