The Toronto Marlies are a unique body.
Punctuated by the franchise’s first Calder Cup this past June, recent years have seen the Marlies not only cement themselves as what some argue to be the most effective developmental machine in all of hockey, but one of the sport’s greatest public relations firms as well.
Ricoh Coliseum – er, Coca-Cola Coliseum – is where dying careers seek rebirth.
Responsible for the hype trains which fuel the Justin Holls and Trevor Moores of the world, “reclamation project” is a term so publicly intertwined with the Marlies of late that once again rehashing this relationship is about as far from breaking news as one can get.