The Marlies season is not off to the best of starts. After winning the Calder Cup last season, they now sit at the bottom of the AHL North Division (as of end of Sunday). It’s not the start any team wants in any season, but especially one who has a tough act to follow.
However, the season is very young, and they have faced stretches of losses like this as recently as a year ago. In December 2017 the team took what was a fantastic start to the season into some choppy waters, losing six of seven games at the end of December and falling way back from first place of their division.