When Laurence Gilman took over for Kyle Dubas as the Toronto Marlies’ general manager, he knew coming into this season it wasn’t going to play out like the last.



“We knew … this team wasn’t going to be as competitive as the juggernaut that basically led the American Hockey League last year from start to finish,” Gilman said, after his first season as Marlies’ GM had concluded.



“It was further complicated by the goaltenders that we lost in the waiver period. And we started 1-5 and we had some injuries in addition along the way. So it was incredibly important for us to maintain the competitive ability of the team and that meant making roster moves.”



Still, Gilman, who had served in a similar role with the Vancouver Canucks and the then-Phoenix Coyotes, didn’t expect the volume of roster moves that were going to be required.



By the end of the their playoff run, the Marlies had completed 185...