The Toronto Marlies acquired goaltender Alex Stalock in a trade with the San Jose Sharks just before the trade deadline which had sent James Reimer out to California. The 28-year-old native of St. Paul, Minnesota played in just three games for the Toronto Marlies since the trade. In those three games he posted a 1-2-0 record with a 2.66 goals against average and a .907 save percentage.

On Saturday, April 16th, 2016, Toronto Marlies, coach Sheldon Keefe was asked about the future of Stalock and if the team had sent him home, he responded:

"To say we sent him home is a bad way to describe it. Obviously we signed Kasmir out of college, there's three goalies here knowing Garret Sparks was coming back. He's a guy with a young family, his wife and child are in a hotel and for him to essentially be the third or fourth goaltender, you know. There was a conversation between him and the organization that was in his best interest to just kind of get on with things and bring his family back."

Keefe was also asked if the organization had told Stalock to stay in shape in case of an emergency to bring him back, the coach responded with:

"No, we're pretty confident with the three guys we have. We think that is sufficient."

For Stalock there is lots of uncertainty for what the future holds for the former San Jose Sharks backup goaltender but for the time being he will be spending some quality time at home with his family. Something no hockey player can get enough of.