Seth Griffith, a First Team AHL All-Star after leading the league in assists (53) and ranking second in points (77) for Providence last season, is on the Toronto Maple Leafs' opening-night roster, where he is joined by defenseman Connor Carrick, who led the entire AHL in postseason scoring with 18 points in 15 games during the 2016 Calder Cup Playoffs. Four months after winning the Calder Cup with the Lake Erie Monsters, Zach Werenski, Josh Anderson, Lukas Sedlak and 2016 Calder Cup Playoffs MVP Oliver Bjorkstrand will start the 2016-17 campaign with the parent Columbus Blue Jackets, while former Monsters head coach Jared Bednar is set to make his NHL debut this weekend at the helm of the Colorado Avalanche - one of 23 former AHL head coaches now running NHL benches. Several of last year's notable AHL players have made the jump to the NHL as the new season gets underway. As the National Hockey League opens its 2016-17 season today, the American Hockey League is proud to have 627 graduates on NHL opening-day rosters, making up more than 82 percent of the NHL's player pool to begin its campaign. Episode 47: NHL Bruins Prospect Marc McLaughlin()
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