AHL division semifinals opponents comparison: Toronto Marlies vs Utica Comets

Colorado has to rely on their experience if they want to win this series. Coachella Valley is younger, faster and having a higher rate, especially this is noticeable by forwards group.
Syracuse has several skilled players with a good NHL experience and a high Estimated Cap Hit for the AHL like Balcers, Myers, Barre-Boulet. But they can be called to the Tampa very soon and will not affect the result of this series.
Hartford's goalies line has almost no experience. At the same time Thunderbirds forwards Estimated Cap Hit is more than $5.5M. It's rather high for AHL in the regular season. Springfield should score a lot.
Estimated Squad Cap Hit of IceHogs is well above than Wild one. Probably Rockford will be better in best-of-3 series.