The 2019–2020 season saw the team go into rebuild mode once again, losing key players to the NHL or simply age out of the league. At the trade deadline they traded away Captain Akil Thomas and other star forward Philip Tomasino. These trades would benefit the team in the long term, as it restocked their draft pick cupboard and managed to get promising prospects as well, all of which they depleted due to going all in the season prior. The team saw younger players begin to shift into leading roles, and had a promising new young goaltender in Tucker Tynan. Unfortunately, Tucker was involved in a freak incident during a game against the London Knights, where he took a major cut to the thigh from a London Knights player driving the net. The story and incident made headlines across Canada and hockey, and received a ton of support from people across the hockey community. The injury resulted in the postponement of that game and 2 more scheduled for that weekend. The team would continue to play through the already tough season, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and caused the subsequent cancellation of the rest of the CHL season/playoffs. The team finished in second last place, and chose 2nd overall in the 2020 OHL draft, where they drafted forward Pano Fimis.