As the Toronto Maple Leafs start settling into life under Craig Berube over the next few weeks, they will soon learn that their new head coach arrives with two non-negotiables for players on his roster.

Day one of Maple Leafs training camp has concluded and it was one of the more difficult opening days for some, if not, most of the team. View the original article to see embedded media. Players went through countless skating drills before going up against each other in drills where they needed to bring physicality.

Oh baby” as Bob Cole would have said, what a day for Simon Benoit. The bleary-eyed new father reported for his first day of on-ice practice with the Maple Leafs on Friday, about 36 hours after helping partner Alice with the birth of their first child.