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.

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.

Thunderclaps along the boards as bodies collided, enthusiastic shouts and lots of loud stick taps rang in Craig Berube’s first training camp practice with the Maple Leafs. At one stage, Toronto’s former captain,

New coach Craig Berube comes in with no established loyalties to or sympathies for any player in particular. It will be a clean slate for all.

The first deletions from a massive Maple Leafs training camp roster came during medicals on Wednesday morning. After new team captain Auston Matthews and the leadership group spoke, and as team president Brendan Shanahan and coach Craig Berube opined about reversing playoff fortunes and proposed camp forward lines,