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.

William Nylander has experimented at centre under previous Toronto Maple Leafs’ regimes, but only in a fleeting capacity. Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube confirmed Wednesday that Nylander would start at centre,

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.