ETOBICOKE, Ont. -- The Toronto Maple Leafs continue their chase for a playoff berth Tuesday night at Air Canada Centre. For the last two days, they've been going through training camp, Randy Carlyle style, here at Mastercard Centre.
After spending nearly 90 minutes on the ice Sunday, including the last 20 doing conditioning sprints, the Leafs were put through the paces again Monday for nearly two hours. They won their first game under Carlyle on Saturday in Montreal, but initiation to his drills, systems, expectations and his overall demanding ways came in the form of two ruthless practice sessions in a 28-hour span.
"For me (it is training camp) in some degree and for the players a little bit," Carlyle said during his 16-minute session with a large media contingent on Monday. "I don't think they spent an hour and a half or close to two hours on the ice back to back in days, but that's all part of the learning curve that we feel is necessary to get our message (across) and to sell our program to these players at this time."
The players say they're buying in. In reality, they don't have much choice with a playoff berth still within their grasp.
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