Luke Fox

As training camp opened on the dazzling playmaker's ninth pro season but first as an impending unrestricted free agent, Mitch Marner — with full support from the Toronto Maple Leafs— is erecting a barrier.

TORONTO — There was something symbolic how the first on-ice day of Toronto Maple Leafs training camp concluded.

TORONTO -- Chatter surrounding the uncertain futures of Mitch Marner and John Tavares has dominated contract speculation in Toronto, but the Maple

On a PTO, Max Pacioretty is starting on the fifth line and must prove all over again to the Maple Leafs that he's worthy of an everyday NHL gig. Luke Fox has the story.

A quick mix of the things we gleaned from the week of hockey, serious and less so, and rolling four lines deep. I also left money on the table for my teammates.

TORONTO — You can fill that sucker with all the Clamato and vodka and Worcestershire sauce and celery sticks the party can handle.

TORONTO — Yes, they show Game 4's infamous bench bickering No, William Nylander doesn't say exactly what the amateur lip readers imagined he said.

TORONTO — It is a few hours before his fifth and likely final pre-season game, and Easton Cowan is admitting that the stress is weighing on him.

A quick mix of the things we gleaned from the week of hockey, serious and less so, and rolling four lines deep.

TORONTO — Craig Berube gives it to you straight, no chaser. So, let's present the Toronto Maple Leafs head coach's pre-season assessment of