New players Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari are learning the Maple Leafs’ way. Their journey after the trade included four plane rides and three games in their first four days as Maple Leafs. It also brought a few surprises.
For O’Reilly, his first practice with the Leafs meant getting used to the pace and atmosphere, given the team routinely uses three different ice pads and often has music in the background.“They had cookies at the game rink for pre-game meal there and they were very good. I was very surprised. I was very happy with them,” said Acciari. “I love cookies. Oreos.”
These days, with his family still in St. Louis, cookie time is shared through FaceTime. The families of both players will remain in St. Louis for the next little while, probably joining the players after the Leafs return from a five-game cross-continent road trip that starts Sunday in Seattle and ends nine days later in New Jersey.— a small respite in what has been a whirlwind introduction to life as a Maple Leaf.“I walked around a little before the snow hit,” said Acciari.
“I was a little confused,” said O’Reilly. “I walked to one ice pad, and they sent me to the other one. I got out there, they sent me to the other one. I was kind of confused where I was going.”
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