As he heads into a full season with the Maple Leafs, Scott Laughton wants to have a greater voice in the dressing room. Article content

What the 31-year-old said on Thursday, well, hope that it finds an audience with his teammates. Article content Article content

Some takeaways after the Leafs held their first day of practices in training camp at the Ford Performance Centre:

LAUGHTON’S HONESTY

After he was acquired from the Philadelphia Flyers ahead of the NHL trade deadline last March, he had two goals and two assists in 20 regular-season games. In 13 playoff games, the Oakville native contributed two assists.

“I’m a pretty hard self-critic on myself,” Laughton said. “I wasn’t good enough last year. That’s the bottom line.

“I think I started playing better as the playoffs wore o

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