The Maple Leafs were back on the ice at the Ford Performance Centre on Wednesday ahead of a pre-season game in Montreal against the Canadiens on Thursday.

Three takeaways as training camp rolls on:

RIDE ’EM COWBOY

Easton Cowan continues to make it more difficult for the Leafs to cut him before the start of the regular season.

The 20-year-old remained on a line with centre Scott Laughton and Steve Lorentz at practice after the trio had a good night 24 hours earlier against the Ottawa Senators.

Teammates have made note that Cowan is a little thicker and, in the battle drills that coach Craig Berube runs at the end of each group’s on-ice session, Cowan isn’t getting knocked around.

“He’s a lot stronger than you think,” Berube said. “He’s such a competitor. He has energy.”

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