The raw materials are of questionable quality, but the Maple Leafs grand rebuild is about to commence on the job site.
After a summer of assembling some of the biggest names in the game for quality control, work finally commences when 70-plus players arrive for training camp medicals in Toronto on Thursday morning.
On Wednesday, the club released its camp roster, which head coach Mike Babcock and a huge staff of new assistants, trainers and specialists will begin shaping in a three-day boot camp outside of Halifax, N.S.
That will lead to eight National Hockey League pre-season games, beginning with split squad exhibitions in Ottawa and Toronto on Monday.