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Setoguchi will be in tough to make Maple Leafs

TORONTO — - Heading into a tryout with the Maple Leafs, a cleaned-up Devin Setoguchi says he’s a new man.

But it might be that the Leafs look to a younger man to take one of the right wing jobs Setoguchi hopes to win at training camp. Heading towards his 29th birthday on New Year’s Day, Setoguchi has age to contend with and some recent baggage with the Flames to shed.

“This last year was a long year for me,” Setoguchi told CTV Calgary Sports Director Glenn Campbell in a recent interview. “About three quarters of the way through, I ended up going to rehab for drinking.