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Jared Cowen, after bitter departure from Maple Leafs, hoping for new life with Avalanche

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Jared Cowen is no fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

“I wish teams would have more of an interest in taking better care of their players instead of whatever their goal or mindset was there,” Cowen, at Colorado Avalanche training camp on a professional tryout, said Friday.

Cowen was acquired by the Maple Leafs in February of 2016, but never played a game for the club. Why?

“Basically, they got me, figured out that I was hurt, they didn’t want to deal with it and they got rid of me,” Cowen said.

Cowen, whose last NHL game was Feb.