Leafs getting a dressing room reno complete with motivational messages
Posted August 23, 2012 8:52 am.
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TORONTO, Ont. – For years it seems we’ve been talking about a Maple Leafs team that is rebuilding.
Well right now, the rebuilding is literally underway at the Air Canada Centre.
The Leafs’ dressing room is getting a makeover this summer, complete with some special touches from new coach Randy Carlyle.
The dressing room was considered a fairly modern place when it opened with the Air Canada Centre in 1999, but coach Randy Carlyle believes you can impact your team’s mentality through the atmosphere.
As such, Carlyle is working with an interior designer to upgrade the dressing room, including better carpets, new ceilings, brighter lights and some fancy murals on the wall.
Also included an upgrade to each player’s stall.
Carlyle has also asked that inspirational messages be inscribed on the walls through the two change rooms between the players’ lounge and coaches office.
In the original Maple Leafs dressing room at Maple Leaf Gardens, the first team owner had the message “defeat does not rest lightly on their shoulders” inscribed.
