Despite having already led the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes for nearly a decade, Maurice eventually came to the realization he wasn’t ready for the intense microscope and pressure. The 56-year-old coached the Leafs for two seasons from 2006 to 2008 in his second NHL gig. Maurice is back here - in Toronto, some 15 years later - with the Florida Panthers in the second round of the playoffs following a stunning upset of the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Boston Bruins. “That’s one of the things that I learned here.” I’m just going to go try to tell the truth, get off and leave it. “I’m never, ever worrying about what I say again, ever. “That’s it,” he recalled telling himself. Maurice decided, in that moment, enough was enough. In the pressure cooker of hockey’s most intense media market, the then-head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs had just conducted a series of interviews and was concerned about his messaging. TORONTO - Paul Maurice was driving home from the rink one day.
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