Reaves introduced the game during the Maple Leafs' trip to Muskoka last year.

When Ryan Reaves joined the Toronto Maple Leafs last season, he promised to be a loud presence—someone who can get a group of people together.

"I'm pretty loud, it's not going to be a quite room anymore, I'll tell you that much,"Reaves said over a year ago at the team's charity golf tournament.

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Last year during the team's annual bonding trip to Muskoka, Reaves brought out the 'Derby Day Horse Racing' board game with him.

"Anytime you can get the boys out for some golf and a couple of beers and maybe some poker, we're gonna play some Derby Days today, you can look that up," Reaves said. "But yeah, it's just a good time, just a good way to bond and get to know the new guys and kinda get the team together after a long summer and before the real grind starts.:

So we looked it up. It's a bit of a complicated game that involves horses, dice and a deck of cards with the aces, kings and jokers removed.

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Reaves says he thinks he was introduced to it during his time with the Minnesota Wild, but wasn't certain.

"I just fell in love with it...It's electric," Reaves said. "Ask Johnny (Tavares) about it. I don't think I've ever seen Johnny light up more than last year when we played this. Johnny's obviously, he comes out of his shell once in a while, but he lost his shell when he saw that game. He loved it."

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William Nylander agreed the game had some entertainment value.

"It is electric. At first, I didn't know what was going on, but then it was pretty fun," he said.

When asked if the game got Tavares to come out of his shell, Nylander couldn't recall.

"Pretty late at night, so I don't remember," Nylander laughed.

The Leafs will practice on Wednesday up north before visiting the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.

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