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Sheldon Keefe on Simon Benoit’s new contract: “A lot of guys have come and gone in my time here… Some continuity and having guys grow with the team is really important”

How did Mitch Marner look today, and what is the next step for him in his recovery path?

Keefe: Mitch looked good today. In terms of the next step, I would say it is further participation in practice. We won’t have another practice until Tuesday. I would say, once we get into that territory, you start to think about when to put him back in. But we are not there yet.

Is it more of a conditioning thing at this point after he wasn’t able to skate with his injury?

Keefe: I am not so much worried about conditioning necessarily with Mitch, but you want to build up the workload and get used to playing in competitive situations to make sure you’re very comfortable.