Bruce Arthur

Canada, Ontario

Contributor at The Sports Network (TSN)

Toronto Star columnist, father of four, jump shooter. We can be good. DMs open, or [email protected]. Born at 330 ppm. He/him. On the other site more, now.

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Addition by subtraction? It’s hard to see how being without a team president will make the Maple Leafs better

1 week ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Bruce Arthur

“I think we made some strides in Brad’s only second season here as the general manager,” Pelley said. “Similar, I did have a great opportunity to spend a bit of time and have dinner with (Berube) … and we certainly made some strides under Chief. Yes, we won the Atlantic Division, and we came one game (from) making the conference final and beating the defending champions, and a pretty good Florida team that seems to be having their way with the Carolina Hurricanes right now.
Addition by subtraction? It’s hard to see how being without a team president will make the Maple Leafs better

1 week ago | thespec.com | Bruce Arthur

“I think we made some strides in Brad’s only second season here as the general manager,” Pelley said. “Similar, I did have a great opportunity to spend a bit of time and have dinner with (Berube) … and we certainly made some strides under Chief. Yes, we won the Atlantic Division, and we came one game (from) making the conference final and beating the defending champions, and a pretty good Florida team that seems to be having their way with the Carolina Hurricanes right now.
Brendan Shanahan had plenty of success with the Leafs, but not enough to overcome one significant failure

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Bruce Arthur

When Brendan Shanahan came to Toronto, with the Maple Leafs’ Stanley Cup drought approaching 50 years, he seemed like the right man for the impossible job. But the drought is almost 60 now, the longest any fan base has had to wait. And Thursday, after 11 years of incredibly unfulfilling success as team president, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment decided not to offer Shanahan a contract extension.
Steve Nash on SGA, one MVP to another: ‘He’s heading way past me’

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Bruce Arthur

It’s easy to forget how unbelievable it was when Steve Nash won the NBA’s most valuable player award, and then won it again. A Canadian MVP? In the NBA? The path to that place didn’t exist, and wasn’t close to existing until it was fully formed. It was before the Canadian basketball generation arrived and even once it did Nash’s MVP wins, and his Hall of Fame career, were one of one. Twenty years after Nash’s first MVP award, he has company.
Steve Nash on SGA, one MVP to another: ‘He’s heading way past me’

2 weeks ago | therecord.com | Bruce Arthur

It’s easy to forget how unbelievable it was when Steve Nash won the NBA’s most valuable player award, and then won it again. A Canadian MVP? In the NBA? The path to that place didn’t exist, and wasn’t close to existing until it was fully formed. It was before the Canadian basketball generation arrived and even once it did Nash’s MVP wins, and his Hall of Fame career, were one of one. Twenty years after Nash’s first MVP award, he has company.
There’s pressure playing in the centre of the hockey universe, but it comes from within with the Leafs

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Bruce Arthur

Leon Draisaitl was talking about playing in Canada the other day. “Yeah, of course the pressure is higher here, of course. Just through media, fans, you know, the expectations,” Draisaitl told reporters in Edmonton on Monday. “It’s just the way it is. “It starts with hockey, and it ends with hockey in this country. I don’t know if teams feel that they get under pressure with that, I’m not the right person to answer that.
The Shanaplan Maple Leafs shattered in plain sight

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Bruce Arthur

But how you lose matters, and the Leafs broke. This wasn’t even the banjo-tight Game 7 loss to Montreal in 2021, which was the true nadir of this era, really, until Sunday night. This was worse, and so was Game 5 last Wednesday. No serious hockey team loses those two games by 6-1 scores at home. “I don’t think the moment’s too big for them,” said Leafs coach Craig Berube after Game 7. “We went to Ottawa, won Game 6 and won a series. We went into Florida, won Game 6 to make it a Game 7.
The Shanaplan Maple Leafs shattered in plain sight

2 weeks ago | hamiltonnews.com | Bruce Arthur

But how you lose matters, and the Leafs broke. This wasn’t even the banjo-tight Game 7 loss to Montreal in 2021, which was the true nadir of this era, really, until Sunday night. This was worse, and so was Game 5 last Wednesday. No serious hockey team loses those two games by 6-1 scores at home. “I don’t think the moment’s too big for them,” said Leafs coach Craig Berube after Game 7. “We went to Ottawa, won Game 6 and won a series. We went into Florida, won Game 6 to make it a Game 7.
Closing post-game thoughts from the Maple Leafs - and from me

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Bruce Arthur

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It was a pathetic Game 7 loss, and these Maple Leafs are broken. The core can't continue

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Bruce Arthur

In 2023, then-GM Kyle Dubas was willing to break up the core of this team, and that was a problem, because that was the entire architecture of this era in Toronto hockey: draft stars, build around them, and hold open a window to contend for as long as those stars were great. Only one problem: in the biggest games, in the games that make a difference in terms of playoff performance and legacy, Toronto’s best players didn’t deliver.

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Articles

Addition by subtraction? It’s hard to see how being without a team president will make the Maple Leafs better

Addition by subtraction? It’s hard to see how being without a team president will make the Maple Leafs better

Brendan Shanahan had plenty of success with the Leafs, but not enough to overcome one significant failure

Steve Nash on SGA, one MVP to another: ‘He’s heading way past me’

Steve Nash on SGA, one MVP to another: ‘He’s heading way past me’

There’s pressure playing in the centre of the hockey universe, but it comes from within with the Leafs

The Shanaplan Maple Leafs shattered in plain sight

The Shanaplan Maple Leafs shattered in plain sight

Closing post-game thoughts from the Maple Leafs - and from me

It was a pathetic Game 7 loss, and these Maple Leafs are broken. The core can't continue

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