Steve Simmons
Sports Columnist at Toronto Sun
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Sports columnist for Toronto Sun. Sunday Notes specialist. Reporters alumni. Best selling author of The Lost Dream and Lanny. Food Network addict. Lousy golfer.
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1 week ago |
torontosun.com | Steve Simmons
We should have celebrated all that he was and could have been. But the marriage between athlete and community got lost in playoff instability, the relationship between star and its hopeful fanbase tripped all over itself until time ran out and there was no place to go for counselling. Toronto adored the best of little Gilmour because of all he gave and because he was never better or bigger than when circumstances required him the most. Toronto adored the fight in Clark, the combustion in his game.
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tj.news | Steve Simmons
Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1Toronto should have loved Mitch Marner the way it once loved Doug Gilmour or Darryl Sittler or Wendel Clark or, long before that, Dave Keon. • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentHow did it happen that one of the great, uncanny talents in the modern history of Maple Leafs will walk away from the team in a few days time with the circumstances surrounded by difficulty, indifference and disdain?
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edmontonsun.com | Steve Simmons
Toronto should have loved Mitch Marner the way it once loved Doug Gilmour or Darryl Sittler or Wendel Clark or, long before that, Dave Keon. Published Jun 17, 2025 • Last updated 23 hours ago • 4 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.
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torontosun.com | Steve Simmons
Bill Zito did a lot of asking around before he hired Paul Maurice to coach the Florida Panthers. In fact, he decided to poll some of his former clients from the days when he was a player agent. He chose three players intentionally to ask a simple question: Who is the best coach you ever played for? One player was an NHL star. One player was an NHL also-ran. One player was mostly a minor-leaguer who had spent some time on NHL rosters. The three players were from different countries.
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torontosun.com | Steve Simmons
That’s what you call value spending. For the past seven years, John Tavares, at $11 million per season, has been the second highest paid player overall in the NHL. He has been paid $77 million for his time with the Maple Leafs. In those seven seasons, he has been the 24th highest scorer, 16th in goals scored, 38th in assists during the regular season, reasonable numbers all of them. What hasn’t been so reasonable: Tavares ranks 90th overall in hockey in playoff scoring since he came to the Leafs.
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of the seven PHWA voters that did not cast a ballot for #Canucks Quinn Hughes for Norris, 5 are from the east (3 from Montreal) and 2 from the West
And my favourite Barenaked Ladies song: Brian Wilson.
Brian Wilson, disturbed genius, game changer in the recording industry, giant of Beach Boys fame, dead at the age of 82. I think I've seen the Beach Boys at least five times live - and Brian wasn't there for all the shows. But the music was his, the music remains as magic.
