Asked how he has dealt with being an on-and-off healthy scratch recently despite wearing the prestigious ‘A’ on his jersey, Clarke MacArthur had a simple answer.
In his mind, it’s no surprise when you are playing like “(bleep).”
No sooner had that word left his mouth when anyone within earshot burst into laughter.
Give MacArthur credit. Despite being mired in a two-game losing funk which has heightened the angst throughout Leafs Nation, he and his teammates have maintained their composure heading into Saturday’s huge Battle of Ontario clash in Ottawa.