Toronto loses 6-2 to the Habs

In what was a spirited affair, the Canadiens simply proved to be the better team tonight. Helped greatly by the goal tending of back-up goalie Jaraslav Halak, who stopped 30 of the Leafs 32 shots. The Habs beat the Leafs handily at home by a final of 6-2.

Brad May highlighted his Toronto debut by pairing of with Montreal defenseman Francis Bullion about halfway through the second 2 seconds after Jamal Mayers got into it with Tom Kostopoulos( Kostopoulos should have gotten an extra minor for being such a punching bag ).

It will be interesting to see whether or not Grabovski will face a suspension after he shoved a linesmen and kicked his helmet after the linesman fell on top of Grabovski after a melee at 18:07 of the third period.




There is a rumor going round that Kaberle is disgruntled and has all but asked for a trade. To the point that he was quoted as saying that if he wasn't wanted any more, then maybe he would be willing to talk trade. I would be all for a trade involving Kaberle, he simply isn't flourishing under the new system which in un-fortunate because until this year he has pretty much been the best defencman on the team for a number of years. I'm thinking Kaberle and Toskala to the Senators for Spezza and a first round pick in 2010.


The Leafs next action comes Saturday in Phili, and as always you can hear all the action, right here, on Bench Brawl!

Leafs Acquire May from Anahiem

Toronto Maple Leaf GM Brian Burke announced today that the team had acquired 37 year old winger Brad May from the Ducks in exchange for a conditional 6th round pick in 2010.

“Brad will provide character, toughness, and he is a proven winner,” Burke said in a statement. “We look forward to the veteran leadership that he will give our team.” Anaheim already has a surplus of leadership and toughness on their team so it was an easy deal for them to make. May won't bring alot of offence to the team, as his carrer stats point out, he was never going to be a Lemieux or Gretzky. But even at 37 years old he would a good fit for the Leafs who are still going to be struggling to find an identity for the foreseeable future.

Wow! Good Fight!

Came across this fight and just had to share with you!

Revenge of the McCabe!

Well, to be honest, he didn't really factor into the scoring too much with only an assist to show for his efforts, but his new team mates peppered Toskala with 34 shots on route to handing the Leafs a 4-2 loss.





On the eve of Mats Sundins return to the NHL, most eyes were on Brian McCabe, while he faced his former club. To be honest, the situation didn't get a lot of press. In an interview with Norm Rumack, hall of famer Denis Potvin took a number of shots at Sundin and also shared his opinion of Bryan McCabe.


The Leafs next action comes Thursday night against the Montreal Canadiens, and as always ,you can hear the action right hear on Bench Brawl!

" I Wanna Start a Fight "

It was another first period that may have easily spelled the end of the Leafs. This new look Toronto team is apparently one who is quite willing to play come from behind on a regular basis. They are a collective -25 in the first period so far this year.

This latest 3-1 victory over the Senators, puts the Leafs almost at .500 and five points out of a playoff spot.

Last nights game was one of the most physical the Buds have played in a while, and proved to the Sens that they won't be taken lightly or pushed around. Having said that, neither team seemed to lose their edge because of the physical nature of the game which seems to happen more often than not.

All in all last nights game was a good one. There was some good penalty killing that saw Pavel Kubina come flying out of the penalty box in the third period, to scoop up a loose puck just inside the Sens blue line and wire a pass to Alex Ponikarovsky who then wired it past Gerber to put the Leafs one up on the Sens. Jason Blake scored again with a little over four minutes left to put the game on ice for the Buds who see their next action on Tuesday against Bryan McCabe and the Florida Panthers. As always, you can listen to the game live, right here on Bench Brawl!!