Leafs beat Isles 3-2

Actually, the head line should read " I'm an Idiot because I didn't realize there was a game on Monday against the Senators that I missed "............ But, I couldn't fit it all into the little space I have for my headline.

So, on Monday, the Leafs lost to Ottawa by a final of 2-1. After Alfredson tied it in the second period, which by the way was the 2,500 th goal that Cujo has surrendered in his career, Heatley scored the eventual game winner on a deflection.

When asked about the milestone that he shares with 5 other goalies in NHL history, Cujo replied “Good one. Good one,” Joseph said. “Believe me, it’s not baseball, we don’t keep stats like that. I mean, it just means I played a lot.”



Ian White scored in the first period for Toronto, which lost in regulation for the second straight game after earning at least a point in its eight previous games (6-0-2).

“We got off to a quick start and had somewhat control of the game and they came out in the second and took it to us,” White said. “We didn’t respond the way we needed to.”



The Leafs Beat the Isles 3-2 tonight to again put Leaf Nation in a tizzie! (no, I'm not sure if that is actually a word)!

And what do ya know Grabovski scored a goal!!!! Wow, I had all but forgotten about him. I'm just kidding. He has been playing pretty well, for the most part including some impressive improvement in the defensive department.

His first goal in 18 games couldn't have come at a better time. It proved to be the overtime winner, the first overtime goal of his career, “The coach had faith in me and gave me a chance to play in overtime,” Grabovski said. “It’s my first career goal in overtime, so I’m pretty happy.

Gerber made 28 save for his second win in a Leafs uniform and his first in front of the home crowd.



On a bit of a sad note, one of my favorite all time Leafs, Gary Roberts announced his retirement today. Here is an excerpt from a piece by Pierre LeBrun of ESPN.ca

"I think back to the Toronto days and how good a team we had, it is a disappointment for me that we had that group of people and we didn't win," admitted Roberts. "Sure, we had some injury issues like everybody does in playoffs. Mats [Sundin] was out for part of that '02 run. We played a team like Carolina that was so disciplined and basically we beat ourselves in that series, I felt.

"But definitely, a disappointing part is that we never won. We were very competitive. I think we were a 100-point team every year that I was here in Toronto, so to have won a Stanley Cup obviously would have been the ultimate. We didn't do that. But I have fond memories of the teammates that I played with here [in Toronto] and the organization. It was a sad day for me when I left Toronto." ....more


The Leafs next action comes Thursday at the Hanger against Tampa Bay. As always, you can hear all of the action live, right here on Bench Brawl!