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.