GDT: Game #41 Habs @ Leafs - April 13, 7:00 p.m.

[crump]

Stream: http://ourleafs.blogspot.com

‏@DavidAlter590 Grabovski is available to the #leafs tonight.
Carlyle says he'll make a decision on his status later this afternoon.
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Season series: This is the fourth of five meetings this season between the Original Six rivals and the first of back-to-back meetings on Hockey Night in Canada. Visiting teams are perfect so far -- the Toronto Maple Leafs won both games at Bell Centre, but the Montreal Canadiens won in their lone visit to Air Canada Centre.

Big story: This could potentially be a preview of a first-round series between the clubs, who haven't met in the playoffs since 1979. A Canadiens victory would all but assure them of the home-ice advantage in the first round.

The Maple Leafs may be facing the Canadiens without Mikhail Grabovski, who missed practice Friday while he underwent a test for a gastrointestinal problem that's been causing him to lose weight.

Coach Randy Carlyle said Grabovski had had the problem for quite some time.

"It's been a process that's probably gone on for more than two years with him," Carlyle told reporters. "So it's not something that just flared up."

Carlyle would not rule out Grabovski for Saturday's game, saying his status would depend on the diagnosis in New York. In his place, American Hockey League call-up Joe Colborne took his spot between Jay McClement and Leo Komarov at practice.

Who's hot: Montreal rookie Alex Galchenyuk has a five-game points streak, with three goals and three assists over that span to run his season total to 21 points. Michael Ryder, who will be playing opposite Galchenyuk on a line with Lars Eller, has three goals and three assists in his last four games… For the Maple Leafs, goaltender James Reimer has lost in regulation once in six games. Phil Kessel has four goals and two assists in his past three games and James van Riemsdyk has two goals and three assists during a four-game point streak.

Injury report: The Canadiens are missing defensemen Alexei Emelin (knee) and Raphael Diaz (concussion) and forward Colby Armstrong (knee)…The Maple Leafs are without forward Joffrey Lupul (concussion) and are likely to be without Grabovski as well.

Special thanks to CanadasTeam for the great "Burn the Boats" Text graphic at the top and iPunch for finding the awesome smurf cartoon.

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[beleaf67]

awesome job on GDT...

JUST BURN THE SMURFS !!!!!!!

 

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

Lol nice GDT.

GO LEAFS GO

 

[bax]

Dude that is awesome lol

Hoping for a really pumped up game that I won't get to see until sunday unfortunately.

Go leafs go! Destroy the smurfs!!!

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Amazing GDT!

Lets go boys

 

[Garbs]

oh, it's on.

 

[TMLeafer]

Phenomenal

 

[TMLegend]

Hopefully another 6-0 beatdown awaits us.

 

[Grant]

Taunting us by putting the thread up but locking it so we can't comment Great GDT. GOOOOOOOOOO LEAFS GO!

 

[GenericFan2*]

Can't wait for this one, a W would be even nicer just 'cause its the Habs.

GO :GO

Nice GDT btw, awesome

 

[LeafOfBread]

****ing destroy them. Only soccer fans like Montreal

 

[ConnorTO]

Hopefully another 6-0 beatdown awaits us.

that doesn't come every season man

 

[leafstilldeath*]

Burn the boats!!!

Burn The Boats!!!

BURN The Boats!!!

BURN THE BOATS!!!



LEAFS

Make the Smurfs​

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[CanadasTeam]

It's a beaut, crump -- Well done

 

[leafstilldeath*]

By the way noticed in the lineups Grabo is not in?

 

[Leaftors]

beauty job crump

hopefully the leafs beat the hell out of these guys

so i dont have to listen to my dad (habs fan) if we loose

 

[Kbs]

Are those confirmed lines? A McClement-Colborne-Komarov line sounds interesting. Carlyle would probably bump Hamilton or Kulemin onto that line in the dying minutes if we need to preserve a lead.

 

[Hero]

Big game, win this and we're all but technically clinched, and can set up the tor/mtl playoff series.

 

[crump]

Are those confirmed lines? A McClement-Colborne-Komarov line sounds interesting. Carlyle would probably bump Hamilton or Kulemin onto that line in the dying minutes if we need to preserve a lead.

If grabo can't go, they were using these in practice I believe.

 

[Squiffy]

If grabo can't go, they were using these in practice I believe.

Beauty GDT Crump. Love the quality these days, was only a few years ago it'd be 3pm and someone would finally bother throwing up a two sentence "this is the GDT" GDT.

 

[Hanta Yo]

#67 right in the middle of it all, crying as usual

 

[The_Chosen_One]

I can't picture Colborne's line being used in a shut down role. Kadri's line would be doing that. Rather it seems like Randy is giving him the initial Kadri treatment. If he can elevate his play and that of his linemates, he'll see increased ice time.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Too bad Grabomel can't eat that Smurf Pacioretty again since he's not playing.

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

I hope we play a gritty game and bully them. It is not a victory unless a hab fan is on the main board crying about the Leafs. GO LEAFS GO!

 

[Asif16*]

COme out hitting and intimidating the little witty habs, and take them off their game. DOnt take stupid penalties though, because we all know the habs are gonna try to draw as many penalties as they can by pretending they got shot.

Beat their sorry *****