Tomáš Kaberle retires

[kudymen]

After leaving the NHL in 2013 and spending 3 season in Czech top tier Extraliga and lower tier WSM Liga (2nd tier), former Toronto Maple Leafs defender Tomáš Kaberle has decided to retire and return to Canada. He has done so with no official announcement, but the retirement has been confirmed in a recent interview.
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Tomáš Kaberle has played a grand total of 984 games in the NHL, recording 87 goals, 476 assists, 563 points - finishing his NHL career at 0,57 PPG and 260 PIM.

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[BruinLVGA]

You forgot to mention he was a Stanley Cup winner as part of the 2010-11 Boston Bruins.

 

[Finnish your Czech]

Best Czech D of all time?

Pretty crazy how Czech doesn't seem to have any decent D noe when just 7-10 years ago they would have had a pretty good line up with prime or near-prime Kaberle, Hamrlik, Roszival, Zidlicky, Kubina

 

[theaub]

shooooooooooooot

 

[Ivan13]

Best Czech D of all time?

Pretty crazy how Czech doesn't seem to have any decent D noe when just 7-10 years ago they would have had a pretty good line up with prime or near-prime Kaberle, Hamrlik, Roszival, Zidlicky, Kubina

Sure, if Suchy and other great Czech defensemen from before 1990 haven't played the game.

 

[HarrisonFord]

Best defenseman the Leafs have had over the last 15 years

 

[syc]

Thanks for the memories enjoy your retirement Kaberle.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

The most offered player in HFBoards history.

 

[Kamiccolo]

Best defenseman the Leafs have had over the last 15 years

Bryan McCabe??

 

[RobBrown4PM]

The most offered player in HFBoards history.

This, this and this.

He was great for the leafers, thiugh I don't think it would have killed him to shoot once and a while.

 

[Twist and Shout]

Bryan McCabe??

Kaberle made McCabe.

 

[RobBrown4PM]

Kaberle made McCabe.

Pretty much

 

[Leafs87]

Amazing as a leaf ! Enjoy retirement kabby

 

[Flukeshot]

shooooooooooooot

hahaha, I hate the Leafs but even I got frustrated when he wouldn't shoot.

 

[SenzZen]

shooooooooooooot

 

[Semantics]

Always nice to see players from elsewhere settle in Toronto after their careers. Hopefully in a few years we'll be talking about his son coming up through the GTHL just like Antropov's kid.

 

[donghabs98]

For me when I think about Kaberle I'll mostly think of his Leaf days like most people. But I'll also remember when he was a Hab which was basically the weirdest thing to see. Kaberle in a Hab uniform was just not right.

 

[Dr Pepper]

For me when I think about Kaberle I'll mostly think of his Leaf days like most people. But I'll also remember when he was a Hab which was basically the weirdest thing to see. Kaberle in a Hab uniform was just not right.

How long was Gilmour in Montreal again? I'd say he's got Kaberle beat as far as "man he looks weird in that jersey".

 

[Makar Goes Fast]

ill be honest, i thought he was already retired.

 

[Jumptheshark]

ill be honest, i thought he was already retired.

same here

 

[Eisen]

Always liked him.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I'll never forget the excitement of picking him up as a UFA. The key to our defense going forward.

 

[Terry Yake]

holy crap

had no idea he was still around or that he was even in the NHL as late as 2013

 

[Club]

Farewell man

 

[izzy]

Was at one point an amazing dman, too bad he dropped off so early.