Kaberle to Montreal?!

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Dec 9, 2011 12:02 PM EST

Carolina already gave up on their prized FA acquisition and sent him to Montreal for Jaro Spacek.

Spacek is on IR which tells you all you need to know about just how desperate Carolina was to get rid of Tomas. Cap saving move for them as well, as Spacek is in the final year of his contract and has a cap hit of 3.8M. Guess Montreal thinks Kaberle can replace Markov's expected production?

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HAB-ERLE

LAUGHING FOREVER

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by sarahconnors on Dec 9, 2011 12:29 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

omg

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by sarahconnors on Dec 9, 2011 12:30 PM EST reply actions 4 recs

insta-rec

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 9, 2011 12:50 PM EST up reply actions

gah-reen

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Dec 9, 2011 1:21 PM EST up reply actions

wow.

like, hoylshitwow.

maybe next they’ll trade for another useless has-been, like scott gomez..

owait…

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Dec 9, 2011 1:22 PM EST reply actions

Two words

Wade Redden.

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Dec 9, 2011 1:27 PM EST up reply actions

Hilarious.

Man, this made my day. Between Kaberle and Markov, they now have 10m tied up in washed up defensemen for two more years

by TomServo42 on Dec 9, 2011 1:40 PM EST reply actions

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by sarahconnors on Dec 9, 2011 2:16 PM EST reply actions 4 recs

At least they took Kabs' picture off the dartboard for the interview.

by dudebro on Dec 9, 2011 2:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

this is still hilarious

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 9, 2011 2:31 PM EST up reply actions

At least Kaberle can stay on the ice.

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by Dave Carignan on Dec 9, 2011 7:15 PM EST up reply actions

My favorite part of this?

“If you want to condemn a GM for signing a veteran defenceman to a long-term deal, how about Carolina’s Jim Rutherford, who signed the wretched Tomas Kaberle to a three-year deal? Kaberle was nothing but excess baggage for the Bruins during their Stanley Cup run last spring, and he’s been less than that for Carolina.”

- Freelance writer Jack Todd, Montreal Gazette, 12/5/11

Can’t WAIT to see how he and the paper spin this scathing criticism after this trade.

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Dec 9, 2011 2:34 PM EST reply actions

“One of the biggest disappointments of talent in the National Hockey League”

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 9, 2011 2:36 PM EST up reply actions

What does Pouliot have to do with this?

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Dec 9, 2011 2:38 PM EST up reply actions

you don’t see a correlation?

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 9, 2011 2:41 PM EST up reply actions

Gotcha now.

Was thinking you were saying that was a quote referencing Kaberle I hadn’t seen.

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Dec 9, 2011 2:47 PM EST up reply actions

Of course, this is made all the more amusing by the short time between… only 5 days!

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Dec 9, 2011 2:47 PM EST up reply actions

Fair enough

Though Jack said it during a broadcast, rather than being a freelance writer

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 9, 2011 3:49 PM EST up reply actions

Picked up 2 assists tonight.

Keep Calm and Tim Tom

by Big Bad Me on Dec 10, 2011 9:49 PM EST reply actions

When I first saw Kaberle was traded to Montreal, I assumed the Toilet Flushes were taking on a crappy contract in return. Nope, they get Spacek, and cap room after this season.

What on earth was Pierre Gauthier thinking?!? If they really wanted Kaberle, surely they could have at least gotten Carolina to send a draft pick or prospect back, as the price for taking on that contract.

Not that I’m complaining, mind you.

by Phunwin on Dec 13, 2011 10:18 PM EST reply actions