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If I was part of the
Boston Bruins front office staff; after the
Stanley Cup Playoffs are finished, I would wish
Tomas Kaberle good luck thank him for his time in
Boston and tell him he is free to find a new team, because he isn’t coming back to Boston, three assists in twelve game is unacceptable. This guy is worth no where near the money that he is going to be asking for after the season is over. In my opinion I think that Kaberele is a waste of a uniform and maybe the Bruins should consider sitting him for a game to two to send a message.
BOSTON -- In every series, there seems to be one designated whipping boy. That one, lonely, unfortunate player whose underachieving, faux pas or foibles make him a lightning rod for criticism and derision.
There was Marian Gaborik in New York as the Rangers bowed out in the first round.
There was Nicklas Backstrom in Washington as the top-seeded Capitals were swept in the second round.
Tomas Kaberle has no goals and three assists in 12 postseason games for the Bruins.
There were the goaltenders in Philadelphia who imploded all spring.
And in Boston, there is Tomas Kaberle.
The Bruins, of course, remain a part of the playoff story, competing in their first conference finals since 1992. But Kaberle's tepid play remains one of the most perplexing stories of this postseason and makes the Bruins' attempts to advance to the Stanley Cup finals significantly more difficult.
Maybe it's the history -- the failed attempts by the Bruins to acquire the smooth-skating defenseman from Toronto over the past couple of seasons -- that has ramped up the disappointment meter this spring.
There had been much anticipation at Kaberle's arrival in Boston at the trade deadline. When GM Peter Chiarelli finally pulled the trigger on the long-awaited deal, sending a first-round draft pick, a conditional pick and prospect Joe Colborne to Toronto, there were some who thought Kaberle represented that elusive final piece to the puzzle in ending the Bruins' long Stanley Cup drought.
Now, he's just a puzzle.
