Kaberle to the Bruins? UPDATED...

It looks like the Bruins and Leafs might be making that trade they have been talking about according to Damien Cox, unfortunately, it appears that former Gopher forward Blake Wheeler is not one of those on the way out of Boston. I also see that former DU Pioneer Joe Colborne might be on the move which really wouldn’t be that big of a loss for the Boston Bruins since I think is just a bigger version of Blake Wheeler, a big soft forward that doesn’t like to hit.

All signs are pointing to Tomas Kaberle becoming a Boston Bruin today.

This could change, either in a league trade call that has yet to take place between the Leafs and Bruins, or if the teams miscommunicate in the way they did back in June, 2009 when a deal involving Kaberle for Phil Kessel literally fell apart on the draft floor because Brian Burke and Peter Chiarelli believed they were talking about different deals.

Or, of course, the B's might feel better about their prospects after pounding the Islanders last night.

But right now, it's believed the Leafs would get Boston's first round pick this June (not the second of two first rounders sent to the Bruins in the Kessel deal) and a prospect. Winger Blake Wheeler is apparently not in play, but the Leafs might be zeroing in on one of two good Boston prospects, Ontario junior Ryan Spooner or Providence centre Joe Colborne.

For Leaf fans, Colborne might be the prospect they'd be happiest with, given that he's 6-foot-5 and was Boston's first rounder back in 2008. Spooner has been a more prolific offensive player, particularly this year with Doug Gilmour's Kingston Frontenacs, but he's not as big as Colborne.

I am still holding out hope that the Maple Leafs still get Blake Wheeler, he played with Phil Kessel in college at Minnesota for one year and it would be nice to see those two reunited again. Before Minnesota fans jump down my throat, I am not anti Wheeler as a person, I just am not impressed with his game, he is a big soft forward that doesn’t like to hit and he doesn’t fit the big bad Bruins mold. During the playoffs last spring his game was uninspiring and he couldn’t have hit water if he was standing in a boat.

This is from the Boston Globe hockey blog --- According to a league source, Tomas Kaberle is on the verge of being a Bruin. The Bruins would acquire Kaberle from Toronto for former DU Pioneer Joe Colborne and their own 2011 first-round pick.