At the half way point of the current season, Tomas Kaberle was the Leafs' leading scorer with 34 points and on his way to a career high for points in one season. Somewhere in the second half of the season the wheels came off the bus. In the past 38 games he has only scored 15 which over an entire would only be 30 points. That would represent his lowest point total other than his rookie season. He also has a career low plus/minus of -16. If you think that this stat is skewed by the Leafs' weak performance, well his -16 is the worst on the team and 15th lowest in the NHL. Since Dion Phaneuf has joined the team Kaberle's ice time has diminished and he is now on the second defensive pairing.
His performance has tailed off so much I hate to think what offers he will bring this spring when he can be traded without his consent. The likelihood of a first draft pick has pretty much disappeared. However, Brian Burke needs to move his salary to fill other needs in the lineup so he will take whatever he can get.
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