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Pavel Kubina

current status: Unrestricted Free Agent (Group III)

D | 6'4", 258 lbs. |

Birth Date:April 15, 1977 (36 years old)
Place of Birth:Celadna, CZE
Shoots:R

Experience:14 years
Drafted:Drafted by Tampa Bay in 1996 (7/179).

Scouting Report

Assets:	Has good size and is incredibly strong. Possesses a heavy, thunderous shot from the point and can be a solid point producer. Can also log plenty of minutes, if need be.
Flaws:	Tends to struggle against speedy wingers and occasionally makes critical mistakes in the defensive zone. Lacks consistency in all facets of the game. Is in sharp decline.
Career Potential:	Aging defenseman with all-round ability.

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
NHL	Stanley Cup	2003-04 (Tampa Bay)
NHL	Named to play in the NHL All-Star Game	2003-04
	Olympic Bronze Medal	2006 (Czech Republic)

Movements & Injuries

2013
2/12/2013	Signed with Geneve-Servette (Switzerland).
2012
9/16/2012	Signed with HC Vitkovice (Czech Republic).
3/20/2012	Missed 7 games (upper body injury).
3/08/2012	Upper body injury, day-to-day.
2/18/2012	Acquired from the Tampa Bay Lightning.
2011
12/12/2011	Missed 4 games (lower body injury).
12/08/2011	Lower body injury, injured reserve.
12/05/2011	Lower body injury, day-to-day.
5/27/2011	Missed the last 10 playoff games (head injury).
5/01/2011	Head injury, day-to-day.
3/17/2011	Missed 3 games (suspended by nhl).
3/10/2011	Suspended by the NHL for three games.
2010
7/02/2010	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Tampa Bay Lightning to a two-year contract.
4/11/2010	Missed the last 5 games of the regular season (upper body injury).
4/01/2010	Upper body injury, day-to-day.
2009
11/19/2009	Missed 1 game (lower body injury).
11/15/2009	Lower body injury, day-to-day.
7/01/2009	Acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs.
2007
12/06/2007	Missed 10 games (right knee injury).
11/11/2007	Right knee injury, sidelined indefinitely.
3/06/2007	Missed 5 games (broken finger).
2/24/2007	Broken finger, early March.
2006
11/16/2006	Missed 15 games (knee injury).
11/11/2006	Knee injury, day-to-day.
10/10/2006	Knee injury, late November.
10/02/2006	Suspended by the NHL for 1 game.
7/01/2006	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs to a four-year contract.
4/06/2006	Missed 3 games (lower body injury).
3/29/2006	Lower body injury, day-to-day.
3/27/2006	Lower body injury, left Monday's game.
2005
12/26/2005	Missed 2 games (strained groin).
12/22/2005	Strained groin, day-to-day.
2004
9/17/2004	NHL lockout: Signed with the HC Vitkovice of the Czech Extraleague.
8/03/2004	Re-signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning to a two-year contract.
7/16/2004	Filed for salary arbitration.
6/03/2004	Missed Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Calgary Flames (unknow).
5/31/2004	Unknown, day-to-day.
2003
2/25/2003	Missed 3 games (sore neck).
2/18/2003	Sore neck, day-to-day.
2/17/2003	Sore neck, left Monday's game.
2002
12/14/2002	Missed 1 game (bruised foot).
12/12/2002	Bruised foot, day-to-day.
7/22/2002	Re-signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning to a multi-year contract.
2001
3/15/2001	Missed 8 games (knee injury).
2/25/2001	Knee injury, day-to-day.
2000
11/11/2000	Missed 2 games (concussion).
11/05/2000	Concussion, day-to-day.

Career Transactions

2012
2/18/2012	Tampa Bay Lightning traded Pavel Kubina to the Philadelphia Flyers for Jonathon Kalinski, a conditional second-round pick and a fourth-round pick in 2013.
2010
7/02/2010	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
2009
7/01/2009	Atlanta Thrashers traded Garnet Exelby and Colin Stuart to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Pavel Kubina and Tim Stapleton.
2006
7/01/2006	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1996
6/22/1996	Drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 7th round (179th overall) in 1996.

Player News

Pavel Kubina signs with Swiss league team | 02/12/2013 6:38 PM

News

Pavel Kubina has signed with Geneve-Servette of the Swiss league instead of returning to the NHL.

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Impact

The contract was announced on the team's website. Kubina, who split last season between Philly and Tampa, said he had offers from teams in North America. Any owners who were waiting to see Kubina return to the NHL can now officially move on.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Geneve-Servette	Swi	3	0	1	1	0	4	-	-	-	-	5	0.33
2011-12	Philadelphia	NHL	17	0	4	4	-3	15	0	0	0	17:18	19	0.24
	Tampa Bay	NHL	52	3	8	11	1	59	0	0	1	19:54	56	0.21
	Total TB/Phi	NHL	69	3	12	15	-2	74	0	0	1	19:16	75	0.22
2010-11	Tampa Bay	NHL	79	4	19	23	2	62	1	0	2	19:13	78	0.29
2009-10	Atlanta	NHL	76	6	32	38	0	66	2	0	1	22:37	159	0.50
	Czech Republic	Olympic	5	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	14:35	2	0.00
2008-09	Toronto	NHL	82	14	26	40	-15	94	9	0	4	22:03	184	0.49
2007-08	Toronto	NHL	72	11	29	40	5	116	6	0	4	23:55	136	0.56
2006-07	Toronto	NHL	61	7	14	21	7	48	4	0	1	21:18	97	0.34
2005-06	Tampa Bay	NHL	76	5	33	38	-12	96	4	0	3	22:24	155	0.50
	Czech Republic	Olympic	8	1	1	2	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	0.25
2004-05	Vitkovice	Cze	28	6	5	11	2	46	-	-	-	-	-	0.39
	Czech Republic	WC	9	2	2	4	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	0.44
	Czech Republic	W-Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2003-04	Tampa Bay	NHL	81	17	18	35	9	85	8	1	4	21:08	153	0.43
2002-03	Tampa Bay	NHL	75	3	19	22	-7	78	0	0	0	21:24	139	0.29
2001-02	Tampa Bay	NHL	82	11	23	34	-22	106	5	2	3	23:39	189	0.41
	Czech Republic	Olympic	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	7	0.25
	Czech Republic	WC	7	3	4	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	1.00
2000-01	Tampa Bay	NHL	70	11	19	30	-13	103	6	1	1	24:06	128	0.43
	Czech Republic	WC	9	2	3	5	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	0.56
1999-00	Tampa Bay	NHL	69	8	18	26	-19	93	6	0	3	22:32	128	0.38
1998-99	Tampa Bay	NHL	68	9	12	21	-33	80	3	1	1	22:47	119	0.31
	Cleveland	IHL	6	2	2	4	-1	16	1	0	0	-	19	0.67
	Czech Republic	WC	12	2	6	8	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	0.67
1997-98	Tampa Bay	NHL	10	1	2	3	-1	22	0	0	0	-	8	0.30
	Adirondack	AHL	55	4	8	12	20	86	0	0	0	-	67	0.22
1996-97	Moose Jaw	WHL	61	12	32	44	14	116	6	1	2	-	-	0.72
	Vitkovice	Cze	1	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
1995-96	Vitkovice	Cze	33	3	4	7	-	32	-	-	-	-	-	0.21
	Czech Republic	WJC	6	0	2	2	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.33
	Vitkovice	Cze Jr.	16	5	10	15	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.94
1994-95	Vitkovice	Cze	8	2	0	2	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	0.25
	Vitkovice	Cze Jr.	20	6	10	16	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.80
1993-94	Vitkovice	Cze	1	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
	Vitkovice	Cze Jr.	35	4	3	7	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.20
NHL	Total	NHL	970	110	276	386	-101	1123	54	5	28	-	1748	0.40
AHL	Total	AHL	55	4	8	12	20	86	0	0	0	-	67	0.22
IHL	Total	IHL	6	2	2	4	-1	16	1	0	0	-	19	0.67
WHL	Total	WHL	61	12	32	44	14	116	6	1	2	-	-	0.72
Cze	Total	Cze	71	11	9	20	-	88	-	-	-	-	-	0.28
Swi	Total	Swi	3	0	1	1	0	4	-	-	-	-	5	0.33
Cze Jr.	Total	Cze Jr.	71	15	23	38	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.54
Olympic	Total	Olympic	17	1	2	3	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	0.18
W-Cup	Total	W-Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
WC	Total	WC	37	9	15	24	-	48	-	-	-	-	-	0.65
WJC	Total	WJC	6	0	2	2	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.33

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2012-13	Geneve-Servette	Swi	1	0	0	0	-2	0	-	-	-	-	0	0.00
2011-12	Philadelphia	NHL	5	0	1	1	-3	12	0	0	0	10:33	5	0.20
2010-11	Tampa Bay	NHL	8	2	1	3	2	10	2	0	0	15:17	7	0.38
2009-10	Atlanta	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2008-09	Toronto	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2007-08	Toronto	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2006-07	Toronto	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2005-06	Tampa Bay	NHL	5	1	1	2	-6	26	1	0	0	20:09	9	0.40
2004-05	Vitkovice	Cze	12	4	6	10	8	34	-	-	-	-	-	0.83
2003-04	Tampa Bay	NHL	22	0	4	4	0	50	0	0	0	-	29	0.18
2002-03	Tampa Bay	NHL	11	0	0	0	-4	12	0	0	0	-	14	0.00
2001-02	Tampa Bay	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2000-01	Tampa Bay	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1999-00	Tampa Bay	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1998-99	Tampa Bay	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Cleveland	IHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1997-98	Tampa Bay	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Adirondack	AHL	1	1	0	1	-2	14	1	0	0	-	2	1.00
1996-97	Moose Jaw	WHL	11	2	5	7	-	27	-	-	-	-	-	0.64
	Vitkovice	Cze	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1995-96	Vitkovice	Cze	4	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
	Vitkovice	Cze Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1994-95	Vitkovice	Cze	4	0	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.00
	Vitkovice	Cze Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1993-94	Vitkovice	Cze	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
	Vitkovice	Cze Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
NHL	Total	NHL	51	3	7	10	-11	110	3	0	0	-	64	0.20
AHL	Total	AHL	1	1	0	1	-2	14	1	0	0	-	2	1.00
WHL	Total	WHL	11	2	5	7	-	27	-	-	-	-	-	0.64
Cze	Total	Cze	20	4	6	10	-	34	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
Swi	Total	Swi	1	0	0	0	-2	0	-	-	-	-	0	0.00

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	82	2 times-last: 2008-09 (Tor)
Goals	17	2003-04 (TB)
Assists	33	2005-06 (TB)
Points	40	2 times-last: 2008-09 (Tor)
Penalty Minutes	116	2007-08 (Tor)
Plus/Minus	+9	2003-04 (TB)
Power Play Goals	9	2008-09 (Tor)
Shorthanded Goals	2	2001-02 (TB)
Shots	189	2001-02 (TB)

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