 thumb|250px|kuba with the tampa bay lightning. filip kuba (born december 29, 1976) is a czech professional ice hockey defenseman. kuba most recently played for the florida panthers of the national hockey league (nhl). he has previously played for the minnesota wild, tampa bay lightning, and the ottawa senators of the nhl. ==playing career== kuba was drafted in the 1995 nhl entry draft by the florida panthers in the 8th round, 192nd overall, after playing with hc vÃ­tkovice junior team in his native czech republic. upon being drafted, he remained in the czech republic for one more season, playing with hc vÃ­tkovice's senior team of the czech extraliga. moving to north america, he played the majority of his four seasons with the panthers in the minor leagues before being traded to the calgary flames for rocky thompson on march 16, 2000. however, before the 2000â01 season began, kuba was left unprotected by the flames for the 2000 nhl expansion draft and was claimed by the minnesota wild. he played his first full nhl season with the wild in the subsequent season and recorded 9 goals and 30 points. in 2003, the wild advanced to the semi-finals of the playoffs, defeating division rivals colorado avalanche and vancouver canucks before falling to the anaheim mighty ducks in four games. kuba set career playoff marks, appearing in 18 games and scoring 8 points during minnesota's run. after five seasons with the wild, he became an unrestricted free agent and on july 1, 2006, he signed with the tampa bay lightning. he left the wild as the franchise's all-time leader in scoring among defencemen with 33 goals and 132 points in 357 games. during 
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