Tomas Kaberle Tomáš Kaberle ( born March 2 , 1978 ) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . A four time NHL All - Star , Kaberle also plays for the Czech national ice hockey team and won a bronze medal with the team at the 2006 Winter Olympics . His brother František , plays for the NHL ' s Carolina Hurricanes ; their father , František , Sr . played for the Czechoslovakian national ice hockey team in the 1970s . Playing career . Kaberle was drafted 204th in the 8th round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by Toronto , and saw limited playing time in the 1998 – 99 NHL season . After being eased into the Leafs lineup , he saw a significant increase in playing time in order to help fill in the gap on the Leafs after an injury to Bryan Berard in the 1999 – 2000 NHL season . By the 2001 – 02 campaign , Kaberle had improved enough to be selected to the World team at the 2002 NHL All - Star game . Later that year , he was named to the Czech national ice hockey team for the 2002 Winter Olympics . Kaberle started the 2001 – 02 campaign as a restricted free agent without a contract , and ended up playing in the Czech Extraliga for HC Rabat Kladno while a new contract was negotiated . Ultimately , he signed a contract with the Leafs securing his services through 2005 – 06 . On February 11 , 2006 , Tomáš Kaberle was re - signed to a five - year contract extension worth $ 21 . 25 million with a no - trade clause for the first three years of the contract , effective July 1 , 2006 . This deal locked him in until the end of the 2010 – 11 NHL season . On October 28 , 2006 , he scored his first career hat - trick against the Montreal Canadiens . He also scored in his first shootout attempt that night . Kaberle was named as an Eastern Conference All - Star Game participant for the second time in his career on January 12 , 2007 . During a March 2 , 2007 game against the New Jersey Devils , Kaberle suffered a concussion , and was carried off the ice on a stretcher , as a result of a late hit to the head by Cam Janssen . After missing eight games , he returned to the Leafs lineup on March 23 . Although Kaberle has scored relatively few goals , he has scored seven times in overtime . During the 2008 NHL All Star Game Skills Competition , Kaberle became the fourth player , after Ray Bourque , Mark Messier , and Jeremy Roenick , to hit all four targets in four shots in the accuracy challenge . Kaberle again participated in the accuracy challenge during the 2009 NHL All - Star Game in Montreal , although he was unable to defend his title against Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins . On February 18 , 2011 , he was traded to the Boston Bruins for Joe Colborne and the Bruins ' first - round draft pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in order to get him as a rental player , with a conditional second - round pick traded away because the Bruins won the Stanley Cup that year . His poor performance during the SCF prompted the Bruins not to re - sign him , signing with the Carolina Hurricanes instead , for 3 years at $ 4 . 25 million per year . On December 9 , 2011 , he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for Jaroslav Špaček . International . Tomáš was selected to the Czech national team in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals . Tomáš and František were members of the Czech national ice hockey team at the 2005 World Ice Hockey Championships in Vienna , where they won gold . While František won the World Championships for the fifth time , it was the first victory for Tomáš . In December 2005 they were both named for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy , where they won bronze medals with the team . The next year Tomáš accepted his nomination for 2006 World Championships in Riga where the Czech team won silver medals . International play . Kaberle played his first game for the national team in 2001 , and has played 62 times for the Czech national team ( as of Jan 3 2009 ) Played for the Czech Republic in :