Vladimír Sobotka

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Vladimír Sobotka
Date of birth 2nd July 1987
place of birth Třebíč , Czechoslovakia
size 178 cm
Weight 83 kg
position center
number # 17
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2005 , 4th round, 106th position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
2003-2007 HC Slavia Prague
2007-2010 Boston Bruins
2010-2014 St. Louis Blues
2014-2017 HK Awangard Omsk
2017-2018 St. Louis Blues
since 2018 Buffalo Sabers

Vladimír Sobotka (born July 2, 1987 in Třebíč , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League since July 2018 and plays for them in the position of the center .

Career

Sobotka in the dress of the Boston Bruins

Vladimír Sobotka began his career as an ice hockey player in his Czech homeland with HC Slavia Prague , for whom he played for four years from 2003 to 2007. During the 2005 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected by the Boston Bruins as the 106th player. The attacker made his debut in the National Hockey League on November 24, 2007 against the New York Islanders . He scored his first NHL goal on February 13, 2008 against the Pittsburgh Penguins . In his first NHL season, Sobotka came to 48 missions with seven scorer points, including one goal. He was not only in the Boston squad, but also plays regularly for their farm team , the Providence Bruins , from the American Hockey League (AHL).

In the summer of 2010 Sobotka was transferred to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for David Warsofsky . His contract was not renewed after the 2013/14 season, so he joined the HK Awangard Omsk from the Continental Hockey League (KHL) and signed a three-year contract there. The Czech had not been able to come to an agreement with the Blues on salary expectations, so a court of arbitration (salary arbitration) called on because of his status as a restricted free agent proposed a solution to which both parties agreed: Sobotka's NHL rights remain in St. Louis and the The attacker receives a one-year contract with a salary of 2.725 million US dollars, which only comes into force if the Czech returns to the league.

As a result, Sobotka fulfilled his contract with HK Awangard Omsk and was called up to the KHL All-Star Game twice in his three KHL years . In April 2017, the attacker's return to St. Louis was finally announced, as was a new three-year contract with the Blues that came into effect at the start of the 2017/18 season and is expected to earn him an average annual salary of $ 3.5 million . However, Sobotka was already given to the Buffalo Sabers in July 2018, including the Thompson , Patrik Berglund days , a first-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2019 and a second-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2021 . In return, Ryan O'Reilly moved to St. Louis.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2003/04 HC Slavia Prague Extra league 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
2004/05 HC Slavia Prague Extra league 18th 0 1 1 +2 8th - - - - - -
2005/06 HC Slavia Prague Extra league 33 1 9 10 +9 28 11 2 3 5 +1 10
2006/07 HC Slavia Prague Extra league 33 7th 6th 13 -5 38 - - - - - -
2007/08 Providence Bruins AHL 18th 10 10 20th +12 27 6th 0 4th 4th ± 0 0
2007/08 Boston Bruins NHL 48 1 6th 7th +1 24 6th 2 0 2 ± 0 0
2008/09 Providence Bruins AHL 44 20th 24 44 +11 83 14th 2 11 13 -2 43
2008/09 Boston Bruins NHL 25th 1 4th 5 -10 10 - - - - - -
2009/10 Providence Bruins AHL 6th 4th 6th 10 +6 4th - - - - - -
2009/10 Boston Bruins NHL 61 4th 6th 10 –7 30th 13 0 2 2 -10 15th
2010/11 St. Louis Blues NHL 65 7th 22nd 29 -4 69 - - - - - -
2011/12 St. Louis Blues NHL 73 5 15th 20th +12 42 9 1 1 2 ± 0 15th
2012/13 HC Slavia Prague Extra league 27 10 15th 25th +10 8th - - - - - -
2012/13 St. Louis Blues NHL 48 8th 11 19th -4 35 6th 0 3 3 +4 0
2013/14 St. Louis Blues NHL 61 9 24 33 +14 72 6th 0 3 3 +2 4th
2014/15 HK Awangard Omsk KHL 53 10 28 38 +12 51 4th 1 1 2 +1 0
2015/16 HK Awangard Omsk KHL 44 18th 16 34 +17 22nd 2 0 2 2 +1 0
2016/17 HK Awangard Omsk KHL 41 9 21st 30th +11 30th 12 3 7th 10 +7 16
2016/17 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 1 0 1 ± 0 0 11 2 4th 6th +4 2
2017/18 St. Louis Blues NHL 81 11 20th 31 –6 50 - - - - - -
2018/19 Buffalo Sabers NHL 69 5 8th 13 -20 26th - - - - - -
2019/20 Buffalo Sabers NHL 16 1 2 3 +2 4th - - - - - -
Extraliga overall 112 18th 31 49 +16 82 11 2 3 5 +1 10
AHL total 68 34 40 74 +29 114 20th 2 15th 17th -2 43
KHL total 138 37 65 102 +40 103 18th 4th 10 14th +9 16
NHL overall 548 53 118 171 -22 362 51 5 13 18th ± 0 36

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2004 Czech Republic U18 World Cup Bronze medal 7th 1 0 1 +3 10
2005 Czech Republic U18 World Cup 4th Place 7th 1 0 1 +3 10
2006 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 6th place 6th 2 2 4th -2 33
2007 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 5th place 6th 4th 4th 8th +2 12
2014 Czech Republic WM 4th Place 9 2 4th 6th +1 10
2015 Czech Republic WM 4th Place 10 4th 0 4th ± 0 4th
2016 Czech Republic World cup 6th place 3 0 1 1 +1 0
2017 Czech Republic WM 7th place 3 0 0 0 -1 4th
Juniors overall 26th 8th 6th 14th +6 65
Men overall 25th 6th 5 11 +1 18th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Vladimír Sobotka  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Allan Muir: Salary arbitration award a win for Vladimir Sobotka and St. Louis Blues. si.com, July 21, 2014, accessed April 7, 2017 .
  2. ^ Sobotka to return, signs three-year extension. nhl.com, April 6, 2017, accessed April 7, 2017 .
  3. ^ Blues acquire O'Reilly from Sabers. nhl.com, July 1, 2018, accessed July 2, 2018 .
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Squad of the Buffalo Sabers in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Sobotka, Vladimír
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sobotka, Vladimir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd July 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Třebíč , Czechoslovakia