Kubina finally breaks out

Earlier this season, Pavel Kubina's fiancée delivered a baby in the Czech Republic; last night the defenceman, finally, delivered a big offensive performance.

The gestation period for both arrivals was about the same.

Kubina was inked to a four-year, $20 million (U.S.) contract on July 1 with the expectation that he would provide Toronto with the stellar two-way hockey that was a big part of Tampa's Stanley Cup win in 2004.

Kubina hasn't been playing badly, but he hadn't played well enough to significantly erode the playing time of blue line workhorses Bryan McCabe and Tomas Kaberle.

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