What is Vladimír Sobotka?
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image= Vladimír Sobotka Blues.JPG | image_size= 230px | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|2}} | birth_place = [[Třebíč]], [[Czechoslovakia]] | league= [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | team= [[Buffalo Sabres]] | former_teams= [[St. Louis Blues]]<br>[[HC Slavia Praha|Slavia Prague]]<br>[[Boston Bruins]]<br>[[Avangard Omsk]] | ntl_team= CZE | position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Center]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 183 | draft = 106th overall | draft_year = 2005 | draft_team = [[Boston Bruins]] | career_start = 2004 }} '''Vladimír Sobotka''' (born July 1, 1986) is a [[Czechs|Czech]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[Centre (ice hockey)|center]]. He currently plays for [[Avangard Omsk]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL). He has also played for [[HC Slavia Praha]] of the [[Czech Extraliga]], as well as the [[Boston Bruins]] and [[St. Louis Blues]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). ==Career== Sobotka started his ice hockey career with [[HC Slavia Praha]] of the [[Czech Extraliga]]. He played 96 games throughout 4 seasons with them, scoring 10 goals and recording 19 assists. He was drafted with the 106th overall pick by the [[Boston Bruins]] in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. On November 24, 2007, Sobotka played in his first NHL game in a 2-1 loss to the [[New York Islanders]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bruins.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2007020327|accessdate=September 15, 2014|title=Boston Bruins 1, New York Islanders 2: Final|publisher=Boston Bruins|archive-date=September 15, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140915135603/http://bruins.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2007020327|url-status=dead}}</ref> On February 13, 2008, Sobotka was able to score his first NHL goal and the game-winning goal against [[Ty Conklin]] of the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] in a 2-1 win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bruins.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2007020865|accessdate=September 15, 2014|title=Boston 2, Pittsburgh 1: Final|p