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Save Of The Night
by Paul on 11/06/09 at 11:21 AM ET
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Brian Gionta thinks all he has to do is stuff the puck in the net, but Tim Thomas says not tonight.
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Save Of The Night- Tim Thomas With The Diving Glove Save On Daniel Alfredsson
by Paul on 10/24/09 at 10:35 PM ET
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Tim Thomas on Daniel Alfredsson.
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All Tim Thomas - Video Style
by Paul on 09/22/09 at 07:28 PM ET
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Pierre LeBrun and Scott Burnside of ESPN sit down with Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins.
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Thomas On Avery
by Paul on 04/05/09 at 09:22 AM ET
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from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe,
Sean Avery felt yesterday was the perfect time to give Thomas one to grow on - specifically, a smack to the back of the helmet as the Bruins’ No. 1 goalie was stretching his legs during a TV timeout in the third period.
“Unwritten rule,” Thomas mused, following his 31-stop afternoon and a 1-0 win over the Rangers that led to the Bruins clinching the Eastern Conference regular-season title. “Nothing happens during TV timeouts.”
Like most parts of the rulebook, the TV timeout rule hasn’t been committed to memory by the pugnacious Ranger forward. With Thomas some 30 feet out in the slot, stretching his hamstrings, Avery oh-so-subtly cruised up from behind and smacked his stick to the back of Thomas’s head.
“You look up and see who it is,” recalled Thomas, “and you’re like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’ So it was just reflex.”
read on & just in case you missed the latest Avery episode, watch it here…
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Sean Avery With A Stick To The Back Of The Head Of Tim Thomas
by Paul on 04/04/09 at 04:09 PM ET
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Late in the 3rd period with the Bruins leading the Rangers 1-0. TV timeout, Bruins goaltender taking a break on his knees.
Avery skates by and stick makes contact with Thomas. Avery looks innocent, and the fun begins.
Both Avery and Thomas received 2 minutes for roughing and the Bruins ended up winning, 1-0.
The above video is via the Rangers network and watch the Bruins network broadcast of the play below…
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Tim Thomas Agrees To New Contract
by Paul on 04/03/09 at 09:00 AM ET
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from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Bruins Blog at the Boston Globe,
Tim Thomas, in net for Boston’s 50th win of the season last night, yesterday agreed to a multi-year contract that will keep him with the Bruins for at least three more seasons.
According to a source familiar with the negotiations, the deal will pay the 34-year-old backstop approximately the $5.2 million-a-year earned by New Jersey’s Martin Brodeur, age 36, who last month became the game’s all-time winningest goalie.
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Bruins Have A Bargain In Thomas
by Paul on 04/02/09 at 09:00 AM ET
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from Paul Altmeyer at Bruins Blog at Comcast Sportsnet,
(Tim) Thomas is an Unrestricted Free Agent next year, and even if he were to double his current salary from $1,100,000 to $2,200,000, he would still be a relative bargain compared to some of the other goalies. Outside of the BlueJackets Steve Mason, who entered the season as back-up to Pascal Leclaire, who has been hurt, Thomas is far and away the best bargain amongst starting goalies. Even with his pay ready to expand, he’ll still be a bargain, unless Mr. Jacobs dusts off the check-book and decides to sign Thomas to a King Henrik-like $7,750,000 deal, or the deal in Calgary where Miikka takes in over $8,000,000 per year,
more with a cost-per-win chart…
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Semin Blasts One Past Thomas
by Paul on 02/28/09 at 04:13 PM ET
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Alexander scored the OT goal today to secure a 4-3 Caps victory over the Bruins.
I am sure Tim Thomas would like that goal back.
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Tim Thomas Not Your Average Goaltender
by Paul on 02/09/09 at 06:03 PM ET
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from Bill Khan of the Flint Journal,
A journeyman of the minors and European pro leagues wasn’t supposed to get his big NHL break at the age of 31, much less keep a starting job for four seasons.
Now, throw in two trips to the All-Star Game, plus the fact he’s among the league’s statistical leaders and the backbone of the team with the best record in the NHL.
Who’s going to believe this stuff anyway? Hollywood would dismiss the script as too unrealistic.
So, to suggest that Thomas’ days as an elite NHL goalie might but short-and-sweet because he’ll be 35 years old come playoff time ... well, don’t suggest it.
“How much longer I’ll keep playing and how long can I keep playing at such a high level, that answer remains to be seen,” Thomas said Monday during a conference call with NHL media members.
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The Value Of Tim Thomas
by Paul on 01/30/09 at 11:16 AM ET
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from Brian Duff at the Hockey News,
Thomas is poised to become an unrestricted free agent this July.
How much is he worth? And for how many years?
It’s a real tricky spot for the Boston organization because regardless of how well he’s playing, his age has to be a major consideration. Should his game erode early on in a multi-year deal, there will be no way for the Bruins to buy him out because he’ll be over 35. And let’s not forget, salary cap mismanagement takes on even greater significance in difficult economic times.
Would anything less than a three-year deal be considered an insult for the Thomas camp and cause him to focus on greener pastures beyond the Massachusetts border?
more on Thomas…
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The Rodney Dangerfield of Hockey
by Alanah McGinley on 01/27/09 at 04:20 PM ET
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From Greg Wyshynski of Puck Daddy:
There’s a disarming honesty with [Tim] Thomas, the 34-year-old goalie in his fifth NHL season with Boston. Maybe a guy who kicked around the minor leagues and Europe for several years after breaking in with the ECHL’s Birmingham Bulls in 1998 doesn’t want to waste a moment of his NHL career with a canned answer. Or maybe he’s just a humble, blue collar guy from a town (Flint, Michigan) and a team (the Bruins) that both share that same aesthetic.
“There are times when I feel like the Rodney Dangerfield of hockey, in a certain way,” he said. “If anything, that just gives me motivations to keep proving people wrong. I probably would feel uncomfortable if everyone believed in me too much.”
He may feel like the Rodney Dangerfield of hockey, but some of his actions this season for Boston have seemed more in line with Ron Hextall or Billy Smith. Thomas knows this, and he’s not exactly proud of it.
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A Tim Thomas Move
by Paul on 01/21/09 at 10:13 PM ET
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Thomas decides to make the ‘aggressive’ save against Jason Blake. The Bruins win the game 4-3 in a shootout tonight after being down 3-1 at the start of the 3rd period.
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Where Is The Donnybrook?
by Paul on 01/14/09 at 08:59 AM ET
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Yesterday KK readers chimed in with some of the hockey catchphrases that bothered them.
Last night, a donnybrook broke out, but I am still looking for it!
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Bruins Should Sign Both Goalies
by Paul on 12/21/08 at 07:48 AM ET
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from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe,
The Bruins’ front office doesn’t seek this space for advice, but if I were general manager of the hottest hockey team on Causeway in 15 years, I’d try to tie down Tim Thomas and Manny Fernandez today for three-year extensions worth an average $3 million a year. I could be wrong, but I think each of the 34-year-olds might bite (key stat: age 34). That wouldn’t be music to the ears of wunderkind Tuukka Rask, eager to launch his NHL career, but Thomas and Fernandez are proven NHL commodities.
more NHL notes including MacTavish and Hartsburg on the hot seat…
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Modern Day Worsley
by Paul on 11/19/08 at 07:07 PM ET
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from Kevin Allen of Mucking and Grinding,
If someone asked me to describe Tim Thomas’ goaltending style I would probably say he reminds me of a 34-year-old insurance salesman who plays once a week in the Friday night midnight recreation league.
The man looks frightfully awkward at times.
But Boston Bruins fans need to just close their eyes and utter the phrase “I do believe. I do believe. I do believe.”
Thomas might have a body like Gump Worsley, but he is leading the NHL with a 1.78 goals-against average and .944 save percentage.
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Yoga With Tim Thomas
by Paul on 11/13/08 at 11:20 AM ET
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Train with Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas.
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Five Stars of the Week
by Alanah McGinley on 11/03/08 at 01:18 PM ET
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NEW YORK (Nov. 3, 2008)—Anaheim forwards Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and Teemu Selanne, who produced a total of 28 points in four games as the Ducks posted a 3-0-1 record, have been named co-recipients of the NHL’s ‘First Star’ award for the week ending Sunday, Nov. 2.
Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas was named Second Star and Philadelphia Flyers left wing Simon Gagne earned Third Star honors.
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White Growing On Goalies
by Paul on 09/05/08 at 11:23 AM ET
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from Fluto Shinzawa of the Bruins Blog at the Boston Globe,
(Tim) Thomas, Manny Fernandez, and Tuukka Rask are now all wearing white pads.
This summer, Thomas participated in a goalie group (Alex Auld was also there) in Toronto that discussed various issues. Later in the summer, Buffalo’s Ryan Miller, New Jersey’s Martin Brodeur, and the Islanders’ Rick DiPietro were the representatives in the NHLPA’s goalie working group that collaborated with the NHL.
The issue of white pads was discussed, and according to Thomas, the notion was floated to ban them altogether if they provide netminders an advantage.
“That didn’t go over too well,” Thomas said.
Roberto Luongo has also made the switch to white.
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Two Different Styles
by Paul on 04/09/08 at 08:10 AM ET
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from the Boston Globe,
Thomas, the 33-year-old American veteran, and Price, the 20-year-old Canadian hotshot, are very different men behind the masks.
There’s the 5-foot-11-inch Thomas, the perpetually written-off underdog with the athletic style who leaves the crease in tatters when he pulls out all the stops. There’s the 6-foot-3-inch Price, the picture-perfect puckstopper with the fluid movement, stickhandling deftness, and pads-down technique, seemingly produced on the butterfly-goalie assembly line in his native Vancouver.
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Stars of the Week
by Alanah McGinley on 03/03/08 at 12:40 PM ET
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NEW YORK – Toronto Maple Leafs center Mats Sundin, Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas and Philadelphia Flyers right wing Mike Knuble have been named the NHL’s ‘Three Stars’ for the week ending March 2.
More on each player below, plus video available at this link.
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Tim Thomas Conference Call Transcript
by Alanah McGinley on 01/23/08 at 04:22 PM ET
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Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas participated in a NHL conference call with the media today. His current record is 15-11-3 with one shutout, and his 2.38 GAA and .927 save percentage leads all NHL goaltenders.
Here is the transcript of the Q & A session.
Q. I think for a lot of us, you’re sort of the poster boy for determined belief in yourself. It’s been a long haul, and at one point there wasn’t room in the National Hockey League for you and now they have to make room for you in the All-Star Game. Can you talk about this whole long experience that you’ve gone through?
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