That will take some time. The pain is still raw. His love for the game was part of the heavy price paid. My rebound effect was like, this wasn't worth it.
That's where I was then. Where I am today is past that. I ended up learning so many lessons out of the experience. Oxygen therapy helped, Thomas said, and he believes plenty of special mineral water did, too. Thomas spoke haltingly to the gathered reporters.
David Morley. Viktor Granholm. Patrick Newell. Jarrett Burton. Davison High. Houston Aeros. Birmingham Bulls. Hamilton Bulldogs. Detroit Vipers. Boston Bruins. Providence Bruins. Florida Panthers. Dallas Stars. SM-liiga Liiga. Elitserien SHL. Patrice Bergeron F. Now 45, Thomas was the unlikeliest of folk hero hockey stories when he broke into the NHL with the Bruins at age 30 after toiling for years in the minor leagues and in Europe. He won a pair of Vezina Trophies and had a brilliant.
But the eccentric Thomas, an ardent supporter of the Tea Party political movement, decided to boycott the B's White House visit to celebrate their Cup victory in the NHL season, and that created friction between the goaltender and the hockey club that employed him. Thomas was the backup. The exact opposite circumstances from the previous season's beginning. Thomas stole the starting job from Rask—at no great fault of the young goaltender—when he stood on his head game after game en route to establishing the Bruins as a powerhouse.
Chiarelli had finally built a winning formula with a few years in the business, and the wild style of Thomas seemed to perfectly complement his squad. In one of the best regular seasons a goaltender has ever had—ignoring the historic playoff run that awaited—Thomas posted a record with a 0. Thomas won the Conn Smythe trophy with ease in the playoffs, posting an absurdly impressive 0.
He went in those 25 games, posting four shutouts and winning three Game 7s. The following season was a struggle filled with controversies, quirks and disappointments, and it was the final season Thomas would ever play for the Bruins. This goaltender deserves better than that. This goaltender deserves to have his best moments discussed, not his worst. Those were the goaltenders for the Bruins in their six Stanley Cup championship seasons.
Brimsek and Cheevers each won it twice. Thompson and Thomas won it once. And whether old-timers want to admit it or not, our weird, anti-Obama, crazy-flopping goaltender of the new age belongs right in the mix with those other guys as one of the best Bruins goalies of all-time.
Of all six winning teams, Thomas's team snapped the longest drought in the franchise's history. It had been 39 years since the Bruins had won a Stanley Cup, and Timmy put the team on his back for an entire season. He may not have won as many Cups as Brimsek or Cheevers, but one could argue it may have been the best performance in the most significant win of the six.
When it comes to individual accolades, Thomas reeled in two Vezina trophies. Tiny Thompson collected four during his tenure with the Bruins, Brimsek gathered two, and Cheevers didn't win one.
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