On Thursday afternoon, the Boston Bruins parted ways with a player who spent eight years making fans hold their breath, experience heart palpitations, cry tears of joy and scratch their heads in disbelief.
Tim Thomas is headed to New York to become a member of the Islanders. The B's will get a conditional second-round pick in return; that is, the pick will only be given to Boston if Thomas either plays a game for the Islanders or is traded by the club.
But let's forget the details of the trade and focus on the player.
Tim Thomas is a Michigan boy who played his college hockey right here in New England at the University of Vermont. Thomas always believed that he was NHL material, but it wasn't until the goaltender was 28 years old that he finally made his NHL debut with Boston.
October 19, 2002. Thomas stopped 31 of 34 shots fired by the Edmonton Oilers in his first career victory. Eleven days later, he stopped 33 of 35 pucks against the Washington Capitals for his second win in as many chances. But that would be his last action until April, when he went 1-1 in two more starts to round out hi ...
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