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Bruins have backup plan if Thomas sits
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10:00 AM ET 06.02 | Peter Chiarelli said there is no timetable on a definitive answer from Ti Thomas on whether he will play next season, but the Bruins GM is planning on the latter. "Right now I'm operating under the probability that he'll take the year off and we'll have to operate without Tim Thomas," Chiarelli said. "I'm a little disappointed - more than a little. But these things happen and you've got to deal with them. When someone talks about their family, you've got to respect it." Chiarelli said Thomas has spoken of being tired after recent seasons, and also wishing to spend more time with his family. He doesn't believe Thomas has any "mischievous" motives in this - like seeking a contract extension or trade - and he has seen other aging stars make similar decisions on stepping away from the game. He said Thomas expressed an interest in training for and playing in the 2014 Olympics. Chiarelli said if Thomas follows through on this, he will suspend the goalie - likely for the entire season - as the B's go with a probable Tuukka Rask/Anton Khudobin pair.
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Warmed over leftovers alert!
roamer
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Bruins have backup plan if Thomas sits
Removing the urinals?
Canuck eh?
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"Thomas expressed an interest in training for and playing in the 2014 Olympics"
He's not the best American.
kingduck
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It's official , Thomas has now passed Curt Schilling as the biggest goof who has played sports in the Boston area.
whale2
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He should be tossed like most leftovers.
whale2
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He is a sitter for sure.
whale2
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I think he's thinking of pissing the rest of his life away!
dblewis03
Salem , NH
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As the old saying goes, there's no "I" in team, but there sure is in "Tim".
mattnnj
Dayton , OH
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You obviously know nothing about the long and storied history of goofs in Boston sports.
Rex Racer
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No doubt.
Rask will start and Khudobin will be the back-up. That isn't very hard to figure out.
Rex Racer
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If Thomas keeps this up he just may make it to the top!
dblewis03
Salem , NH
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From all this, the only thing abundantly clear is his career as a Bruin is over, one way or another.
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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Hey, the Oilers sure could use his kind of leftovers. I'll take him over Khabivodka in a heart beat!
roamer
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Wouldn't the Jackets like to get their hands on a selfish guy like Tim Thomas at about now!
roamer
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I think Chiarelli more or less has to plan on Thomas not being there. If he is no problem, but he's got to have something in place if he sits out. I can also understand where Thomas is coming from. He's starting to get up there, it was a long season and he is probably having some doubts about whether he really wants to do this anymore. If the guy was halfway sensible with his money he probably has enough to live on for the rest of his life. He has his name on the Cup so why would he want to put himself through all that nonsense again?
Burgh-Fan
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You forget Roamer, at one point in Thomas's career he was an Oiler. Thomas might have a year or two left but the Oilers and the Bruins don't need his side show.
whale2
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There is a few on the goof list but Thomas is at the top.
whale2
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I agree. He's been there, done that, and he's getting older. I just hope he doesn't get into politics
WILHELM
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This is Thomas trying to control where he goes after July 1. Effectively destroying what trade value he had in the process.
Chiarelli should send him down to Providence (or Europe), before the new CBA doesn't allow hiding cap hits there.
I hope for Quick's sake that this isn't the new trend- Cup winning goalies going bonkers and committing career suicide within a few years of winning.
davidt
Hampton, VA
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Who does he think he'll be competing against, other 40-year-old goalies.
shiprock
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