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oh, how times change
A short two years ago, Tim Thomas was a minor god in this city. He pretty much dragged the Bruins through the Stanley Cup playoffs and almost single-handedly won them the Cup despite the team having a power play that could only be described as abysmal. His number was a shoo-in for retirement.
His star started to fade quite a bit after he declined to meet President Obama along with the rest of the team, for what can only be described as selfish and wingnutty reasons. And it pretty much fell out of the sky when he decided that he was going to take a year off to go and live in a bunker and polish his guns while reading Atlas Shrugged instead of playing hockey. You know, like a professional hockey player would, if he were behaving professionally.
And now that he's been traded to the New York Islanders - good luck at making another Cup run there, Timmy - the collective response from Boston hockey fandom seems to be a resounding "Don't let the door hit ya..."
The Boston Globe's poll question was "Do you like the Bruins' decision to trade goalie Tim Thomas?
As of the time I wrote this entry, "Yes, his time here was done" had reached 92.85%
That doesn't sound like a man who's going to be having his number retired in this city anytime soon.
His star started to fade quite a bit after he declined to meet President Obama along with the rest of the team, for what can only be described as selfish and wingnutty reasons. And it pretty much fell out of the sky when he decided that he was going to take a year off to go and live in a bunker and polish his guns while reading Atlas Shrugged instead of playing hockey. You know, like a professional hockey player would, if he were behaving professionally.
And now that he's been traded to the New York Islanders - good luck at making another Cup run there, Timmy - the collective response from Boston hockey fandom seems to be a resounding "Don't let the door hit ya..."
The Boston Globe's poll question was "Do you like the Bruins' decision to trade goalie Tim Thomas?
As of the time I wrote this entry, "Yes, his time here was done" had reached 92.85%
That doesn't sound like a man who's going to be having his number retired in this city anytime soon.