Realistically, looking at the contracts some of the top name guys got, I’m actually glad the B’s didn’t run out and try and snag anyone. I still think we’ll see some more moves, albeit minor ones.

Yeah I’m underwhelmed too, but I’m not going to crucify PC based on how many contracts he has right now that he’d like to move but probably can’t, thanks to the previous regime (Murray and Thomas specifically).

Hey — I thought that was me!

By the same token - if he’s an amazing back-up, who wants to pay $1M per for a guy who’s going to play 30 games behind an established #1?

How do you know they aren’t? People read their own views between the lines of what little is actually said all the time, including the Boston media, which only appears to enforce any view that may be popular but off the mark.

Thomas’s problem isn’t on the ice–it’s his reputation (he has none to speak of) that is the problem. If PC is really such an idiot that he doesn’t realize the gift to the team that Thomas is, then some GM out there is going to make himself look pretty darned good by picking him up. And we can sit back and watch yet another former Bruin do well, and fans can say things like, “I didn’t think he played that well for us, what happened?”

I for one am pretty sick of watching very good players look mediocre in a spoked B only to show their true stuff in another jersey.

Hockey–it’s a team sport.

The 2006-2007 Stanley Cup winners, for one. But they clearly don’t know what they are doing.

Truth be told, I still don’t think the league is sold on Tim Thomas. And there’s a good chance they may *never* be sold. Let’s face it, he’s a 33 year old goalie who was a 9th round pick and kicked around the minors and international leagues most of his early career until he finally got a cup of coffee with the Bruins in ‘02-’03. That’s usually a case of a team finding a gold nugget amongst a pile of rocks in their organization. And, as I’ve mentioned in the past, you have to wonder if the Bruins themselves are sold on him as the answer. They’ve invested in two prospects in Toivonen and Rask and now have traded for Manny Fernandez. What’s that tell you about their confidence level?

And I’m sure this has gone noticed by other teams. If Thomas is so good, why do they keep trying to replace him? Not only that, but the Bruins have a history of having goaltenders performing well for them for a short period of time and then disappearing. Blaine Lacher, anyone? Byron Dafoe?