Bruins goalie Thomas sitting out 2012-13
BOSTON BRUINS goaltender Tim Thomas said yesterday he'll sit out next season. "At the age of 38, I believe it is time to put my time and energies into those areas and relationships that I have neglected," Thomas said on his Facebook page. "That is why at this time I feel the most important thing I can do in my life is to reconnect with the three F's. Friends, Family and Faith."
BOSTON BRUINS goaltender Tim Thomas said yesterday he'll sit out next season.
"At the age of 38, I believe it is time to put my time and energies into those areas and relationships that I have neglected," Thomas said on his Facebook page. "That is why at this time I feel the most important thing I can do in my life is to reconnect with the three F's. Friends, Family and Faith."
On Friday, general manager Peter Chiarelli said Thomas told the team he was thinking about sitting out a season.
A late bloomer who played in Finland before finally breaking into an NHL lineup at the age of 32, Thomas emerged as one of the league's top goalies when he won the Vezina Trophy in 2009. He won it again along with the playoff MVP in 2011 while leading Boston to the Stanley Cup championship.
Chiarelli said Friday that Thomas appeared tired after the championship season, when he played in 82 games, including every minute of the longest postseason in Bruins history.
The Bruins are left with Tuukka Rask and Anton Khudobin as their top two goaltenders.
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