It's very rare that I agree with DP on just about anything, and I can't believe one of the things I agree with him is hockey. Tim Thomas is pulling a douchebag move. I don't want to go too indepth, because for the most part DP was spot on.
It's true that even if Thomas retired the Bruins would get hit with his contract against the cap. So, my anger level has gone down a good amount. At first I thought that he just didn't want to retire and the Bruins were getting screwed. Yet, it turns out because of his age of when the contract was signed the Bruins get hit with it even if he did retire.
That being said, I am not buying that he doesn't want to play anymore. I do believe this goes back to the Bruins not having his back with the whole skipping the White House thing. I think he doesn't like his lower salary. I don't think he liked there was a good chance the Bruins were going to trade him this year. I think Tim Thomas took his ball and went home.
Tim Thomas won the Bruins the Stanley Cup. There is no doubt about it. That doesn't mean I have to sit back and agree with him not living up to his contract. Not only do the Bruins lose the best goalie in the NHL, and not get anything back for it, they still have to pay top goalie price for a ghost. That's not good in a tough cap environment like the NHL is now.
You can basically kiss Chris Kelly good buy over this, and he won't be the only one. This hurt, and Tim Thomas is really going to hurt the 2012-2013 Bruis' season. As a fan of the team that pisses me off, and I think I have that right.
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