Thomas/By S. Bradley
BOSTON — Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas wouldn’t respond directly to comments his Vancouver counterpart Roberto Lu0ngo made after Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final.
But when asked about what Luongo said Saturday about Thomas not saying nice things about him, Thomas explained that he didn’t know that complimenting his opponent was part of his job description.
“I didn’t realize it was my job to pump his tires. I guess I have to apologize for that,” said Thomas, eliciting laughter throughout the press conference gallery.
But Thomas wanted to stress that even if he’s not in the business of throwing verbal bouquets at other netminders, he doesn’t feel like he’s any sort of a rebel.
“I still think I’m on the goaltender union side and I still stick with all the other goalies,” he said. “Being one and knowing what it takes to perform at this level and with this amount of pressure, I understand to a certain extent what every other goaltender is going through.”
Andrew-you should look up Ference’s response to Bieksa’s Pee-Wee comment about the starter jacket.
As for Conn Smythe-there is still one more game-hopefully two to be played. My fingers are crossed that the B’s will be lifting the cup on Vancouver ice come Wednesday.
BTW RD
If I were to give CS to losing team, I think Krejci is far more deserving. He’s points/goals leader in post season. Has looked good even when TT and Chara haven’t. Peverly has also been a warrior, but 3rd line minutes won’t get you a CS. Still, his numbers are impressive.
Good call Steve. I’ll take your 12g in two games and raise you a SC. While Nuxnation is sharing in the joy of victory, it will comfort me knowing that you are content with a couple of lopsided wins and second place.
Vanmike, I will still take Thomas and his 6 goals given up in 5 games over Luongo and his 12 in 2.
Sorry VanMike, Thomas is con smythe worthy because the rest of the lineup has been pretty garbage in this series in the games that counted.
Who else would you give it to? Krejci? Chara? Bergeron?
It will either be a vancouver player or Thomas. No other bruin deserves mentioning.
Laughable! I love that bruin fans look at team through rose coloured glasses. You don’t get to the final without being a competitive SOB. News flash! The bruins are not playing hardnosed hockey as you would all like to believe. The bruins cheap theatrics and post whistle scrums are their way of compensating for a lack of talent. Including in goal. I know that Milbury and the rest of the NBC hacks have you believing he’s been Conn Smythe worthy, but the truth is he can’t win the tight ones. Sure if the team in front of him gets 5 or 6 goals then he’s spectacular, but in the low scoring, tight defensive games, (like games 1,2,5 of the SCF) he chokes. All three GWG in bruins losses were brutal goals. Now before you all go off half-cocked about games 3 and 4, just think about this. If either of the next two games go to overtime, given the softies we’ve seen TT let in in the three previous one goal games, do you really feel confident in his ability to shut the door? Neither do I.
I’ve lost a lot of respect for the Canucks this series. Aside from Luongo’s comments , you’ve got Bieksa calling the B’s handing out the Starter jacket after each win ‘Pee-Wee’. They have not been gracious in victory or defeat.
I can’t stress this enough — especially to new readers from VAN — if you curse in your post, it gets deleted and you get blocked. Pretty simple.
MK
I just love Thomas. He has a great sense of humor and I think his years of fighting his way to the top have given him a perspective and a fight that makes him unique.
He isn’t always pretty and he doesn’t always make it look easy, but the man doesn’t quit either.