Chara/By S. Bradley
Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara said before he left for the 2011 NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh that he wanted to get picked by Team Lidstrom in the All-Star Fantasy Draft.
Bruins’ Chara, Thomas ready to feel draft of 2011 NHL All-Star Game
Chara
When asked if there’s one fellow NHL standout he would like to play with this weekend at the 2011 NHL All-Star Game, Zdeno Chara didn’t even hesitate.
Final score: Bruins 2, Florida 1
Thomas/By S. Bradley
BOSTON — Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas made sure that before he took off for the All-Star Game in Raleigh, he put forth one more All-Star-worthy performance tonight.
You vote: early favorite for this year’s Bruins Seventh Player Award
Thornton vs. Boulton/By S. Bradley
One of the most popular activities for Bruins fans every season is voting for the Seventh Player Award, which goes to the “player who performed beyond expectations.”
Would Bruins’ Thomas, Rask consider crashing a spin-o-rama?
Thomas/By S. Bradley
Using the spin-0-rama for shootouts and penalty shots is in the NHL rule book as legal.
It has become a more common sight of late during the post-overtime spectacle, but that doesn’t mean goalies have to like it.
Thomas, Chara, Seguin to represent Bruins at All-Star Weekend
Thomas
Health willing, goaltender Tim Thomas will get a chance to continue his All-Star Game winning streak in Raleigh later this month.
Midseason Bruins report cards: the goalies
Thomas/By S. Bradley
Now that the Bruins have passed the halfway point of their season, it’s time to grade each player before they officially start their second half at home against Ottawa tonight.
Here were are more than a week since Tuukka Rask was pulled in Buffalo, and all the bellyaching over Claude Julien’s juggling of his goaltenders seems like a big waste of energy.
There’s plenty of playing time to go around for Bruins’ Thomas, Rask
Thomas/By S. Bradley
Would a 54-28 split of Bruins goaltending starts between Tim Thomas and Tuukka Rask, respectively, calm the masses by the end of the season?
Bruins’ Thomas left to wait for selection after All-Star fan vote ends
Thomas/By S. Bradley
Well, I guess my moratorium on blogging about All-Star voting had to end at some point.
Top 10 of 2010: #7 Thomas’ terrific star ends Tiny’s reign in Bruins’ books
Thomas/By S. Bradley
TheBruinsBlog.net looks back at the top 10 Bruins moments of calendar year 2010.
Tim Thomas admitted earlier this season he didn’t know much about Hall-of-Famer Cecil “Tiny” Thompson. At least now Thomas knows one thing about the former Bruins goaltender: he once held the club record for best start by a netminder.
Poll result: Thomas’ Saturday third-period pushes him over the top
Thomas/By S. Bradley
It might be time to stop describing Tim Thomas as just the Vezina Trophy favorite.
It’s about time to consider him a Hart Trophy candidate as well.
Thomas takes a beating but keeps on ticking in Bruins’ win over Caps
Thomas/By S. Bradley
BOSTON — He had already faced 40 shots on goal, including 25 in the third, so Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas had to know that there would be another one coming once Alexander Ovechkin got a hold of David Krejci’s inexplicable blind cross-ice pass in the closing moments of tonight’s game.
Horton hammers upper-tier defenses, and other fun with numbers
Horton/By S. Bradley
Now that the Bruins’ season is past the one-third pole and the team has played every club in the Eastern Conference at least once, I thought it’d be interesting to crunch some numbers.
Poll result: On one play alone Thomas was the Bruin of the Week
Thomas/By S. Bradley
Had he not enjoyed a fantastic 2-0-1 week between the pipes, Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas might’ve still been voted as the Bruin of the Week by readers of TheBruinsBlog.net.
Column: Seems no workload can keep Thomas from his zeros
Thomas/By S. Bradley
Maybe it doesn’t matter how much mobility and speed the Bruins have on their back end.
As long as Tim Thomas is playing like the second coming of Frank “Mr. Zero” Brimsek, the Bruins won’t have to worry about how much time they spend in their own zone.
