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Fans were quick to mock the New York Islanders on Thursday after the acquisition of still-not-playing goaltender Tim Thomas. Why give up an asset for a goalie that isn't playing? It's actually a smart move by Isles GM Garth Snow. First of a...

Keep an eye on the Carolina Hurricanes when it comes to how things play out on the Jordan Staal front with the Pittsburgh Penguins. As I wrote recently, the Penguins' top priority is to sign Sidney Crosby and Staal to contract extensions this summ...

Tim Thomas might be playing elsewhere next season, or he might not be playing at all. A source told ESPN.com on Thursday that the 38-year-old Boston Bruins netminder was contemplating taking next season off. Which doesn't mean he will, but it's so...

Just inscribe Henrik Lundqvist's name on the Vezina Trophy now. He's a lock. A look at the candidates for top goaltender in the NHL at this point of the season: 1. King Henrik, New York RangersLeads the league with a ridiculous .941 save percenta...

Folks, just a reminder this is a rant blog, so it's meant for rants! Too many posts asking me about trade possibilities. Keep those questions for my weekly chat on Wednesday (2 p.m. ET). Luckily, there were some good rants. Let's take a look: tj70...

1. Tim ThomasVoted in by the fans as the starting goaltender, well, one wonders if that would have actually occurred had fans known of his White House-snub intentions. Luckily for him, the All-Star Game is in the other nation's capital across the bor...

TORONTO -- That Movember Mustache on Tim Thomas might just have to hang around a bit longer. How can the all-world netminder for the Boston Bruins shave it off after the club's historical month, an inquisitor from ESPN.com asked him Wednesday nigh...

BOSTON -- Goalie-gate went into Day 3 with the media eagerly awaiting the reaction of Tim Thomas to Roberto Luongo's much-publicized comments about Thomas' style. "I did hear about what he said, but I don't really want to go into that," Thomas sai...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- It turns out Bruins goalie Tim Thomas wasn't done facing shots from the Canucks even when Game 5 was over Friday night. His counterpart Roberto Luongo threw one Thomas' way in the postgame news conference when asked ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- It turns out Bruins goalie Tim Thomas wasn't done facing shots from the Canucks even when Game 5 was over Friday night. His counterpart Roberto Luongo threw one Thomas' way in the postgame news conference when asked ...

BOSTON -- Tim Thomas won't let the Vancouver Canucks score, and he's also sending them messages. The Boston Bruins netminder dropped 'em with Canucks winger Alex Burrows late in the third period of Wednesday night's Game 4, bringing the TD Garden ...

The NHL's 30 general managers will soon have to fill out their annual Vezina Trophy ballots to determine the league's top goaltender for the 2010-11 season. I canvassed nine GMs on Wednesday; obviously, none of them would tell me exactly where the...

Steven Stamkos is the story of the opening quarter pole. The goal-a-game wunderkind has become an inspiring model of what hard work and dedication, combined with oodles of talent, can yield on the ice. But surprising? Not that much after last season'...

Steven Stamkos is the story of the opening quarter pole. The goal-a-game wunderkind has become an inspiring model of what hard work and dedication, combined with oodles of talent, can yield on the ice. But surprising? Not that much after last season'...

Tuukka Rask leaned over to Tim Thomas in the Bruins' dressing room between periods Thursday night. "He said, 'You look like you're 20 again,'" Thomas recalled to ESPN.com on Friday. "And I said, 'I feel like I'm 20 again.'" And he looks like th...

Tuukka Rask leaned over to Tim Thomas in the Bruins' dressing room between periods Thursday night. "He said, 'You look like you're 20 again,'" Thomas recalled to ESPN.com on Friday. "And I said, 'I feel like I'm 20 again.'" And he looks like th...