Bruins' Thomas to sit out season? (Toronto Sun)

[maplesyrup]

Colorado has like a trillion dollars in cap space. I wonder if that's a fit - whether he plays or not.

 

[hockeyfan1]

I was under the impression that he'd still owe the Bruins the year and visa versa should they suspend him. I just don't see how they can't be furious with this guy.. Just retire already then. Sheesh!

Maybe he should join The Tea Party! 

 

[Zee]

I don't understand this cap situation, not that I feel bad for the Bruins or anything, but how can they be on the hook for the contract when the player refuses to play?  He's not even retiring, just taking "time off".  Doesn't seem very fair to the team.

 

[Madferret]

Whats with this guy and facebook? Does he really like farmville that much?

 

[cw]

I was under the impression that he'd still owe the Bruins the year and visa versa should they suspend him. I just don't see how they can't be furious with this guy.. Just retire already then. Sheesh!

If he retires, the Bruins get dinged for the cap hit. If he does what he's doing, the Bruins can move his contract and save $5 mil in cap space this season. and maybe get a draft pick/prospect for their trouble. If your team was having financial trouble getting to the cap floor, would a 5th round pick make sense to get a $5 mil break? It's a no brainer.

 

[cw]

I was under the impression that he'd still owe the Bruins the year and visa versa should they suspend him. I just don't see how they can't be furious with this guy.. Just retire already then. Sheesh!

Maybe he should join The Tea Party! 

The Koch Brothers and the Citizens United decision have his political interest$ covered!

 

[maplesyrup]

I was under the impression that he'd still owe the Bruins the year and visa versa should they suspend him. I just don't see how they can't be furious with this guy.. Just retire already then. Sheesh!

If he retires, the Bruins get dinged for the cap hit. If he does what he's doing, the Bruins can move his contract and save $5 mil in cap space this season. and maybe get a draft pick/prospect for their trouble. If your team was having financial trouble getting to the cap floor, would a 5th round pick make sense to get a $5 mil break? It's a no brainer.

Yeah. As I speculated, maybe Colorado given his change of address and their cap situation.

 

[Bullfrog]

Yeah. As I speculated, maybe Colorado given his change of address and their cap situation.

Cap-wise, that makes sense. The location of his residence is irrelevant though, because this will be solely a paper transaction.

If he's doing this for family reasons, good for him.

 

[maplesyrup]

Yeah. As I speculated, maybe Colorado given his change of address and their cap situation.

Cap-wise, that makes sense. The location of his residence is irrelevant though, because this will be solely a paper transaction.

If he's doing this for family reasons, good for him.

Potentially leaves a more attractive door open though.

 

[Corn Flake]

If he's doing this for family reasons, good for him.

I second that, but when you look at his facebook page, it's kind of hard to tell based on all the other stuff he has posted.

 

[lamajama]

I was under the impression that he'd still owe the Bruins the year and visa versa should they suspend him. I just don't see how they can't be furious with this guy.. Just retire already then. Sheesh!

If he retires, the Bruins get dinged for the cap hit. If he does what he's doing, the Bruins can move his contract and save $5 mil in cap space this season. and maybe get a draft pick/prospect for their trouble. If your team was having financial trouble getting to the cap floor, would a 5th round pick make sense to get a $5 mil break? It's a no brainer.

There has been some speculation that the league would not allow this (Cap circumvention) but IIRC New Jersey shipped a D man to San Jose and since he was suspended or something along that line (foggy on specifics) NJ got out of the Cap hit (they were over the CAP again) and SJ didn't need the space.

My point anyway is the fact that this has been "accepted" before.

Plus Thomas is a fruitcake now. 

 

[Kin]

It does sort of create a no win situation for the team, however. If they contract a player like Thomas for 4 or 5 years and he decides to take a year off in the middle the team has to either decide if they want to enforce the length of the contract and give an aging player another year or lose a year where they expected him to be under contract.

I appreciate the idea of trying to smooth out family issues but the reality is that balancing work and family is something most people have to do. I don't know if I'm on board with the idea that because these guys are making millions of dollars they have less of a professional responsibility than someone making 50k a year.

 

[moon111]

There's more to life then hockey.  Thomas is set for life financially.  I actually think he's rather sane.  If I were going to call anyone messed up, it'd be Glen Healy for sure.

 

[maplesyrup]

There's more to life then hockey.  Thomas is set for life financially.  I actually think he's rather sane.  If I were going to call anyone messed up, it'd be Glen Healy for sure.

Thomas did a lot for the Bruins. No question. My feeling however is that it's a two-way street. The Bruins rescued his career from the scrap heap and he's "set for life" because of them. Thomas is putting them in a bad position and I think he should be honouring his contract with them... or at least with someone else so the Bruins can get some value in a trade. Given the PR nightmare that was/is this AHEM "banana" it should be the least he could do. - Not very professional in my opinion. 

 

[Tigger]

Thomas put himself ahead of the team? Hurm...

Yeah, if it really is for family reasons then I'm ok with it but I kind of doubt that.

 

[#1PilarFan]

I don't know if this is somewhere else or something, but Thomas has waived his NTC.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=398993

Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas could be on the move, as general manager Peter Chiarelli told reporters on Friday that he has waived his no-trade clause 10 days ago.

Chiarelli and Thomas confirmed last month that the Stanley Cup-winning netminder was not playing in 2012-13.

Someone make this make sense for me. Why waive your NTC if you're not going to play?

 

[bustaheims]

Someone make this make sense for me. Why waive your NTC if you're not going to play?

His NTC expires on July 1st any way, so, why not? A team aiming for the cap floor might have been willing to part with a later round pick in this year's draft to add that cap hit when they have to pay zero real dollars. It just gives the Bruins a few more options and means the Thomas era in Boston doesn't end on an entirely sour note.