NHL Video: Save of the Year?
by Nick Montemagno on Dec 5, 2010 9:27 AM EST
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PrintI was watching last night's Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs game on Hockey Night in Canada, which was a very entertaining tilt with a lot of energy, on NHL Network. Tim Thomas had an outstanding game in goal for the Bruins and was the reason the two teams went to overtime, and eventually a shootout. Well, in overtime he made a ridiculous save to rob Francois Beauchemin of what looked like the game-winner. In my opinion, this is without question the save of the year in the National Hockey League. Watch the sprawling stop in the video provided below and decide for yourself, but I think it was inhuman what Thomas was able to do...
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Grand Larceny
So glad I picked him up in my 8 team fantasy hockey league as a free agent! He’s been amazing this year.
"I like a man who grins when he fights." -Sir Winston Churchill
He’s having a hell of a year
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by Nick Montemagno on Dec 5, 2010 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
inhumane? Or inhuman? Great save for sure – he’s quicker than everyone thinks, and the proof there is that Beauchemin tried to put in the middle of the wide open net. It’s crazy… it’s like, with Thomas, you have to pick a corner when he’s not even there.
Meant to write inhuman, thanks
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by Nick Montemagno on Dec 5, 2010 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
Actually I think it was a little inhumane to Beauchemin
Robbery like that probably ruined his confidence.
No problem
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by Nick Montemagno on Dec 5, 2010 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
two thoughts on timmy
1) I always thought he was a flopper…but after watching him more and more Ive been proven wrong his style is so unlike anything i’ve ever seen
2) I still feel that Thomas is a goalie who doesnt get enough respect as one of the best in the game today…I think people are still turned off by his style and because he’s so unorthodox
I definitely dont like Thomas at all, and I think its because of his unorthodoxy. But he is playing some unbelievable hockey this season.
by CrazyRangerFan on Dec 5, 2010 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
Great save.
He kinda did shoot it right at his glove tho. I’ve seen Thomas make some great saves, probably some even better then this in the season already.
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thomas = beast.
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
he got beat in the shootout on a sick backhander though, and it wasnt even kessel
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"Manning... lobs it... Burress, alone... TOUCHDOWN NEW YORK"
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by BombersGmenBlueshirts25 on Dec 5, 2010 2:05 PM EST reply actions
i love how on ESPN it didnt even get top play… it got #2 behind some random dunk which wasnt really that impressive…
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
they always pull that crap, sometimes the best play is like #9
"There are a few things with the New York Yankees that never change. That's pride, it's tradition, and most of all we have the greatest fans in the world" - Derek Jeter
"Manning... lobs it... Burress, alone... TOUCHDOWN NEW YORK"
"Hit him with your purse Poti!" - my first memories of Madison Square Garden
HEN-RIK
by BombersGmenBlueshirts25 on Dec 5, 2010 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, save of the year
moreso unreal because he’s 35 and overweight. I’ve been calling him Butterbean for a while. Hands down the best save of the year.
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saw that save in a bar live and banged my head on the counter
why?
i drafted tukka rask in the 6th round
somebody else took thomas in the 18th
f my life
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