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BOSTON — Tim Thomas, who has emerged as one of the NHL’s top goaltenders despite an unorthodox style in hockey and in life, told the Boston Bruins he is thinking about sitting out next season — apparently for family reasons, general manager Peter Chiarelli said Friday.
“The reason why, I’m not exactly sure. But he did give some reasons regarding family,” Chiarelli said.
A late bloomer who played in Finland before finally breaking into an NHL lineup at the age of 32, Thomas won the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goalie in 2009. He won it again along with the playoff MVP in 2011 while leading Boston to the Stanley Cup championship.
