Tim Thomas News

Claude Julien decided not to give his goalie a pep talk after a pratfall in the crease handed the Rangers a goal that had the potential to turn the series around.

Felger and Massarotti are broadcasting from the Ace Ticket Studio and are talking about last night's Boston Bruins 4-3 overtime loss to the Rangers in New York.

No one had reason to think about Tim Thomas, really, until Thursday night. The Boston Bruins were cruising through this Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Rangers, winning the first three games and taking a two-goal lead in Game 4. Their goaltender, Tuukka Rask, was playing with composure and confidence.

The Stanley Cup playoffs are just part of a hectic mix for rookie Boston Bruins defenseman Torey Krug - he's also tying the knot July 5. But fiancee Melanie Flood said Krug can take the run for NHL glory and impending nuptials in stride.

After 10 games in the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs, Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas was 7-3, with a 2.12 goals-against average and .935 save percentage.

Ten days ago, the calls for Claude Julien's job began. The Bruins trailed, 4-1, to the Maple Leafs in Game 7 of their first-round series.

I know the 2010 Bruins. The 2010 Bruins were friends of mine, and you, gentlemen, are not the 2010 Bruins.

Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask keeps his eyes on the puck during Game 1 of the NHL Eastern Conference semifinal against the New York Rangers in Boston, May 16, 2013.

A. I'm curious about "The Michael J. Fox Show." Could be fun, if they don't hammer the Parkinson's jokes too much.

Five of the last 11 Conn Smythe Trophy winners have been goaltenders. Two years ago, Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins won the award and Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings took it last season.

The Bruins were down by three goals midway through the third period, and all they had to do was register a comeback for the ages to eliminate the heartbroken Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime of the seventh game.

The conditional draft choice becomes a first-rounder should the Bruins advance to the Eastern Conference final, but suddenly, and perhaps expectedly, that prospect has become the well of water on the desert horizon.

And so, again, a memo to Bruins coach Claude Julien: Don't crack jokes when you're asked legitimate questions about why the teams you've coached during your Boston tenure play lazy, dumb, uninspired hockey in non-Game 7 closeout games.

Regardless of the when and how, B's goalie Tuukka Rask is playing with house money at this point and once the offseason hits he's going to get paid.

Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne recently underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left hip, general manager David Poile said Thursday.

Things didn't look all that great for the Bruins as the overtime minutes played out last night at the Air Canada Centre.

Bruins head coach Claude Julien knows not to pump his goaltender's tires just four games into the Stanley Cup playoffs.

On Tuesday, the NHL announced three finalists for the Vezina Trophy as selected by the league's 30 GMs.

May 6, 2013; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs forward James van Riemsdyk tries to get a shot on Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask during the second period of game three of the first round of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs at the Air Canada Centre.

Despite playing on one of the top clubs, in one of the top markets, in the Eastern Conference, Tuukka Rask has sort of flown under the radar in his first full season as the unquestioned starter between the pipes for the Boston Bruins .