Thoughts on Bruins farm players: Anthony Camara, Zach Trotman, Jeremy Smith highlighted

(Photo by Rosina Vacchiano)

by Dakota Antelman

Recently, the Bruins AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins, faced off against the Worcester Sharks, the San Jose Sharks affiliate, in a regular season meeting at the DCU Center in Worcester.

Go Titletown was there to observe. Below are a few thoughts on three Bruins prospects that fans might not have been given the opportunity to observe yet...

Anthony Camara 

- Most like...Brad Marchand

Overview...

Anthony Camara, a 21 year old Bruins prospect out of Toronto, is playing his second season in Providence after being drafted in the third round of the 2013 draft. In 92 starts with the team, Camara has scored 12 goals and has brought an intense style of play to the neutral and offensive zone game of the Providence Bruins.

At first look, Camara plays a very similar game to current Bruin, Brad Marchand. He is a sneaky, almost pest-like player who seems to get away with the kinds of arrant elbows and malicious forearm jabs that some of the best do with ease and satisfaction. Beyond that Camara, like Marchand, utilizes a high hockey IQ combined with his incendiary sped to help move the puck through the neutral zone swiftly and without effective resistance from an opponent.

The latter of those traits could benefit the Boston Bruins greatly in the future. Throughout this season a sore point for these Bruins has been their ability to gain and sustain pressure offensively. The fluidity with which Camara moves could remedy that.

Zach Trotman

 - Most like...former Bruin Andrew Ference

Overview...

Bruins fans got a look at Zach Trotman earlier in the year when he came up to the Bruins in the wake of Zdeno Chara's PCL tear. He returned to Providence after just 17 games though meaning fans did not get to see him settle into a lineup on a big stage.

As reflected by his performance in the AHL, a place where he has settled in, Trotman is a shutdown defenseman. He is a positional player who can make plays without putting his stick on the puck. Nevertheless, when he does step up on a forward, Trotman unleashes a devastating body check as well as pinpoint stickwork.

 Perhaps  the one shortcoming in his game however is his shot. Trotman lacks the power behind his slapshot that most Bruins fans are accustom to after watching the likes of Dennis Sidenberg, Zdeno Chara and even Torey Krug on a nightly basis.

Regardless though, Trotman adds immense depth to an already well stocked Bruins defensive core while also giving Peter Chiarelli a superior bargaining chip in the trade market.

Jeremy Smith

 - Most like...former Bruin Tim Thomas


Overview...

The name of Jeremy Smith is one Bruins fans have not heard much since he signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Bruins this offseason.

However, playing backup for the Providence Bruins behind Malcom Subban, Smith has amassed a GAA of 2.15 and a save percentage of .929. He has won 10 of the 20 games he has played in and has a pair of shutouts in those games.

But perhaps the most interesting thing about Jeremy Smith is the stark similarity his style has with that of former Bruin great and current Dallas Stars goalie, Tim Thomas. Technically, Smith is a "butterfly" goalie meaning he drops to his knees to play shots. But even so, he often loses that form as rebounds are given up or shots are taken from close range. He becomes the kind of unorthodox goalie that Thomas is as, in such cases, Smith can be seen frantically diving across the crease to cover pucks and glove rebounds.

While the Bruins currently have little need for such a goaltender within their system (goalie depth chart currently has 3 capable starters on it in Subban, Tuukka Rask and Niklas Svedberg), like Trotman, Smith serves as an uncontested bargaining chip on the trade market as the Bruins seek the kind of goal scoring forward that could elevate their play.

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Patrice Bergeron, Tuukka Rask win big at NHL Awards: League recognizing qualities in two stars instrumental to Boston's sucsess

At Tuesday's NHL Awards Show, 3 Bruins were nominated 5 awards. By the end of the two hour special that included performances by Phillip Phillips and appearances by a whole host of TV, movie and music stars, 2 Bruins had WON 4 awards. 

For Bruins center Patrice Bergeron, he won his 2nd Selke Trophy in 3 seasons in addition to winning both the NHL 15 Cover Vote and the NHL Foundation Award for community service. 

As tweeted out by the Bruins organization after Bergy's Selke win Bergeron was gracious in his acceptance of the award. "any individual award goes with the help of all your teammates & coaches," He said "have to thank them all for making me a better player" 

Bergeron played perhaps the best season of his career this year. He finished 3rd in the league in face-off win percentage this season, assisting on 32 goals and scoring 30 goals on top of that. His plus minus rating of +38 was substantially better than any other player nominated for the Selke and surely represented the equally offensive and defensive style of play that Patrice Bergeron embodied. It was also the best plus minus rating of the Bruins' star's career. It was the unique way that Bergeron showed his stunning skill set and suddenly vocal leadership in 2014 that won him both the Selke Trophy and the hugely popularity based contest that is the NHL 15 Cover Vote.  

But beyond that, Bergeron was also finally recognized for his community work this year with the NHL Foundation Award. Frankly for almost a decade now, Patrice has been one of those sports icons that Boston sports fans love to make into absolute celebrities. In the past few years Bergeron has most notably used his power in the city of Boston for good by starting up his own charitable organization, Patrice's Pals. Patrice's Pals gives children in local Boston hospitals for long term care the opportunity to attend a Bruins game in all its splendor and then meet Bergeron himself shortly after the conclusion of the 3rd period.  

Bergeron, though he has never been one to go after individual recognition was bathed in it Tuesday. Boston's center has already achieved great things and it was proven Tuesday night that the NHL is finally recognizing that. 

One man who was getting recognition right from the get go was also rewarded with a heavy dose of celebration Tuesday. Tuukka Rask absolutely shut opponents down in 2013-2014 winning 36 games, logging 6 shutouts, a sub 2.5 GAA and a save percentage of over .930. His dominance with the glove was greatly bettered by increased skating mobility this season while his stick was put to use much more. The most notable of these stick plays occurred when Rask would come charging off his line to combat any given breakaway with a pad stack 30 feet out from the net. 

As a result of his stunning imitation of a brick wall as it would act when placed in front of a hockey goal this season, Rask was awarded not only with his first Vezina nomination but also his first win. The victory served as the 3rd by a Boston goalie in the last 6 years. It is that fact that is perhaps the most stunning. As you may remember just two years ago, Tim Thomas bizarrely quit professional hockey for a year leaving the Bruins questioning their situation in goal. Tuukka Rask was just coming off a groin injury and without a solid backup he would be expected to play huge minutes in the seasons of the near future. While some predicted greatness from the Finnish star, none predicted what he has given Boston. The fact is when Thomas left at the end of the 2011-2012 season, Bruins fans thought they might not see the likes of such a great goalie for a long time. I can assure you that by long time they did not mean 1 season. 

Tuukka Rask won the Vezina this season, proving his worth to Boston and the NHL and showing off what has very quickly become one of the most stunning stories of goal tending luck mixed with coaching ever. While other teams have been able to trot out guys like Martan Brodure or Dominik Hasek it is surely a rare occasion when a coaching staff can groom two different Vezina Trophy winners as close together as the Bruins have with Tim Thomas in 2011 and Tuukka Rask in 2014. 

Rask's win Tuesday gave props not only to him but the Bruins team as a whole.  

All and all, the duo of Rask and Patrice Bergeron will likely become the defined core of the Bruins in a couple years when Zdeno Chara retires and will likely produce a new captain of the Bruins to fill that void. These two men have leadership and gutsy skill that is almost unrivaled in the league right now. They never play for their own personal game, they do play for their team and above all they do play for the city that worships them. The NHL saw that as something admirable Tuesday night and thus responded by handing both Bruins huge recognition.

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Tim Thomas clubs Carl Soderberg in the head in 6-2 loss to Bruins: Former Bruin crossed line from self defense into brutality and poor sportsmanship

Loosing stings. Tim Thomas learned that from the first to the final horn of Tuesday's Bruins/Panthers game in Boston. But what stings more is getting clubbed in the head with the side of a goalie stick. Carl Soderberg learned that when Tim Thomas took a cheap shot at him with 3.2 seconds left in that same Bruins/Panthers game.

After the Bruins scored 6 goals, and made their former goalie look so bad that at one point in the 3rd period the sing song chant of "TAWW-MAS!" that rained down from the stands turn into one nearly incomparable to any other taunting this fan base has done in a while. While we can only speculate what Tim Thomas thought during the waning seconds of that game we know that he was no completely insulated from those chants, his skin was not so thick that those 6 goals did not get to him. He is an athlete and more so a competitor who no matter how sure of the fact that this team he currently plays on will not win the Stanley Cup hates to be beaten and then mocked like he was. But as the post-game interview dragged on, Tim Thomas said that the taunting, the goals already scored had nothing to do with it.  

"I didn't notice them in my crease more than any other teams and to be honest with you, nobody was really running into me until the end there." Thomas said before turning his answers to reporters’ questions to the subject of Carl Soderberg "Soderberg, you know, the play before that he did a hard jab and next thing you know, the puck is up in the air, catching it and his stick's in my throat. I mean, less than a minute left in the game, there up 4 goals, 6 to 2 I take exception to that"

And take exception to that he did. As Carl Soderberg came jumping into the crease charging for a 7th goal for Boston, Thomas caught the puck then reared back with his blocker/stick hand. Soderberg, who was still watching behind Thomas for the puck to come dribbling out had no clue even that the play was over. He was oblivious to Thomas' possession of the puck well, that is until the slash. With Soderberg just barely sliding through the crease, Timmy slammed the sharp side of his goalie stick right into the ear of Soderberg's helmet. Immediately felling Soderberg and causing him to writhe on the ground for nearly 5 seconds before getting back to his knees. 

Now frankly, Thomas has a history here but has never attacked someone on this level. As you may remember, Thomas of course got into that tussle in 2011 with Carey Price and then in those playoffs he slashed and then punched Alex Burrows in the leg after Burrows slashed him. In that incident in particular while the slash was pretty brutal for one it was not to the head as the Soderberg attack was and frankly he had a far greater reason to attack in that situation than he did Tuesday night solely because Burrows intentionally slashed Thomas in that case while Tuesday, Soderberg was going for the puck and accidentally connected with Thomas. 

Through all this, Thomas has never been suspended. But frankly, there is a first for everything. 

Tim Thomas lost his cool Tuesday night in Boston and he did so in a way that made this league look very bad. Unlike stuff like the Alex Burrows bite or even a discrete elbow check, this was a play that could be seen from the rafters, live TV or fairly conveyed through radio without need for further explanation or replay. If slashes like these go un-punished than they will continue and very quickly injuries will pile up. 

I have said it once and I will say it again, it is time to suspend Tim Thomas. 

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Bruins beat Tim Thomas and then beat him again in 6-2 Boston win over Florida: A look at one of Boston's most explosive 3 game stretches in years

I will say this, after enjoying my thrilling trip to a Bruins game Tuesday night, my voice has left the building. Why? Because when David Krejci scored with 2 minutes and 9 seconds left in Tuesday's game against the Panthers, that goal not only marked the 6th of the game but also the 18th Boston tally in the last 4 days. 

In 3 games, the Bruins have blasted 3 straight 6 goal games lifting their fans out of their seats and keeping them there as goals against 5 different goaltenders have proven that even after last off seasons overhaul, the statistics put up by the Bruins can be misleading. While they have not had a 30 goal scorer since 2011 and have had just 2 since the dawn of the Claude Jullian era, the Bruins remain a team that can tussle with the big boys not only physically but also on the score sheet. That mantra of play that goes against that of guys like Sidny Crosby and Evgeni Malken, Patrick Kane, Stephan Stamkos of Alex Ovechken, has been reflected not only in Tuesday's scorecard but in every one since this offensive assault began Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia.  

In these 3 games, Zdeno Chara has scored 4 times, Reilly Smith has netted 3, Patrice Bergeron, Jarome Iginla and Milan Lucic have all scored 2 goals while Loui Eriksson, Brad Marchand, Carl Soderberg, Shawn Thornton and David Krejci have all scored. If you lost count that is 9 different players combining to score 18 goals. By comparison, when the Pittsburgh Penguins notched their most productive 3 game stretch of the year back in November, their 14 goals, spread out over wins against the Leafs, Lightning and Panthers, were scored by just 6 different players. 

By pure strategic reasoning it is no secret that if a person were presented with the opportunity to score the same amount of goals with more players scoring those goals than less, the smart option would be to choose the more distributed option solely because it is harder to defend and set match ups to a 9 man attack rather than a 6 man attack. 

But the story last night was not that of the Pittsburgh Penguins unbalanced attack. No, rather it was a game of many facets, more complex than just a simple 6 goal onslaught of goals and just as thrilling as a 1-0 final would be…but for different reasons. Before the game even started, we knew what was coming, feisty Tim Thomas, who cited the Bruins 2013 cup run as the reason he returned to hockey was back on Garden ice for the first time since Game Seven of the 2012 ECQF match-up between the Bruins and Capitals. But now, the roles were switched. Since Timmy Thomas elected to forgo the 2013 season, he has been replaced in the hearts of Bostonians by the man who for so long waited for his turn to shine in such a hockey driven city. In this season alone, Thomas who, despite being the starter down in Florida, has backstopped his team to just 14 wins in 33 games has been by far the inferior goalie to Tuukka Rask and while he knew that and we knew that, coming into this game, Bruins fans remembered what Thomas meant to this team. Despite his quirks, despite the fact that he certainly is prone to saying controversial things, Tim Thomas was the biggest reason the Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 2011 and so we knew coming in to this one that there would be no disowning of the former star. 

Coming in, he deserved a cheer, and so we gave it to him, raising our unified voice to a roaring cheer as his name was introduced on the scoreboard prior to the game.  

But from there on, he was nothing, nothing more than the goalie who seemed to be lacking a little bit of the jump and agility that made him so unique in Boston. As Boston rode through the first minutes of the game, Boston dominated the neutral zone and actually tallied 6 shots before the Panthers even got one. Before long, those shots turned into a mid-period tap in by Milan Lucic and eventually what was originally deemed a tip in by the same Bruin. Also embedded within that 2 goal 1st period was a standing ovation given to captain and veteran defencemen Zdeno Chara when the Garden HDX scoreboard paid tribute to his 500th career NHL point scored Monday night in against the Islanders. As he gazed up at the scoreboard, and Tuesday's referee, Chris Rooney allowed the game to be put on pause for the moment, Chara finally smiled towards the camera that was pointed at him and gave a slight wave to the crowd that launched the arena into delirious cheering. 

But nonetheless, as fans flooded towards the bathrooms and concession stands, during the intermission break there was a scoring change that may have been missed by a few Bruins fans. The 2nd goal of the game, originally credited to Milan Lucic, was given instead to Zdeno Chara, a change that when Lucic scored his real 2nd goal of the game, 1 minute and 46 seconds into the 2nd period was not remembered by a few Bruins fans. As he wrapped the puck into the side of the net, many thought that this was his hat trick goal and so, as 4 or 5 hats fell to the ice, you could imagine the dismay when the reminder was made that this was goal number 2 not number 3. 

For the rest of the game that before long was one summarized entirely by the 4-0 lead held by Boston, it was no secret that quite a few people would have loved to see Lucic get a cheap goal from sitting in front of Tim Thomas and snag the hat trick for real this time. Long story short, that did not happen. But what did happen was a sudden surge by the Panthers that at one point cut the Bruins lead to 2 and seemed to say to the team hey, time to go out and score a few more!

They listened and even Shawn Thornton pitched in to grab his piece of the goal scoring pie, when he pulled off a miracle move that saw him pull he puck between 3 defenders legs and the roof it past Tim Thomas on the backhand shot. For a guy known for his fighting, this goal was something to be remembered as even when you think about last season’s penalty shot beauty scored by Thornton this might likely be the best goal of Shawn Thornton's career. At least Milan Lucic thinks so. 

"It will definitely be a highlight of the night around North America," Lucic said. "I would say for right now I would put it in the top three or four of goals of the month."

"It was awesome to see him do what he did there, and I know everyone had a good chuckle because we love seeing him score and get rewarded when he does. It almost seems like when he does score he gets the pretty ones, and that one was probably his prettiest since he’s been here on the Bruins."  

In a season dominated by the work of Tuukka Rask, and the unseen talents of Reilly Smith the Bruins big guys have taken center stage these past few games, scoring time and time again, pelting their opponents into submission and making their fans awake each morning with a bit of a soreness in the backs of their thoughts. 

Wait, I should not include that, I mean, too many goals: what a nice problem!

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Tim Thomas set to face Bruins tomorrow: A look at Thomas's brief career outside of the Bruins organisation

After 8 years of periodic and sometimes constant string of greatness in Boston, Tim Thomas left the town that had provided him with a Stanley Cup Ring as a disgraced man. Had Timmy retired following the Cup win or played out the last few years of his career without making headlines, the accusations of him being a quitter would never have surfaced. Sports fans have short and biased memories and while in some cases that can be a good thing when the last three memories a town has of you are negative, your legacy will likely be tainted.

Such was the case with Tim Thomas. 

When he announced via Twitter that he was set to take a 1 year sabbatical back in June to 2012, Thomas was just a few days removed from what for over a year would serve as the last moment of NHL action: that miserable sliver of OT action when Joel Ward potted a rebound and ended the Bruins Stanley Cup Defense.

That goal was not Tim Thomas' fault but as Bruins fans watched Thomas linger for just a second you ought to wonder: did he then understand that at that point his career might (by his choice) be over? But regardless of what he thought, it nearly was as after the Bruins fell just short in the finals Thomas eluded to the fact that Boston's Cup Run was one of the few factors that helped him in his decision to return to hockey.

“You know what really gave me the itch? Watching the playoffs,” Thomas was quoted as saying in an ESPN Boston report published back on September 17th “Actually, over the last season I didn’t watch hockey at all. But then when it came playoff time, I started to watch some hockey and it started to get the competitiveness juices flowing and I saw my former team, the Boston Bruins, and the success they had and I was so proud of those guys and what they did, what they accomplished last year, but it started to get the competitiveness juices flowing again.”

To that point, Tim Thomas had vanished in Colorado starting a real-estate business and doing just what he intended to do when he announced his hiatus. That is spending time with his family and reconnecting with friends he had lost while travelling with the Bruins.

But nevertheless, he eluded to the fact that the Bruins made him want to play again. Even when most everybody thought he was done playing pro hockey, Tim Thomas found within him the energy for 1 more year.

“I got tired and I needed a break,” Thomas said. “Now I’m energized and I’m looking forward to it. I feel great.”

9 days after that ESPN article was released, Tim Thomas signed a 1 year 2,500,000$ contract with the Florida Panthers.

From then on, Bruins fans counted down the days until they would get to play their former goalie again. But as they watched, it became clear that old Timmy was not the goalie he used to be. After allowing 2 goals in his Panthers debut back on October 3rd, Thomas was pulled in game two as he allowed 5 goals through the first 39 minutes of the game then he was yanked in game 3 after just 7 minutes in which he allowed 2 goals.

But nevertheless, when Tim Thomas returns to Beantown, it will without a doubt be fun...in a weird sort of way.

"Maybe we'll fight!" current goalie: Tuukka Rask said with a smile.

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The Mount Rushmore of Boston Sports: Bruins

Over the past few weeks, the NFL network has been compiling the "Mount Rushmores" of different teams, in reaction to that, I thought it would be fun to do a similar collection for different members of Boston's sports lore.

Bruins:

1) Bobby Orr: Number 4 Bobby Orr, has long been in the running for the title of greatest NHL'er in the history of the game. He scored the greatest goal in league history and actually led the league in scoring back in both 1969 and 1974.

2) Ray Borque: If it were not for Orr, Borque would be the greatest D-man in Bruins history. He played 21 seasons in the league and scored 395 goals before his desperate chase for a cup ring lead him out of Boston and off to Denver.

3) Tim Thomas: Oh Tim. All be it, his legacy was tainted by the fiasco that was his final year in Boston but simply going by his 2011 playoff performance alone, one would know that he is completely deserving of a spot on the Bruins Mount Rushmore. 

4) Patrice Bergeron: Fact is in this 2013 Patrice Bergeron completed then won perhaps the most historic comeback in the history of Boston Hockey. He has scored 153 goals as a Bruin and will undoubtedly end his career in Boston.

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Tuukka Rask erasing the pain of Tim Thomas' departure

In the wake of the Bruins Stanley Cup Finals loss to the Blackhawks in addition to now focusing more on the Red Sox, I will be periodically releasing general posts that I will put together into a recap of this 2012-2013 Boston Bruins Conference Championship season. Here is the first of those posts:

It seems like ages ago that after winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in 39 years “they pour on to celebrate with Tim Thomas their heroic goaltender” (Doc Emeric NBC). Yet in truth that gleeful day was only a mere 3 years ago. It seems like ages ago that Timmy dove to rob Marten St Louis in game seven of the 2011 conference finals yet in truth that was only 2 weeks before he won the cup in that same season 3 years ago.

Yet now after the ups and down of one of the most storied seasons in NHL history, Tim Thomas Jr is now nothing more than a distant memory. After all that has transpired, Bergeron’s epic clincher in game seven of the Toronto series, the excruciating pain of Chicago’s game six comeback in the Cup Finals. After so much triumph yet so many days of doubt and distaste, a new era of Boston goaltenders has been ushered in. Thomas is gone, but now no one really notices. In 2011 and 2012, fans would rise to their feet and scream “THOMAS!” now when a man, whose face lies shrouded behind the plastic and foam restraint of a goalie mask, when he robs an opposing shooter, the 17,000 faithful fans of their beloved Boston hockey team rise to their feet and yell “TUUUUUUKKA!”

Born 2 years after the Bruins won the cup in 1972, the only time Thomas saw the Bruins win the Stanley Cup was from the blue paint of the Rodgers center as he was a member of that historic team. Nevertheless, Thomas spent 6 years prior to that 2011 win with the Bruins as even though he was drafted by the Avalanche, his low status in the draft meant that he was transferred to the Bruins before he ever played in the Colorado Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques system.

Nevertheless, through those 6 years of Bruins goal-tending  all mighty Timmy won the Vesna not once but twice, as he went 196-121-45 through 378 career regular season games. Yet once the calendar flipped into 2012 Thomas seemed to throw all that down the drain all with a slew of controversy and strange habits. Less than 23 days after the first day in 2012 Thomas skipped on the traditional visit to the white house following a cup win stating.

"I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People. This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government. Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL. This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic. TT"

From that point on, Thomas was never the same as over the course of that quick 7 game exit at the hands of the Capitals he allowed 16 goals with a less then Thomas like 2.14 GAA. And that was not even all of it. Less than 2 weeks after the Joel Ward goal that eliminated the Bruins from playoff contention Thomas announced via Facebook that he planned to sit out the entire duration of this 2012-2013 NHL season.

So here was his chance, Tuukka Rask who had been waiting in the wings ever since his 2010 Bruins were bounced in the second round after the Flyers epic 3-0 series comeback, was going to be the starter yet as the lockout dragged on questions began to develop. “Is Tuukka Rask really the starter the Bruins need?” Nevertheless those questions soon evaporated as Rask dominated his opponents going 7 and 1 in the month of February playing 8 of his best games of his career that month. Yet from then on, Rask seemed to flop as he among the rest of his team literally fell apart in the ensuing month of March, going 4 and 7 allowing 24 goals and a less than perfect GAA of 2.18.

Yet much like he did to start the year, once the Bruins got out of the first round and marched into their second round Rangers series Rask literally set the league on fire as with the exception of a game 4 OT loss, Rask allowed just 6 goals through 4 games. Yet even then people still questioned Tuukka’s starting ability and while you could make that strange case then, Rask made anyone who doubted him look foolish as he and his team marched through the Conference Finals allowing just two goals against and posting not one but 2 shutouts.

It seemed the largest blemish in Rask’s spectacular postseason was when it mattered most. In that pivotal game 4 match-up in the cup finals, Rask allowed 6 goals against all in a game that should it have ended with a Boston win would have put Rask and company just one win away from winning the cup.

Fact is the bruins fell just 2 wins short of winning the cup this year and even when they watched tears welling in their eye’s as Chicago celebrated their 5^thChampionship in franchise history Bruins fans finally realized that these gut wrenching loses were not to be pinned on the likes of “Tuuuuukka”. Instead mighty Rask must be praised for what he did for the Bruins as without his calming presence on the back end, there is no way on earth these Boston Bruins would have done what they have these playoffs.

So after 69 games (including playoffs) in a season that for many teams ended after 48 matchups, here’s to a man who will finally get the credit he deserves. Here’s to screaming Tuuuuuuukaaaa for many years to come, here’s to the man between the pipes, here’s to Tuukka Mikael Rask

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