Bruins Extend Tuukka—Can He Score?
Though their present is a shaky situation at best (12th place in the Wales), the Bruins made a move with an eye toward the future (again) by signing Tuukka Rask to a two year contract extension. As per Bruins’ policy, terms weren’t disclosed…even though they can be looked up online once the contract is filed with the league.
Starter Tim Thomas is already signed through the ’12-’13 season at $5M a whack, meaning the Bs will likely have about 6.5-7 million tied up in the crease for the two seasons after this one. If/when Rask emerges as bona fide #1, it’s not a stretch to assume the Bs would try to move Tank to a team in search of a proven starter and he wouldn’t have any trouble dumping a Vezina winner at that price. But let’s worry about scoring a goal first.
Barstool NY is making me throw up today.
Listen, if you were the B’s you would do the same thing. The smart thing would be to keep developing Rask because he should be the #1 in a year maybe two. You can go unload Timmy T somewhere else unless he starts to play like he did last year. Maybe if he stayed somewhere near the crease he wouldn’t be out of position so much and he could be more stable.
Can’t wait to hear my asshole brother say they should trade Thomas for Kessel.
They signed Thomas before he turned 35 so they can buy him out anytime during the 2010-2012 season’s for a fraction of his contract. I doubt Thomas is part of the team by the start of the 2011 season.
Seriously …. all done with the NY stool ….. there is no content worth reading over there …..
The Yanks won so I would expect a couple of blogs on the site, but it is getting ridiculous. JimmyD needs to be banned.
Great move by the B’s. They should have never signed Thomas for 4 years. Ya ya ya he won the Vezina last year but who cares, that was last year. Half the people in MA didn’t even know what the Vezina was until a Bruin won it. Unless you’re Martin Brodeur, you should never get a 4 year NHL contract as a goalie in the NHL. Rask is nasty…just watch.
JimmyD wont have anything to write about next week …..
when does the bruins season start?
i’ll be on 98.5 the sportshub in 9 seconds. Everyone listen
good move by the b’s. now lets hope they can get a win tonight, and maybe a goal or two.