Since Tim Thomas made the personal decision to erase his net presence in Boston this season, Tuukka Rask has finally been handed the reins.
His patience has paid off, his time to shine is upon the horizon, and I’m very confident that he will excel.
The Boston Bruins made a keen depth move by signing Elitserien Champion Niklas Svedberg to an entry-level contract last week. The deal came just days before Tim Thomas elected to take a year off from hockey, so while an American waved goodbye to the B’s, a Swede was already waving hello.
Boston has a legitimate cornucopia of goalies now; the organization has natives hailing from Finland, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Canada, USA (Zane Gothberg) and Norway (Lars Volden).