Greatest Moment of the 2010-11 season: Thomas vs. ummm Thomas

by Dave Carignan on Sep 8, 2011 11:30 AM EDT in 2010-11 Player Report Cards

Today's second round moments have Tim Thomas going against well, Himself. You all voted for the highway robbery on goon Steve Downie as well as Thomas sending Henrik Sedin packing. These two moment will be buried in the back of the minds of Bruins fans for eternity. These are the types of moments that will be seen on highlight reels for years to come.

It wasn't a big surprise that the check on Henrik Sedin beat out Nathan Horton pouring the Boston water on the enemy ice. What was a surprise was the amount of votes for each were not even close. Thomas gained more than double the votes as Horton. Apparently people love to see a soft Sedin brother thrown to the ice by a goalie.

Tim Thomas runs over Henrik Sedin 6/6/11 (via NHLVideo)

The heroic run that Tyler Seguin produced during the Eastern Conference Finals really was no match to the save made by Thomas. Once again the tallies were not even close with another Thomas landslide. The rookie could have had two hat tricks in a row and still may have lost to just another save in the life of Tim Thomas. This may be the hardest match up of this whole segment. How do you pick one over the other!?

Tim Thomas save of the year on Downie 5/23/11 1080p HD (via dafoomie)

Poll

Which is the better moment?

5 Thomas' save on Steve Downie in game 5

168 votes

8 Thomas checking Henrik Sedin

158 votes

326 votes | Poll has closed

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Man, this is so hard to choose. Both were incredible saves, and both were important. Probably gonna go with trucking one of the Sedin girls because fuck Vancouver.

by Shelby Lefebvre on Sep 8, 2011 11:57 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Love them both, but in the grand scheme of things, one was significantly more important. Don’t get me wrong, I like seeing our goalie being more of a man than the “league MVP,” but that save was ridiculous, at an important point in the playoffs. If memory serves me correctly, the Thomas hit was in game 3, when it was out of reach. The ridiculous glove save (which I have a T-shirt of) came during the Tampa series, in which every single goal in every single game counted. Gotta go with the save.

by BlueNGoldBomber on Sep 8, 2011 11:59 AM EDT reply actions

The save was a once in a lifetime, physics-defying, “How the F did that happen?!?!” moment.

The Sedin hit was a Sedin living up to his reputation.

The save wins.

by Arenacale on Sep 8, 2011 12:04 PM EDT reply actions

They were both great, but I had to go with Timmy hitting Sedin. They’re like my children, it was so hard to choose one over the other!

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Sep 8, 2011 1:13 PM EDT reply actions

Going hit, definitely. Love me some crazy goalie antics

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 8, 2011 1:22 PM EDT reply actions

Both just put each of those teams in there place really

but ill take that sweet hit that just sum’s up naaa this is our cup child bow before ZOD!

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by Losted125 on Sep 8, 2011 1:29 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

^ this.

it scared the crap out of the Sedins.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Sep 8, 2011 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Thomas against Thomas-no fair-too hard to choose.

I could watch that hit on Sedin over and over again, but the Downie save was absolute awesome.

I went with the Sedin hit due to the entertainment, but in terms of importance the Downie save takes the day.

by TCL40 on Sep 8, 2011 3:05 PM EDT reply actions

I agree, the save was crazy-important, but I think the hit put the Sedin boys in their place as well. Shit got cah-razy!

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Sep 8, 2011 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Got to go with the hit on the Sedin sister. It was my second favorite moment to the end of game 7 of the Cup finals marking the winning of the Cup.

The Sedins and their diving was getting on my nerves, and when Timmy laid her out…it had me rolling.

by Chris M on Sep 8, 2011 7:19 PM EDT reply actions

What made me laugh more was the dive-with his legs straight up in the air like baby waiting for a diaper change.

That hit makes me laugh. The whining about how mean Thomas was to make the hit was also funny.

by TCL40 on Sep 9, 2011 7:09 AM EDT up reply actions

I think the hit was a huge part of the momentum shift of the whole finals

Don’t get me wrong. The save was unworldly, significant and truly awesome.

Actually, I question the seeding of these two events :)

by CelticPride on Sep 8, 2011 10:38 PM EDT reply actions

I feel the same way. Both were VERY important.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Sep 9, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions

The hit was the moment the Canucks realized there was nothing they could do: Timmy would get the best of them.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Sep 9, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions

I definitely think Timmy was in their heads. It was kind of funny to watch them try to get into his, but the more I think they tried to get into Timmy’s head the more he shoved it down their throats and got into theirs.

That hit was made of awesome. It was a risky move, but one worth taking considering where the series went from there.

by TCL40 on Sep 10, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions