Tim Thomas Traded To The New York Islanders

**Kessel_fan_87** · 02-07-2013, 05:28 PM

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=415479

**JVW** · 02-07-2013, 05:30 PM

Is this going to cut into DiPietro's playing time? lol

**collectorthornton** · 02-07-2013, 06:21 PM

gonna miss him in boston.

**centrehice** · 02-07-2013, 06:37 PM

Is he still shoveling snow instead of playing? Does he have to report this year? I didn't read the article.

**miscs75** · 02-07-2013, 07:31 PM

The trade is Tim Thomas for a conditional 2nd round pick. If Thomas reports, Boston gets the pick. Its not a bad move to eat cap space for the Isles.

**mooneyes** · 02-07-2013, 08:15 PM

Cap room for Bruins to sign....Iginla? Kinda sad Thomas flaked out on the Bruin's though,he was a game stealer and spectacular in the Cup winning play-off run.

**Wickabee** · 02-07-2013, 08:21 PM

Best goalie move the Islanders have made in a long time. That's the sad part.

**Flowerin09** · 02-07-2013, 08:50 PM

Just another cap loophole. Good thing we had a 3 month lockout to prevent these kind of things

**DeanCrandall** · 02-07-2013, 09:03 PM

It is a CAP room thing, but the Isles were already over the cap floor, so without drinking too much of Garth Snows kool aid, it might be a move to unload Visnovsky and/or Streit contracts before the trade deadline and still be above the cap floor. Also for us loyal fans a chance to finally unload the DP contract without having to sign some 4th liner on a contract for 4-5 million.

Right now for me it sure looks like CAP munipulation, and I challenge Snow to prove me wrong with a deal in the near future.

**Wickabee** · 02-07-2013, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by Flowerin09

Just another cap loophole. Good thing we had a 3 month lockout to prevent these kind of things

This is a case of one player acting like a tool and two teams using that to benefit. This isn't front loaded contracts. I don't see this becoming a normal thing. If you wanna be mad at anyone, be mad at Thomas for not reporting to the Isles (heard on TSN)