Is Tim Thomas a dominant, dynasty-type netminder?

[Craig2]

Complaining about Thomas' style is like complaining that you don't like the way Tim Lincecum twists his body when he pitches. Both are outside what people feel should be the norm, but both get results. Vezinas, Cups, Cy Youngs, World Series.

I will always take results over style.

[Wickabee]

Team effort??? They wouldn't have even made the Stanley Cup Finals without the play of Tim Thomas let alone win the Cup. I posted the stats above and those are stats of a dominant goalie. Also Tim Thomas is a good positional goalie but when things go wrong he something battles and scrambles into making spectacular saves.

No. The finals were a complete team effort by the Bruins. Thomas was a big part of that team, as every goalie should be, but he didn't do it by himself.

[MatsSundin13Rocks]

No. The finals were a complete team effort by the Bruins. Thomas was a big part of that team, as every goalie should be, but he didn't do it by himself.

They wouldn't even have made the Finals without Thomas and would have barely made the playoffs without him. The results and the stats don't lie and his stats are record breaking (highest SV% in NHL history since the stat was kept).

[Wickabee]

They wouldn't even have made the Finals without Thomas and would have barely made the playoffs without him. The results and the stats don't lie and his stats are record breaking (highest SV% in NHL history since the stat was kept).

And the Canucks wouldn't have got to the finals without Luongo. What's your point?

[OBOMBA]

Dom Hasek was no different. When he played technical and stayed square to the shooter, he was tough to score on, but people tend to remember his theatrics, good or bad.

Far too many using Roy as a comparison, a technically lousy goaltender, a big game playoff winner, but not a technically sound stopper.

good post, you seem to know a good amount of hockey