As the defending Vezina Trophy winner, Tim Thomas has been rightfully accorded every opportunity to recapture the magic touch that turned opposing pucks into harmless chunks of vulcanized rubber last season. Tuukka Rask , Thomas’s primary competitor for ice time, has had no problem with that approach. (Full article: 695 words)

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