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Thomas tonight

Email|Link|Comments (5) Posted by Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff October 9, 2008 02:03 PM

Tim Thomas will start the season opener. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff)

Tim Thomas will start in goal against the Avalanche tonight.

* Claude Julien scrubbed the morning skate. Only Andrew Alberts, Petteri Nokelainen, and Manny Fernandez are on the ice.

* The last time the Bruins cancelled their morning skate was before Game 1 against Montreal, which the Bruins lost by a 4-1 score.

* Looks like Patrice Bergeron will be the only alternate captain tonight. Will get confirmation on that before the game.

Because there was no skate, here's a guess at tonight's lineup:

P.J. Axelsson	Marc Savard	Michael Ryder
Marco Sturm	Patrice Bergeron	Phil Kessel
Blake Wheeler	David Krejci	Chuck Kobasew
Milan Lucic	Stephane Yelle	Shawn Thornton

Zdeno Chara	Aaron Ward
Andrew Ference	Dennis Wideman
Mark Stuart	Shane Hnidy

Tim Thomas

Manny Fernandez

tags Patrice Bergeron, Tim Thomas

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5 comments so far...

>> * The last time the Bruins cancelled their morning skate was before Game 1 against Montreal, which the Bruins lost by a 4-1 score.

Well, based on this logic, the last time the Bruins HAD a morning skate before a meaningful game was Game 7 vs Montreal, and they lost that game by a bigger margin...

Posted by Big Jim October 9, 08 02:26 PM

Hahahah good point Big Jim.

Posted by AL October 9, 08 03:17 PM

I don't really see any correlation between the two, Fluto.
Let's just hope they get their season off to a good start; either way, the morning skate will have had no bearing on the result.

Posted by Pete H. October 9, 08 04:45 PM

You know, on paper you'd think those first three lines able of putting up a lot more goals than people are giving them credit for. Two guys who have scored 30+ goals, three who have scored 20+, and another in Kessel who could put up 30+ if he keeps the intensity he showed after his benching in the playoffs. Let's hope Julien can get the most out of these guys!

Posted by bouncer617 October 9, 08 06:24 PM

im upset Sobokta isnt in the line up. he has earned his spot here

Posted by Richie October 9, 08 07:08 PM