I went to a game at the Boston Garden one time between the Bruins and the Islanders and Billy Smith Carried his goalie stick like a Samurai Sword when he lead his team onto the ice. No one went near Billy Smith’s crease because they knew he was nuts. I think its funny how DaveK lectures us what is considered clean and not clean in today's game of hockey, when his team that he cheers for traditionally in the past has had on its teams some of the biggest hacks to every play the game of hockey (Ulfie, Cooke just to name a few).
The front of the goalie crease should be known as the kitchen (football language) and if you go dancing around the goal crease and act like a total ass you should get slashed or hit. Tim Thomas is far from being a d-bag and is a solid citizen in my opinion. DaveK and a few others don’t like him because he failed to kiss Obama’s ass and he spoke his mind, in other words he exercised his first amendment rights which are afforded to him under the constitution. God forbid we have free thinkers in today game of hockey.
If Thomas had done this to George W. Bush he would probably been hailed as a great mind.