Bruins Tried To Trade Tim Thomas To Flyers.
While the NHL season is suspended we're still seeing some transactions across the NHL.�
Prospects are being signed to their entry level contracts, players are being signed to extensions as well as teams negotiating with soon to be KHL free agents.�
There's action going on but with no hockey happening, we're also hearing stories from insiders and former GM's about moves that didn't happen but came very, very close.�
A�very interesting one popped up as Montreal Canadiens' insider�Martin McGuire revealed a trade�between the Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins that came very close to happening.�
McGuire revealed that back during the 2009-10 season, the Bruins had a deal in place to send goalie Tim Thomas to the Flyers.�
Tuukka Rask was emerging as a starter during the season and finished it with a 22-12-5 record along with a beautiful 1.97 goals against average.�
Luckily Thomas used his no trade clause to block the trade because of course the Boston Bruins went on to win the Stanley Cup during the 2010-11 season.�
McGuire didn't reveal what would have been coming back to Boston in the trade, but he did reveal another trade as the Flyers were desperately trying to find a goalie and tried to trade Claude Giroux to Florida for Craig Anderson.�
So it's feasible that they offered a young Claude Giroux to Boston for Thomas at the time.�
