Thomas: Trade reports are 'fictitious'

This would refute some of the rumors about Thomas going to the Chicago Blackhawks. I was not aware that Thomas has a no trade clause in his contract. I like Tim Thomas and he hasn't had any goal support this season and Rask is hot right now but Timmy was one of the best goalies in the NHL last season.

BRANDON, Fla. – Tim Thomas’ family has heard all of the trade rumors, and – worst of all – that he might be headed to the Chicago Blackhawks.

Never mind the fact that Thomas has a full no-trade clause for the first three years of his four-year deal, or that the Blackhawks have no interest in making such a trade with the Bruins. Once the whisper campaign begins, it can turn concrete enough that no amount of facts can get in the way of juicy rumor.

Thomas told CSNNE.com he "won't respond to something that's completely fictitious" and thus won't address trade rumors that have kicked up with the Vezina Trophy winner.

Thomas moved his parents from the Flint, Mich., area to Boston prior to the 2009-10 season and bought a house in the North Shore with his wife and children, planting roots in the city where he made his bones as an NHL goaltender. He has no reason, or desire, to waive his no-trade and uproot his family.

A hockey source confirmed with CSNNE.com that nobody – Bruins or otherwise -- has approached Thomas about potentially waiving his no-trade clause, and that isn’t likely to change anytime soon. Perhaps something gets revisited in the summer, when the Bruins are in a better position to shed salary cap baggage given their abundance of quality draft picks, but there’s no way something will happen with the B’s goalie this season.