Tim Thomas is awesome

I'm going to do a wrap up post about the entire Caps/Bruins series and a preview as to what is to come for the boys in Red shortly. But for now, I have to give some quick props to Bruins' goaltender Tim Thomas. Say what you want about the guy, the Bruins, etc, but Thomas just became one of my favorite athletes on the planet. After giving up the series-winning goal to Joel Ward 2:57 into overtime, Thomas had to go through every hockey player's worst nightmare; being on the losing end of the post-series handshake line.

However, as Thomas was ending his business on the ice, the Bruins' all-star goaltender spotted a young child seated in the front row, crying over the loss. While most athletes would have immediately stormed off the ice in frustration of their season ending, Thomas skated over to where the boy was seated, gesturing to him that he should smile and waved to the boy.

For a guy who just gave up the season-ending goal on home ice, Thomas showed what a class act he is all around. Just another example of why hockey players are the greatest athletes on the planet, both on and off the ice. Timmy T - you can come play goal for the Caps anytime in my book… as Holtby's back-up…