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Chad Finn: Respect Tuukka Rask’s decision, even if its timing wasn’t ideal

Tuukka Rask, the winningest goalie in Bruins history and a current Vezina Trophy finalist still on top of his game at age 33, makes a staggering decision to check out of the NHL bubble and apparently the season, his team learning of his choice hours before a pivotal playoff game.

It was a weird plot twist even in a year in which weird plot twists are a daily feature. And yet when the sun went down in Toronto, it felt like we’d just experienced one of the most galvanizing days of hockey in recent Bruins lore.