During his best years between the pipes, Tim Thomas was seemingly the conductor of chaos as the Bruins’ last line of defense — scrambling, diving, and shifting all over the frozen sheet to turn aside volley after volley of vulcanized rubber.
These days are a lot less frantic for Thomas, with the 51-year-old Bruins great now spending most of his time living in Vermont.
“I live a pretty quiet life,” Thomas said Tuesday at the Sports Museum’s “The Tradition” awards ceremony. “I actually like that. I mean, not a lot of traffic where I’m at.