When Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender, Jack Campbell, started playing his way into a starting role last season, there were a lot of nay sayers. Many hockey fans said he was too old. Some said he was a late bloomer.
It reminded me of the strange career of another fairly recent “too old, late blooming” Michigan born goaltender, Tim Thomas. Sure there are a lot of differences between the Toronto Maple Leafs starter and the former Bruins great, but there are a lot of similarities too.
Tim Thomas was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the ninth round (217th overall) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.