The Career of Chris Thomas

[Madman55]

Contract Talks

Well, Bryan Murray called me again today. This time he said he'd like to talk to me about a contract. He asked if I had an agent. I said I did, and I'd bring him. "When should I be there?" I asked. Murray said I should be there for 1:30 with my agent

1:30 PM, Next Day

My agent, Tomas Willis and I walked into Bryan Murray's office. He said hello to me and Tomas. He started by saying Chris is a very talented defensemen who be a vital asset to our team. We would like to give him a 1 year, $250,000 2-way contract. Tomas negotiated. I ended up with a 1 year $295,000 2-way. Mr. Murray promptly dismissed Tomas from the room, but told me to stay a bit longer - he told me that I would be in Ottawa for the preseason. I would be started on the 2nd pairing.

*preseason won't be any big recaps, or long entries. more less just the score and who scored, etc.*

Our preseason schedule was alot of division matchups:

Toronto (7-3W)
@Montreal (4-1W)
@Boston (4-1W)
Atlanta
@New Jersey
Buffalo
@Toronto
@Vancouver
Dallas
Montreal

[shinderhizzle84]

how do you know what your contract information is? I can't seem to find that on mine!!

[Madman55]

I don't. I just made it up.

[shinderhizzle84]

o ok, lol. because i saw another person's BAP on here who also had their contract information up, so when i saw yours i assumed there was some way to get to it.

i guess he made it up, too.

can't wait for more updates, dude!!

[Madman55]

Preseason Game 1 - vs Toronto

Jason Spezza leads offensive assault over rival Leafs

Scoring summary:
First Period -
OTT Heatley (Alfredsson, Smith) 1-0 OTT
TOR Ponikarovsky (Kulemin, Kubina) PP 1-1 TIE

Second Period:
TOR Ponikarovsky (Kulemin, White) PP 2-1 TOR
OTT Spezza (Alfredsson) 2-2 TIE
OTT Alfredsson (Heatley, Campoli) PP 3-2 OTT
OTT Spezza (Ruutu, Thomas) SH 4-2 OTT

Third Period:
OTT Spezza (Heatley, Smith) 5-2 OTT
OTT Spezza (Phillips) 6-2 OTT
TOR Mitchell (Blake) 6-3 OTT
OTT Neil (Volchenkov) 7-3 OTT

3 Stars:
1) Jason Spezza (OTT) 4g 0a
2) Dany Heatley (OTT) 1g 2a
3) Daniel Alfredsson (OTT) 1g 2a

Chris Thomas perspective: Well, I picked up my first point on a Jason Spezza goal. It was a shorthanded breakaway. I heard some slight boos and cheers when my name was annonunced on the assist. It was certainly made easier by being paired with Anton Volchenkov. Our top line was really impressive tonight. Picking up 10 points between the 3 of them. Hopefully we can play like this again in Montreal.

[GoldenJet]

It'll be hard in Toronto with the last name Thomas (Steve Thomas) but I know you can do it. And I'm not sure if this was on purpose, but you said Stamkos was drafted by the Rangers??

[Madman55]

Quote: Originally Posted by Madman55

My phone vibrated. It was a TSN update - The Tampa Bay Lightning had traded there first overall pick to the New York Rangers.

And that's why stamkos is a Ranger.

[GoldenJet]

But why would Tampa Bay do something so stupid.