The Real Tim Thomas at the 2009 Vezina Awards

In the midst of winning the 2009 Vezina Award, Tim Thomas teared up when I asked him about the chance to play in the Olympics in 2010. He said that it was an "older dream actually than the NHL." Now he is in the Stanley Cup Finals. Stand by for the answer to where that ranks.

Make the jump for the video...

Tim Thomas Discusses the Eastern Conference Finals Match with the Tampa Bay Lightning (Transcript)

This was a post that was supposed to go up yesterday but was delayed by the Blogger outage. The NHL had a conference call on Thursday with Boston's Vezina nominated goalie Tim Thomas.

Make the jump to see the transcript in its entirity provided by NHL Media Services...