I would be really cautious about expecting above-average results from Thomas if he ends up playing for a team with a lesser quality defense than Boston (which means pretty much every other team in the league).
It would seem he was already in rapid decline in the second half of last season, managing only a 2.65 GAA and .906 SV% from January 1 forward. Granted, he won 19 of 35 games played in that stretch, but those peripherals really stink.
Perhaps the White House controversy played into it, and he can recover his form without that type of distraction, but I'm not so sure.
Having said all that, I did scoop him up in this summer's supplemental drafts in both my keeper leagues...no harm in seeing what happens if you have the bench space.
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10 team roto, Keep 17 + 45 farmers (Farm GP limits 246 F, 328 D and 200 G). Dress 9F 5D 1Ut 2G (G A +/- PPP PIM SOG W SV% GAA)
F- Kovalchuk Spezza Skinner Tavares Williams M. Richards Brown Hartnell Bergeron Simmonds
D- Ehrhoff Franson Suter Wisniewski Goligoski
G- Ward Lehtonen
Bench: Pavelec Thomas Doan Pronger Simmonds Carle Hornqvist Whitney
Farm highlights: Orlov Armia Puempel Kucherov Josi Weal Hamonic Rodin Muzzin McNabb Salak Dubnyk Bachman Dumba Ceci Dansk Maatta Gaunce
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