Hockey

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Originally Posted by shadows

SMC, I have read some posts at tsn.ca that call Tim Thomas 'Timmy the Tuna'. Why is it they call him that? He pretty much helped them reach the playoffs last year, and he certainly is not playing that badly this season either.

Why would any fans of Boston call a player that is playing well, a name that is obviously derogatory? I call Toskala names of course, but that is due to the fact that he sucks.

You're right that the name sounds derogatory, but it actually isn't. It derives from his rather unconventional style of defending the goal. The first nickname he got was "the flopper" -- and someone decided a tuna flopped and the "T" was a nice alliteration with "Tim".