Thomas, 29, skated to IHL championships with the Komets in 2009 and 2010 and led Fort Wayne during the 2009-10 regular season with 33 goals. Last season Thomas posted 18 goals, 27 points and 70 penalty minutes in 50 games. During his Fort Wayne career of 182 games Thomas has amassed a total of 78 goals, 61 assists and 139 points. The Toronto, Ontario native has been the recipient of the Komets' Mr. Hustle Award in 2008-09 and was named Unsung Hero for 2009-10. Thomas will be entering his ninth career year since making his pro debut with Flint in the UHL in 2003-04 following a Continental Elite Hockey League championship with Detroit in 2002-03 when he led the Lightning with 42 goals and 84 points in 50 games. The Komets' preseason roster grows to 22 players with the addition of Thomas and includes 13 forwards, eight defensemen and one goaltender.
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I didn't cry over LaPointe because from what I saw he hustled when he was on the ice all the time. Even getting off the ice. Thomas took his sweet time getting to the bench when his shift was over and it got old real fast. I hope he sticks to his word and is fired up all season and hustles his arse off. But I will agree it would be fun seeing LKS, Thorne and Leo on same line if Leo's not blowing smoke.
If Leo goes onto the 3rd line....
Lapointe is done.
No way Lapointe is higher than a 3rd liner.
I have re-thought the lines:
Chaulk, Smith, APOD
Leo, PC, Auger
Lapointe, Thorne, Schrock
Krug, ????
Somebody give Hit a Xanax. He's gone off the deep end again! 78 postings in one day is a new track record! The lines are all running together because he's lost it -- and there's STILL TWO MONTHS to go before training camp! Look out belooooooooowwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!
Oh. Please no another year of pc and leo on same line will lead to kometfans walking into traffic again as someone stated earlier why we let a guy like OC go and bring backa. Worthless vet leo back makes zeron sense he is younger version of jim duhart
Just took 3.
Burgee needs to buy foo foos.
Everything will be all right.
Blake loves the traffic.
You guys need to take some emotion out of it and relax. Look we have 7 guys signed who will probably make it and a group of others that maybe 1 will. Chaulk, Thomas, droun, smith, auger, lapointe and schrock. And lapointe is not a given. So that leaves 3-4 more spots left. I'm willing to bet the frankes will get someone to score the goals everyone wants. We still have room for 2 scoring forwards, whom they said their talks now center around, and a guy like Thorne and maybe even one more. I think we would be a pretty good looking team if they get those guys. You just have to be patient and realize that our goal scorers are probably gonna be young guys who get cut from ahl deals. They've said all along they are gonna go younger and those players don't sign right away in this league. We got aquino late late.
And all this Evansville talk, maybe I'm the only one not seeing it but they aren't all that right now. Trob, bicek, lindberg and o'connor. And im being generous in putting oc in those other 3 players league
The voice of reason. LOL
I typed alot here, but deleted it. I will just ignore this one.
JR can tackle this one.
Reiter's going to COACH overseas.....not play reiterfan. And Nick will be fine with or without a guy to push him. The season he was runner up for league MVP he basically had no consistent backup all season due to injury....and that was his best season as a Komet
Mitch Woods has resigned with the Komets dontcha know!