During his best years between the pipes, Tim Thomas was seemingly the conductor of chaos as the Bruins’ last line of defense — scrambling, diving, and shifting all over the frozen sheet to turn aside volley after volley of vulcanized rubber.

These days are a lot less frantic for Thomas, with the 51-year-old Bruins great now spending most of his time living in Vermont.

“I live a pretty quiet life,” Thomas said Tuesday at the Sports Museum’s “The Tradition” awards ceremony. “I actually like that. I mean, not a lot of traffic where I’m at.”

A lot has changed over the years for both Thomas and the Bruins, who regained relevance in this market amid those years where Thomas served on a core anchored by other franchise greats like Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron.

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