Five years after his retirement from the NHL, former goalie Tim Thomas described what he has gone through since leaving the game due to concussions.
"I couldn't communicate with anybody for a few years," Thomas said Thursday, per Emily Kaplan of ESPN. "I didn't call my dad. I didn't talk to anybody. There was a time period, yeah, where I hated the game, so to speak. I didn't sit there and [say] 'I hate it.' My rebound effect was like, this wasn't worth it."
Thomas suffered a brutal concussion in December of 2013, which continued to affect him for years.