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Thrashers Lock up Big Buff, but Playoffs Far from Lock
Today was a fairly historic day for the Atlanta Thrashers hockey franchise as the team announced a 5-year, $26 million contract extension for cornerstone defenseman, Dustin Byfuglien, thereby removing one small shred of doubt concerning the ownership syndicate’s commitment to hockey in Atlanta, at least for the short-term future. Does this decision to lock up [...]
Thrashers Capitalize on “Pavelectric” Performance, Cling to 8th Seed at Break
There are big games and then there are even bigger wins. The Atlanta Thrashers earned the biggest win of their season last nite on the strength of a solid defensive effort and the brilliant shutout performance of goaltender Ondrej Pavelec, who stopped all 36 shots the Washington Capitals threw his way. While it may have [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 47: Lightning 3 – Blue Jackets 2 SO “Stamkos Nets Two” Superstar Steven Stamkos netted two goals (one on the power play) and Ryan Malone scored in the fourth round of the shootout to lead the Lightning past the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 Tuesday night. Stammer has at least one goal in three consecutive [...]
Thrashers Reeling from Injuries, Season on the Brink
As the Atlanta Thrashers play their second game within 22 hours down in Tampa Bay, FL against their favorite divisional tormentor, the Lightning, I have been crunching some numbers to see how dire things have become for the slumping Ice Birds. After losing yet again in the shootout to the New York Rangers last nite [...]
The Skating Wounded
Perhaps the Dolans should change Madison Square Garden’s acronym from MSG to MASH. The Rangers managed to rebound from a poor defensive effort in Carolina and came from behind twice to defeat the Atlanta Thrashers 3-2 in a shootout Saturday night. Wojtek Wolski (with his 3rd since coming over from Phoenix) and Brian Boyle (continuing [...]
Thrashers Wonder if Season Can Turn in Just 44 Seconds
Monday nite in Sonrise, FL, nestled between the Everglades and Sawgrass Mills Parkway, the Bank Atlantic Center’s modest crowd of 11,500 watched in shocked horror as their Panthers fell prey to a quick-striking Thrashers team that leapt from the depths of their own darkening swamp to chomp down on a share of the regulation lead [...]
LA Kings – Five Years Ago Today
Five years ago today the Kings played what would normally be a throw away game on the schedule, one vs. the Atlanta Thrashers. It turned out to be anything but…and Luc Robitaille was in the eye of the storm.
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 44: Lightning 3 – Capitals 0 “Solid Defense” The Tampa Bay Lightning (26-13-5) made the Washington Capitals look ordinary and downright ineffective on Wednesday night. Bolts backstop Dwayne Roloson made 23 saves and shutout the Capitals for the second time in nine days, 3-0. The Lightning’s defensive effort was, in a word, spectacular. The [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Examining a recent list of possible trade deadline candidates
With the NHL’s February 28th trade deadline now less than six weeks away some pundits and bloggers have taken to posting lists of possible trade candidates. Michael Stuart of The Bleacher Report offered up his take, listing “10 All-Stars Most Likely to be Dealt”. A few names on the list, like New Jersey’s Jason Arnott, [...]
Are the Thrashers broken? Or just “enjoying” their mid-season funk?
Greetings from “Snowlanta“, Georgia, THE southern capital of ill-preparedness when it comes to battling the elements of snow and ice. For several days I have been trapped in my apartment due to an unusual phenomenon in which a rare snow event is complicated by the subsequent injection of freezing precipitation into the mix to form [...]
Thrashers Almost Mid-Year Report…and Other Stuff
Greetings and salutations hockey world! Or more specifically Thrasherville as I doubt there are that many non-Thrashers fans perusing my posts. But if you’re just a hockey fan doing a drive-by, thanks for the page view!! Anyway, what am I here for? Well, as the title might indicate, my mid-year report and recap of the [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 33: Lightning 5 – Hurricanes 1 “A Night of Milestones” Martin St. Louis had a goal and two assists to lead the Lightning (19-10-4) to a 5-1 blowout win over the Carolina Hurricanes last night at the St. Pete Times Forum. The win was Tampa Bay’s fourth straight and extended their best start in [...]
Thrashers look for JOLT! Start busy week hosting Bolts
As the NHL resumes action after a two-day Christmas respite, the Atlanta Thrashers look to avoid their first 3-game losing streak since the middle part of November (11/17 to be exact) when they welcome in division rival Tampa Bay, who boasts a games-in-hand lead over the Washington Capitals for the top spot in the division [...]
Canucks Top Blues | Take on Thrashers in a TV-less Showdown
There is one important tidbit of information I would like to pass along before disceting the Blues loss to Vancouver and discussing the game in Atlanta. I encourage all Blues fans, hockey fans and supporters of all good news who have a Twitter account to follow @IansBlueLiners. It’s the Twitter account for St. Louis Blues [...]
Will Carlton the Bear be Applauding Later Tonite?
(Photo Courtesy of Monika of LeafSpace.com) Good evening folks! Time for something a little different: an actual gameday preview post!! Aren’t you excited? Okay, didn’t think so. But I did pull together a few tasty morsels of information on which you can chew until the puck drops in just over an hour. Tonite, the Atlanta [...]
Mister Levenson, TEAR DOWN THIS CURTAIN!!
On the morning after the Atlanta Thrashers dismissed the New Jersey Devils with a resounding statement of renouncement, and as the beleaguered Blueland Nation savors the spoils of this brief, but glorious triumph over some rather beguiling franchise demons, we must now pause to reflect on what this victorious battle means for the future of hockey in Atlanta. [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 31: Lightning 2 – Thrashers 1 SO “Smith Answers The Critics” Lightning goaltender Mike Smith gave up a shorthanded, short-sided goal to Atlanta’s Rich Peverley at 13:56 of the opening period and you could feel the Lightning fans mutter, “Here we go again” in frustration. After all, Smith was playing in his first game [...]
Are Thrashers Trying to Breed Excitement with “Thoracic” O.T. Triumphs?
Last time I posted a blog, I was exhorting my readers (and followers on twitter) to spread the word about the Thrashers‘ recent play as well as their bellwether prospects for a good season. Slowly but slowly (that’s not a typo!), the bandwagon is starting to gain some momentum. However, the Thrash-wagon did get bogged [...]
The Captain’s In, So Who’s Out?
New York Rangers captain Chris Drury got the all clear Sunday on his finger that was re-broken in the October 15th home opener against Toronto. Today he was practicing on the fourth line with Todd White, Erik Christensen and Sean Avery, and it looks like he will be in the lineup when the Rangers take [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 28: Lightning 2 – Flames 4 “Sleep Walking” The Lightning started their three game western swing by sleeping through the first 20 minutes against the Calgary Flames. Tampa Bay played better in the final two periods but had dug themselves too deep a hole to climb out of as they lost 4-2. The Flames [...]
