Schubert back at Thrashers practice
Here is your early morning report from Thrashers practice. Your last for nearly a week. Team leaves today for New Jersey, Buffalo and Montreal with a stop in Elmira, Ontario for Dan Snyder event. They don’t return to Duluth until next Wednesday.
The early report is that Christoph Schubert is back and on the ice. We assume the “immigration problems” are taken care of. He has been off the ice for a few days so his status for the weekend games remains to be seen.
We had quite a few players on the ice already when I arrived a half hour before the start of practice. Colby Armstrong, Evander Kane, Bryan Little and Marty Reasoner are working on drills with Schubert at one end. Jim Slater and Chris Thorburn on the other end working with two goalies.
Judging by the practice jerseys, the skate will begin with special teams practice (Look, I learned my lesson!).
That’s all I have to offer so far. I will update after practice and interviews.
Thanks.
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Spud Webb
October 15th, 2009
10:05 am
First???????
Chris Vivlamore
October 15th, 2009
10:27 am
Ilya Kovalchuk is not at practice. I will find out and report back later.
Puck the Dawgs
October 15th, 2009
10:38 am
Chris, please come back on and tell he was not at practice because he was inking a new long term contract with the Thrash!!!!
STEVE
October 15th, 2009
10:59 am
IF and i’ll say it again IF Ilya is signing a new deal i’ll buy my season tickets today.
it really sucks sitting at home.
Russian
October 15th, 2009
11:01 am
No I do not think he sing contract. Probably he will take a brake and spend time with kids. They are going to big trip and come back at next Wendsday.
five_hole
October 15th, 2009
11:13 am
Based on Ilya’s first 3 games, I’m not sure he needs the practice.
J.B.
October 15th, 2009
11:20 am
damn. way to induce some panic chris. i’ll be hitting ‘refresh’ on my browser repeatedly until there’s an update!
J.B.
October 15th, 2009
11:29 am
Chris – How’s Antropov? He got tagged with a puck to (or near the) knee pretty hard yesterday right at the end of practice…
Toby
October 15th, 2009
12:01 pm
Yeah…here’s to hoping that he’s just in the proshop buying a new roll of tape or something…
Chris Vivlamore
October 15th, 2009
12:14 pm
No reason to panic. Kovy was just giving the day off for “personal reasons.” He’ll will make the trip. Nik Antropov also did not practice. He took a puck to the knee yesterday. Coach John Anderson said he won’t miss any time. Just a precaution.
Schroeder
October 15th, 2009
12:25 pm
Can I resume breathing again?
J.B.
October 15th, 2009
12:35 pm
Well, here’s to hoping his personal reasons are signing a big fat contract! With two kids and another on the way, I’d bet he’s spending the morning on family stuff. Either way, good for Kovy.
Toby
October 15th, 2009
1:13 pm
I’m guessing it’s a doc visit with the fam.
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October 15th, 2009
1:30 pm
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Telfo
October 15th, 2009
2:14 pm
the other day it was reported that Kovy is meeting with his agent in NYC during the trip…hopefully good things come out of that.
Chris Vivlamore
October 15th, 2009
2:32 pm
Did you guys notice who got the win – the team’s first – in goal for Chicago Wednesday night? Manny Legace.
Chris Vivlamore
October 15th, 2009
2:33 pm
Schroeder: Breath away my friend.
J.B.
October 15th, 2009
2:36 pm
Chris – Since you’re going to be travelling for the games this weekend, will you ask Kovy et. al. about the status and/or new developments in his contract negotiations? ESPN.com stated he was likely to meet with his agent who’s based in NYC on the roadtrip since he’ll be in the area…
Jason
October 15th, 2009
3:58 pm
Chris – Are you making the trip to Elmira as well?
Chris Vivlamore
October 15th, 2009
4:02 pm
Jason: Yes, I will be in Elmira. Looking forward to it. Look for the story on Sunday.
Chris Vivlamore
October 15th, 2009
4:02 pm
JB: On the “To Do” list. Thanks.
Dwayne
October 15th, 2009
5:11 pm
Thanks for the updates. Can’t wait for the puck to drop tomorrow night.
ranallo10 (in AT)
October 15th, 2009
5:24 pm
Vivlamore — A few blogs back I remember you said you’d ask Anderson about the faceoff situation…do you have anything to share? After listening to that next game I heard Kamal mention Little was taking defensive zone faceoffs for the first line, so I hoped to hear some of the “strategy” from coaches mouth about that.
Good stuff though, keep it up.
The Real Thrash
October 16th, 2009
7:17 am
Why are we the only team in the league with only 3 games played, while several teams have 7 games played?
Russian
October 16th, 2009
8:01 am
Do not worry about schedule. Everybody should play 82 games. Practice is good also it made chemistry between players.
Macon Braves (RIP)
October 16th, 2009
8:25 am
The Real Thrash….I’ve been wondering the same thing. What kind of dang scheduling has only 3 games played in the first two weeks most other teams have played twice as many games?
GaVaHokie
October 16th, 2009
8:37 am
I think it has to do with Disney on Ice being booked at Philips Arena… still seems like we could have gotten one more road game in there, but 6 games on the road to start the season is a bit much.
GaVaHokie
October 16th, 2009
8:45 am
Disney on Ice is going to Philly this weekend… the Flyers are about to have 6 days off. So, yes, I’d say other teams are effected.
http://flyers.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm
Toby
October 16th, 2009
8:46 am
JB
Do you have a link to the story on Kovy? I was just on the team page and the NHL page on ESPN and didn’t see it. Thanks.
J.B.
October 16th, 2009
8:53 am
Toby – Ask and ye shall receive!
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=burnside_scott&id=4553436
Burnside gives no indication of how he knows Kovy will meet with Grossman but there it is in black and white anyhow… Whether they meet or not, I’m not confident he’s ready to sign on the dotted line just yet. If they sweep the roadtrip and get the 6, I’ll feel alot better.
Toby
October 16th, 2009
9:09 am
Nice…thanks
Toby
October 16th, 2009
9:54 am
Maybe he left early for NY and wasn’t at practice??
Toby
October 16th, 2009
9:56 am
From BenThrashers:
Ilya Kovalchuk used his day off yesterday to fly to Buffalo to take care of some standard immigration paperwork.
Take care of that other paperwork please!!
Chris Vivlamore
October 16th, 2009
9:57 am
In the kill a rumor before it becomes rampant category: It’s going around Twitter that Kovalchuk and his agent were just in Buffalo. That much is true. As for a trade to the Sabres. Very false. Kovalchuk was in Buffalo to take care of immigration paperwork. That’s why he was not at practice Thursday.
Tim
October 16th, 2009
10:01 am
I hope all this extra time off between games is helping or at least not hurting the Thrash… it’s killing me!!!!
RS
October 16th, 2009
10:17 am
This immigration thing has something to do with crossing over into Canada doesn’t it? I seem to remember that Ilya did something similar in 2005 when he came back from Russia and his work visa had expired.
Chris Vivlamore
October 16th, 2009
10:24 am
Look for Pavelec in goal tonight and Hedberg on Saturday.
Toby
October 16th, 2009
10:24 am
I guess it’s news that he is with his agent though…
J.B.
October 16th, 2009
10:28 am
I don’t go to SI for hockey news very much as I think their coverage is pretty abysmal… however, Darren Elliot has an EXCELLENT article posted today featuring Slava Kozlov discussing the differences between hockeyin the Soviet Union years back and the NHL now.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/darren_eliot/10/13/russian.hockey/index.html#
GaVaHokie
October 16th, 2009
10:50 am
Great article, J.B…. thanks for sharing!
STEVE
October 16th, 2009
11:29 am
CHRIS
congratulations on the boulton story making to fox sports page.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/10207516/Don‘t-label-him-just-an-enforcer
Dwayne
October 16th, 2009
11:29 am
i just read the valabik article…what a laugh, all his hard work and focusing…it certainly didn’t show in his short pre season apperances.
Dwayne
October 16th, 2009
11:46 am
Little more than 7 hours till the puck drops. Beers in the fridge.
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1:04 pm
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2:52 pm
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Lee
October 16th, 2009
3:16 pm
oh pavelec, just too good to even let moosie start eh?? ah, im not concerned, actually im happy that he’s in the hot spot!
J.B.
October 16th, 2009
3:58 pm
Awesome articles about the Thrashers visit to Elmira to honor Dan Snyder this Sunday…
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4565774&name=lebrun_pierre
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=502375
The Earl of Bud
October 16th, 2009
5:18 pm
Geez I’ve just been following my fantasy team this whole time, forgot that Atlanta even had a team. Kovy to Buffalo, that would make people around here miserable for life. Is Slater sitting tonight? Kane gonna play with Peverley and Armstrong? What will the 3rd defense pair look like?
stendec
October 16th, 2009
9:58 pm
CONGRATULATIONS THRASHERS! It is so sweet to be 3-1. Pavs allowed two goals on hostile ice in New Jersey. Clinching shorthanded tally scored on willpower alone. Thrashers simply were not going to be denied! Glad to see that inner fire. Been missing for last several seasons. Memo to Sori Letemin: Take all the time you need to rest up from whatever phantom injury you claim. End of season preferably. Your services are no longer required! Even the staunchest KL apologists have to admit the Finn sieve would have allowed a minimum of three goals but more likely four or more. Am I not correct? Be honest people! Oh well. Too happy to gripe tonight. Getting set to watch replay! Good night all. Peace. ++STENDEC++
LAC
October 16th, 2009
10:25 pm
Yet another solid road game. First period was not very good, BUT
we adjusted, something we could never do before. We made NJ play OUR game and it showed.
30 SOG was not bad, but we got only 19.
Antropov/Little/Kozlov still having problems getting it going, but Antro really made a GREAT pass to Peverley and that was that.
I very much enjoyed the annoyed look on the face of Brouder Nice to see.
And yet another FLASH from NHL on The Fly… dave reid and Craig Button, had NICE things to say about Atlanta, what in the world is going on ???? Nice things from dave reid…. AMAZING !!!!
But we deserve it !
Need another solid effort in Buffalo, they are undefeated so far…