Down to one group currently negotiating to keep Thrashers in Atlanta
There is currently just one group in active negotiations with the Atlanta Spirit interested in purchasing the Thrashers and keeping the franchise in Atlanta.
The group, not from Atlanta, is working with team president Don Waddell. A deal is not imminent, according to Waddell.
“My job is to try to find a buyer who will keep the team in Atlanta,” Waddell told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “As long as they keep taking my phone calls, I’ll keep working.”
Earlier this month, Waddell was dealing with two prospective buyers, neither local, to keep the Thrashers in Atlanta.
Negotiations also continue between Atlanta Spirit officials and True North Sports and Entertainment on a deal to purchase the Thrashers and relocate to Winnipeg. Such a deal is also not imminent, however an agreement would likely need to be reached in the near future to accommodate relocation.
An exclusive negotiating agreement has not been signed allowing multiple on-going negotiations.
“As has been the case, I cannot comment on who we are talking to or the status of those discussions,” Atlanta Spirit co-owner Bruce Levenson said.
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324 comments Add your comment
G52PlM228
May 19th, 2011
8:51 pm
sorry talking to complicated for atlanta folk
G52PlM228
May 19th, 2011
8:52 pm
did you guys see that Dukes of Hazzard movie yet ?
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
8:55 pm
you would expense the acquistion costs you would not capitalize them to the balance sheet. i am telling you that right now. cheaper now under Canadian accounting rules.
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
8:56 pm
you atlanta folk be dumb
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
8:56 pm
retarded hicks
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
8:58 pm
idiots
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
8:58 pm
Bo Duke lost the car in Uncle Jessie’s shed. You inbreds.
G52PlM228
May 19th, 2011
8:58 pm
arizona ownz
thrasherdawg
May 19th, 2011
8:59 pm
The article’s title “Atlanta’s Hopes Dwindle” so we are only negotiating with one company to keep the Thrashers here. Two days ago there was no one…this is good news isn’t it?
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
8:59 pm
peace
G52PlM228
May 19th, 2011
9:01 pm
no , you had 2 local ownership groups before. read the f’n article
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:01 pm
NY and NJ holla
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:07 pm
2 local groups The Balkin and Lil John
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:08 pm
ASG owner leasing and financing available
G52PlM228
May 19th, 2011
9:09 pm
no wonder bettman prefers glendale over atlanta
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:09 pm
glendale has a nice temperature
James
May 19th, 2011
9:10 pm
Good luck on finding an owner who wants to loose millions on a hockey team in Atlanta.
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:13 pm
ownz arizona holla
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:14 pm
read the article James good luck to you DA
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:14 pm
did you read the article? Glendale is not Winnipeg.
G52PlM228
May 19th, 2011
9:15 pm
Yotes rule.. thrashers don’t even exist anymore
Wienerpeg Trolls
May 19th, 2011
9:15 pm
…..are complete idiots.
Donovan McNubb
May 19th, 2011
9:17 pm
Go away, troll.
Long live the Atlanta Thrashers!
G52PlM228
May 19th, 2011
9:19 pm
thrashers had to be sacrifices so the coyotes may live
deal with it
Fan
May 19th, 2011
9:21 pm
The NHL has become such a joke, begging for fan support in the southern US and changing the game into a dog and pony show with shootouts and a parade to the penalty box. Thankfully it is May and I can golf and forget about this joke league.. I will read about who won the Cup and worry about hockey when it snows. I can’t believe Thrasher fans would try to rally to keep the team,, it never works whether it is 10 people or 10 thousand.. Morally bankrupt owners and bailouts.
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:23 pm
the Yotes howl at the full moon with blood in their teeth and mouth
Get The Puck Out
May 19th, 2011
9:24 pm
G52…Don’t go away mad just go the he double hockey sticks away.
We're Hosed
May 19th, 2011
9:25 pm
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/atlanta-thrashers-moving-to-winnipeg/article2029179/
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:27 pm
i told you now read the article. the Yote is hungry and drinks a thrashers blood
We're Hosed
May 19th, 2011
9:27 pm
from the link i posted: But sources in Winnipeg suggest that the Thrashers had in fact been the primary target of potential owners Mark Chipman and David Thomson all along, and that some months back, the NHL board of governors quietly approved the sale and transfer of the team, pending the negotiation of a purchase agreement between Atlanta Spirit LLC, the Thrashers’ owners, and True North.
Some Months BACK!!!! ASG screwed us months ago…..
G52PlM228
May 19th, 2011
9:28 pm
bark at the moon
thrashers leavin soon
arizona rules
georgia blues
Fan
May 19th, 2011
9:29 pm
Looks like it is done folks…
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/atlanta-thrashers-moving-to-winnipeg/article2029179/
Jetgirl
May 19th, 2011
9:29 pm
Globe & mail reporting the deal is done and to be announced Tuesday in Winnipeg. See you at Portage & Mail.
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/atlanta-thrashers-moving-to-winnipeg/article2029179/?service=mobile&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=Referrer%3A+Social+Network+%2F+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links&post_id=566751995_173893622665776
G52PlM228
May 19th, 2011
9:29 pm
suck on that ATL
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:32 pm
upon a sacrificed thrasher i signal the signed contract by a howl
StanFoster
May 19th, 2011
9:34 pm
BREAKING: Toronto Globe & Mail reports deal done to relocate Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg; formal announcement expected Tuesday. http://t.co/lSz1F6j
Randy Klym
May 19th, 2011
9:35 pm
News report out of the Globe and Mail saying a deal has been reached to move the Thrashers to Winniepg! Announcement due on Tuesday!! Let’s hope it’s finally true!!
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:35 pm
I love to lick big balls.
G52PlM228
May 19th, 2011
9:36 pm
ALWAYS REMEMBER I TOLD YOU SUCKERS … THRASHERS DIE SO COYOTES CAN LIVE !!
G52PlM228
May 19th, 2011
9:36 pm
Glendale 1 Atlanta 0
Fan
May 19th, 2011
9:37 pm
See G,, they NHL wanted to temporarily fix the mess in Glendale,, Atlanta was always going to move. They didn’t want to cover the losses,, good for them.. Glendale will regret getting in bed with Bettman very soon.
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:37 pm
there is blood on my face from the sacrifice of the thrasher. i am no longer hungry and i will wash the blood off my paws.
Andrew51
May 19th, 2011
9:38 pm
It’s over. A deal has been reached between True North/Spirit. Official announcement coming Tuesday. Winnipeg will have a team next season.
glovesave29
May 19th, 2011
9:38 pm
All other media sources deny this.
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:38 pm
I love them big carrots too.
glovesave29
May 19th, 2011
9:39 pm
Someone please ban this twit. It’s like having Brian back all over again.
G52PIM228
May 19th, 2011
9:39 pm
I’m wiping the semen from my lips too.
not so fast
May 19th, 2011
9:40 pm
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Thrashers-sale-report-not-accurate-122268064.html
matt
May 19th, 2011
9:45 pm
apparently, they just were sold to business interests in Winnipeg. Steven Brunt from a sports network in Canada just split the bean during a Blue Jay telecast…official announcement next tuesday…sorry for your loss Atlanta, great game.
SorryATL
May 19th, 2011
9:47 pm
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2011/05/19/sp-thrashers-winnipeg.html
Sorry guys…. heading to winnipeg!
We will love them and cherish them and cheer when they punch people in the face… perhaps if you are kind and don’t get to surly about things you will come visit them in our fair Northern city. Friendly Manitoba is the place to be.