Thrashers survive Rangers comeback bid to win 6-4
Wednesday afternoon I was sitting in my office when a knock came on the door. It was my friend Sal from the mailroom who had a package for me. He just sat it on my desk without comment. When I pealed back the plain brown paper wrapping, all that I found inside was a soiled, soggy milk carton.
I looked up and asked, “What…what is this? What does this mean?”
Sal replied, “It’s a message from Todd White. It means your milk carton sleeps with the fishes”.
A message…from Todd White? Why, what for? I mean, what in the world did I ever do or say about Todd White that would make him want to send me such a message? Hmmm…??
Later in the evening, I then found out why he wanted to get my attention. White suited up in a New York Rangers blue shirt and scored a goal against his former team. Trailing 5-2 to the Thrashers, Whitey backhanded home a rebound to pull the home team to within two. Atlanta forward Fredrik Modin allegedly was defending White on the play.
It was his first goal of the season and it turned what was a comfortable Thrashers lead into what would become a bit of a nail-biter just moments later. White’s goal was then followed a few minutes later by another, pulling the Rangers to within one. Brian Boyle did the honors this time as he was left alone on the far post.
Eric Boulton is congratulated by his Thrashers teammates after scoring his first goal of the season. He wasn't the only player notching his first in the 6-4 win over the New York Rangers Wednesday night (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Someone in a Thrashers jersey really needed to just clear him out from in front of the goal, should have put a hit on him, should have …ahem…popped that Boyle when they had a chance.
However, with the score 5-4, Andrew Ladd’s empty netter iced the game for the Thrashers fourth win of the season.
“It was kind of stupid to let them back in the game,” Nic Bergfors said afterwards. “We stopped working a little bit there and they took care of it, but we got it done”. Bergfors scored his first goal of the season in the victory, an unassisted top-shelf blast from the right side that put Atlanta up 3-2 in the second period.
Bergie wasn’t the only Thrasher who found net for the first time this season. Bryan Little also did so when he sliced his way through the defense and beat Marty Biron. That tally tied the game at one-all in the first period. Later in the game Eric Boulton joined Little and Bergfors in getting off The Schnide as he scored off a rebound to provide what would turn out to be the deciding goal.
Alex Burmistrov set up Evander Kane on a goal in the second period to put the Thrashers up 2-1. It was the first NHL point for the rookie forward.
Another first for this team…in holding New York to 28 shots on goal, it was the first time Atlanta has held an opponent to less than 30 SOG all season. It only took nine games to do so. I wish I could report that they also outshot the opposition for the first time this fall, but the Thrashers only got off 26 of their own.
What was not a first, however, was seeing the Thrashers’ defense let up another goal due to sloppy play around their goal. A turnover early in the first period led to a Ryan Callahan goal that put the Rangers up 1-0 only 38 seconds into the game.
Also, and I try not to hold netminders solely responsible when goals are allowed, but the Sean Avery wrap-around tally that tied the score at two all was due to Chris Mason’s slow reaction to Avery’s move around the back of the net. The Thrashers goalie then was unable to get to the post before the puck was snuck in.
For the game, Mason stopped 24 of the 28 shots he faced.
By winning in New York, Atlanta improved their overall record to 4-4-1 and bumped their road record to 3-2-1.
And finally, I want to thank my good friends at Guston’s restaurant in Kennesaw for hosting a small group of us Wednesday night to watch the game. Donnie runs a great little place there and he set us up in a nice private room to enjoy the night’s festivities. The lovely and charming Katie took great care of us, providing some much-needed “mojo” when the Thrashers really needed it.
Thanks guys…we’ll see ya again next Wednesday.
And I’ll see you all at Philips Friday night when the Thrashers get a chance to make amends for the giant, steaming pile of FAIL that they dropped on the ice last week against the Sabres.
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Alan R.
October 27th, 2010
11:49 pm
Atlanta forward Fredrik Modin allegedly was defending White on the play.
http://dj4aces.info/stuff/pics/seewhatyoudid.jpg
cousin Eddie
October 27th, 2010
11:50 pm
chicken dance time!
Jeff
October 27th, 2010
11:51 pm
Glad to see Bergfors and Little get on the scoreboard. Burmistrov looked pretty good from what I saw
cousin Eddie
October 27th, 2010
11:57 pm
Nice play from the thrashers, except when Rangers were scoring! Very impressed with these Chicago boys so far.
Smoothie
October 28th, 2010
12:20 am
Guess who drew another penalty with his slick skating and strong puck skills?! Yep, Johnny Burma. That kid is gonna be special in time. Could be the perfect set-up man for the “man” named Kane.
Also, how many more lousy efforts by Modin will it take to convince Ramsay that his best position is “healthy scratch”? Someone, ahem Dudley, needs to get on the horn with Lever and tell him that he needs a more macho man to replace Swedee Modin. Yeah, that kid Spencer deserves a shot to play with the big boys on a line with Kaner and the Burmise Python.
R. Stroz
October 28th, 2010
12:23 am
Waive Modin!
If you can’t cover Todd White, you shouldn’t be in the NHL
Do the Swedes have a toilet paper with the brand name Modin?
ThrashFan23
October 28th, 2010
12:30 am
I think Noah Welch deserves to be here. He played a heck of a game! Brian Little’s goal was an amazing goal, wonder where that has been all season.
stendek
October 28th, 2010
12:43 am
I want to state that NO ONE hates the New York Ranjerks more than I! That said. I am pleased the Thrashers secured a victory at Madison Square Garden. Offense was in above average form. I am still thoroughly disgusted with Marshmallow Chris Mason between the pipes! A lead of three goals almost squandered by the Sori Letemin wannabe. Is there a rule which states Thrashers must surrender four or more goals per outing? Please clue me in if there is! Forgive the Devil’s Advocate response. I am happy with regulation victory. Baadly needed. Badly! Hope guys in blue can string a few wins together. At least act like professional hockey team. Hear that Marshmallow man? STENDEK
Tom
October 28th, 2010
12:46 am
I nominate this sentence by Mr. Stroz for comment of the year.
If you can’t cover Todd White, you shouldn’t be in the NHL
No greater indictment has ever been uttered about the defensive liability a player…
Tom
October 28th, 2010
1:35 am
should have been “of a player” ugh…
Brendan
October 28th, 2010
1:37 am
http://blogs.ajc.com/iceman-thrashers-blog/2010/10/26/thrashers-3-4-1-so-far%e2%80%a6eh-it-could-be-worse/comment-page-2/#comment-41234
Also, I want to add that the Devils were losing, 5-2, to San Jose tonight. Heatley, Marleau and Thornton had stellar nights for the Sharks. The Devils fall to 5 games under .500, NHL-style. 2-7-1, I believe. That’s five out of a possible twenty (5/20) for Lou Lamoriello’s Devils. No one loses the Cup or the possibility of playoffs in October. The Devils could be five games under .500 at New Year’s Day, they’ll still make the playoffs, and could, in theory, win the Cup. They’re working out the kinks.
Unfortunately, TB won. Again. Over Pittsburgh, this time. Washington beat Carolina, 3-0, with Neuvirth’s first career shutout. Only 111 more, to catch Brodeur. The Islanders gave Montreal a thrill ride, but came up short. Chicago beat L.A., in what could be a playoff preview, out west, 3-1.
October is nearing a close … and I’ve been thinking, lately, about our Thrashers Player of the Month. Early on, I thought it was Chris Thorburn. Then, I though, Anthony Stewart. But now, I’m almost certain it will be Andrew Ladd, the points leader, with a nice streak going.
Brendan
October 28th, 2010
1:38 am
At 4-4-1, we’re one-point up on Carolina, but the ‘Canes have a game-in-hand.
John
October 28th, 2010
3:31 am
Bergfors first star of the game.
EA
October 28th, 2010
7:22 am
Fun game to watch. After the game, I flipped over to the Tampa game. They have a new GM, a new coach, an improved team and something we are missing-fans in the seats. Go Thrashers!
GaVaHokie
October 28th, 2010
7:34 am
How about Kovalchuk with zero SOG’s last night in 20min. of ice time?!
Patrick Sharp is a man possessed in Chicago. Still wish we could have swung a deal for him.
GaVaHokie
October 28th, 2010
7:36 am
I think the official countdown to a Stamkos Stanley Cup has begun… much like the Crosby countdown.
World Be Free
October 28th, 2010
8:04 am
I am still very concerned over the number of defensive zone turnovers. Improved team defense was one the positives I expected from Rammer, but I have to say this team is only marginally better in their zone than John Ander-bums teams.
The team defense, especially down low in our own zone has to get better. These defensive pairings still do not have the synergy required to protect a lead. Mason has been OK so far. The Avery goal looked “age-induced” meaning an older goalie that cannot move side to side with great efficiency.
kracker
October 28th, 2010
8:12 am
The wailing about “Who will score our goals?!” should subside a bit. The Thrashers are tied for 3rd in goals scored at 29. Unfortunately, they are also tied for 3rd in goals allowed at 33, which gives us our 4-4-1 record.
It could be a lot worse….say, like signing Kovalchuk for $100M and having a 2-7-1 record. I expect the Devils to improve but you never know with the funk they are in.
BlackedOut
October 28th, 2010
8:14 am
Glad I got to see this game in the form of a glorious black screen that said “This game is blacked out in your area” ….which is humorous in that I live in the city of ATLANTA…..are you kidding me, how in the world are we supposed to watch the game, is it my u-verse or what? And I’m sorry but listening to the game on the radio with the guy with the speech impediment on 680 is just plain horrendous
d
October 28th, 2010
8:17 am
It’s too early to worry about TB and he Crap’s. ATL must reduce their bad penalties and turnovers in the own zone if they are to have a chance of reaching 90+ pts this season. Regarding NJ, I still do not understand why Lou jeopardized a proven winning formula over the past decade by paying $100 million for a foward who refuses to backcheck…
stendek
October 28th, 2010
8:20 am
Thrashers won! Devils lost. Life is good. Morning Bill and fellow ice hockey supporters. STENDEK
Joe Friday
October 28th, 2010
8:31 am
What were the lines last night?
James Brown
October 28th, 2010
8:36 am
Good win for the boys in Blue…………….Burma is the real deal and here to stay…………..After 9 games and a 4-4-1 record there have been some up and downs for the team but I`ll take it and run into November with it…..Need at least a split this weekend……….
Eileen
October 28th, 2010
8:36 am
Kane’s goal was a beauty. There is so much young offensive talent on this team. It makes one a little optimistic. I hope the crowd is big Friday so we can shut down those obnoxious Buffalo fans. It was great to see a smile on Bergfors face last night.
Poor Ol' Family Man
October 28th, 2010
8:46 am
This team was fortunate to have scoring come alive from different players last night. They will NOT win 80% (or more) of the games where they allow 4 goals. Mason and whoever is back there at the time seem to have no idea what to do to clear a puck out. Complete failure at this one “skill” has resulted in turnovers and most of the goals scored against us this season!
I’m sick of seeing them fiddle around with the puck around our net! I squirm and squirm and nearly crawl out of my chair every time I see Mason touch pass a puck to one of our guys who then seems to forget which side of the rink he’s on. You’d think this would’ve been corrected by now.
Mason just seems out of it. It almost looks like he can’t see out of his mask and spot the puck. Sorry, but he’s not the answer unless he rapidly improves his game. Watching him makes me long for Pavs or Moose. I’m so disappointed in Mason I can’t describe it. Yeah, he’s been taking shots that wouldn’t be there if defense was better…But that’s what he gets paid for. What alarms me is the goals that are scored on him – by all the opposing teams so far – aren’t slap shots. They just maneuver the puck right up in his face and chunk it in either around, above or below. Then he’s so slow, he can’t react fast enough and it’s a goal. His post-goal reactions also indicate he knows he should’ve stopped it. It’s like they all have the book on how to score on Mason.
It’s still a win….But 4 goals against will be a loss most of the time. I hope Pavs brings his A-game when he gets back. And someone needs to make sure Mason drinks a Red Bull or two before every period…..
George Jetson
October 28th, 2010
8:51 am
If that Kane goal was a preview of things to come from the kid then I say HELL YA ! That move to the net reminded me of someone from the past (Not in ATL) but let’s just try walking first.
C’mon Dude ! Twice in one early Thrasher PP Enstrom made two lackluster passes that were inches from being picked off and a clean breakaway for the Rangers. The way Mason was playing I bet I know what would have happened.
Thrashers27
October 28th, 2010
9:06 am
Some sweet, sweet goals last night, boys! Kane’s and Little’s were especially pretty. Keep it up!
Old Time Hockey
October 28th, 2010
9:08 am
Seems to me that every goal scored in close against us is a result of defensive non-mobility. In other words, standing still and the opposition darts in through the statues. Appears more like a zone defense as opposed to man to man. I’ve said it a million times, standing still in this league is a recipe for goals against. Why on earth are two defensemen standing in front of the goal looking behind the goal?! Take a friggin’ man! If you have a body on everyone, no one is open, and no easy bang-bang goals against. I see them follow a guy, then peel off and leave him for the next guy. If the rotation doesn’t work, they end up wide open. Wings should stay with opposition d-men, our-d-men mark their wingers and center on center. It’s not that complicated. You can see when we’re moving on D and chasing the puck carrier, it works. When we chase and peel off, they seem wide open right on the door step.
World Be Free
October 28th, 2010
9:26 am
Good to see Bergie get a nice goal last night.
You all know that I am a Thrasher fan through and through even when the Sabres come to town. The upcoming BUF-ATL game gives us another opportunity to talk about the obnoxious Buffalo fans. The truth of the matter is that they buy tickets, concessions (especially beer) and cheer for their team. You want Buffalo fans out of Phillips? All we need to do is buy the tickets so their there’s no seats left for them. Trust me, Sabres fans feel the same way about obnoxious Maple Leaf and Canadian’s fans so we are not alone.
KLS1
October 28th, 2010
9:38 am
The Avery wrap around was all Hainsey…he we was totally out of position and then helped redirect the puck in with weak poke check. He may need a couple nights off.
Red Light
October 28th, 2010
9:40 am
Sabres fans are no different than any that have a bit of frustration on their side during a 40-year history with runner-up status as their only rallying cry. Frankly, I’d rather sit in a building with someone cheering rather than no one at all. I welcome their money, their passion and their cheering. You want to do something about it? Put a winning team on the ice and sell some freaking tickets…it’s that simple.
DWTOO
October 28th, 2010
9:40 am
After the scoring drought of the pre-season games who’d ahve thought we would be outgunning teams 6-4. Good win, good to see the Chicago guys play well and Bergie SMILE, however, where’s the defensively responsible team everyone was talking about? Poor defensive play is killing us.
JMIK
October 28th, 2010
9:44 am
I would blame the second goal on Hainsey being out of position……again….
Alan R.
October 28th, 2010
9:44 am
After the scoring drought of the pre-season games who’d ahve thought we would be outgunning teams 6-4.
Probably most of us who weren’t in “OMG PANIC WE SUCKED DURING THE GAMES THAT DONT COUNT” mode.
Just sayin’. That irrationality has made quite a few people look silly.
I liked a lot of what I saw last night; however, our guys have got to start knocking around those guys hanging around in the crease.
I mean, we let milk carton man score on us last night. Seriously. That’s not supposed to happen.
Alan R.
October 28th, 2010
9:52 am
Sorry, but he’s not the answer unless he rapidly improves his game.
Mason has played in all nine Thrashers games thus far.
Mason is not the kind of goalie that should be doing that.
See, the problem is, Mason is tired. The Thrashers’ plan was to use Mason to help teach Pavelec more of the game. Give the kid confidence and a veteran in the room to talk to. Pavelec and Mason are a 1a-1b tandem. When Pavelec went out, Mason came in and played huge for us.
Mason is an awesome goalie, but not when you play him so many games in a row.
Rawhide
October 28th, 2010
9:54 am
KLS1 & JMIK – I’ll grant you Hainsey’s role in that Avery goal…but from what I saw, Avery was on the other side of the net before Mason even made a move to cove.
…shrugs…
BlackedOut – The place we were watching the game had it on SPSO. However, I know of one person who texted me regarding being blacked out, however he then said it came on after the first period.
Alan R. – Regarding Mason being tired, I do think Eliot/McConnell said something last night about him facing the most shots on goal so far this season.
That is a concern…but then again, they hadn’t played since Saturday and it’s still early in the season.
DWTOO
October 28th, 2010
10:03 am
Blackout: Mrs. DWTOO here – we had the same situation with U-verse blacking out the game and we live in Lawrenceville, so we couldn’t even get the radio broadcast because 680’s signal is too weak to reach out here. (I’m not sure why since it’s U-verse and not Dish.) I settled for the free link posted on the Blueland Chronicle’s site with the Rangers announcers. It was the best I could do, and it wasn’t half-bad, except for the announcers and the skipping. I was also multi-tasking at the time-a woman thing, you know… But I wanted to give a shout out to the Blueland Chronicle boys for the link and a big THANK YOU for posting it.
3stripes
October 28th, 2010
10:04 am
A little nit-picky, but I think Buff’s goal was the game-winner, not Boulton’s.
Agree that the D has got to stop fiddling around with the puck in our own zone. They just look tentative to me. Not sure if that’s because they can’t find anyone to pass to up-ice, or if they’re unsure if they should be the ones to begin the rush, or what.
Interesting stat from last night: Of the forwards, Burmy had the highest TOI at 17:18.
Alan R.
October 28th, 2010
10:10 am
That is a concern…but then again, they hadn’t played since Saturday and it’s still early in the season.
That’s all true, too. I still look at the whole “nine games in a row” thing, though. I sincerely hope Pavelec or Mannino starts the game on Friday against Buffalo, because I’m having very bad visions of that Buffalo game last week.
World Be Free
October 28th, 2010
10:17 am
Red Light-toss in 40+ years of Buffalo Bills frustration (including 4 straight Super Bowl losses)! It’s not hard to see why Buffalo sports fans go nuts at every goal and win. Gotta take victories, even small ones. I told my buddies in Buffalo about the hate for BUF fans and they all laughed aloud-they agree with most of you!
GaVaHokie
October 28th, 2010
10:17 am
Chicago Blackhawks traded Andrew Ladd to the Altanta Thrashers for Ivan Vishnevskiy and a 2nd round selection in 2011.
…bargain!!
Viking
October 28th, 2010
10:19 am
Stroz,
Regarding Modin and Swedish toilet paper brands, your question can actually be answered with a nyes!!!
There is a Swedish toilet paper manufacturer formerly named MoDo, which has some similarity with MoDin!
The same company that has given its name to the hockey club MoDo that has fostered an extreme disproportunate amount of NHL players compared to the population of the town örnsköldsvik. Good ones too – how about Forsberg, Näslund, the Sedins, Victor Hedman, Anders Hedberg, Sundström and our own Enström to name a few.
However, MoDin will likely not prefer to be associated to MoDo, since he never played for them and during his Swedish career played for their worst antagonists.
Rawhide
October 28th, 2010
10:21 am
Chicago Blackhawks traded Andrew Ladd to the Altanta Thrashers for Ivan Vishnevskiy and a 2nd round selection in 2011.…bargain!!
GaVaHokie – Yes…. Bargain x10.
Red Light
October 28th, 2010
10:24 am
Burmistrov continues to draw penalties and looks very capable of playing a full season with the club. Kane’s goal was a beauty although Stewart was standing all alone in front of the goal with no one anywhere near him. Bergfors top-shelf shot was unreal. As mentioned, Mason was awful. Don’t buy the fact he can be tired after three full days off prior to the game like Rawhide said. But, it was a nice two points for the Thrashers, regardless of method. No one need ask for a description of how it was done, as long as it was done. It’s like a scorecard in golf, where no explanation is necessary, just the score!
The Rangers stink. With Prospal, Gaborik and Drury injured, along with Lundqvist sitting last night, that team looked a far cry from its most recent playoff squad when they dropped the final 3 games to Washington after taking a 3-1 series lead. I stand by my prediction that Tortorella will be gone by Jan. 1, and while he’s not the only root of the problem (see Glen Sather), his record against the Thrashers since taking over in 2009 is 1-5, and is 12-14 overall against Toronto, Florida, NY Islanders and Atlanta. That’s not going to cut it!
What a dilemma in San Jose for the venom-spewers about former Thrashers! The Devils lost and Kovalchuk didn’t record a shot, but Heatley had a goal and three assists. Such a tug on the emotions, eh? But, I’m sure everyone is thrilled that Hossa got hurt last night too!
Russ
October 28th, 2010
10:24 am
Hokie – Agreed. In fact, I would cast my vote at this point for Ladd as captain. Kane is the only other one I would seriously consider, but I wouldn’t want to put added pressure on someone that young. Ladd deserves the “C”.
Alan R.
October 28th, 2010
10:25 am
However, MoDin will likely not prefer to be associated to MoDo, since he never played for them and during his Swedish career played for their worst antagonists.
Sounds like a good reason to make the association to me. It might piss him off, and light a fire under him to actually play well.
Zoomo
October 28th, 2010
10:26 am
I believe I clearly read Whitey’s lips after his goal and he said “Take that Rawhide”
The goals were beautiful things to watch; Kane’s move, Bergy’s wrister, Buff Blast. Nice.
The D was mediocre. We’ve got to play with more defensive urgency. I think Mason is a bit over worked, not over the hill.
schroeder
October 28th, 2010
10:28 am
Bill, granted Mason was a little slow from pipe to pipe,But ” Mr Hair gel” had Avery in the corner and when Avery reversed to go behind the goal Mr Hainsey stopped and backed off instead of riding him into the far corner and he never should have gotten off the shot in the 1st place. I know that I will defend a goaltender when I can but in this case from what I saw Avery should have been picking his teeth out of the glass in the far corner.
World Be Free
October 28th, 2010
10:31 am
The Rangers do stink and Torts looks like his head is about to explode behind the bench!
SomaAtl95
October 28th, 2010
10:32 am
Can anyone answer this? The game was on Fox SportsSouth, 1 channel away from SportsSouth. Correct me if I am wrong but aren’t they both the same network now? Fox SportsSouth didn’t have the game listed but it was there thankfully. Its about time Atlanta gets to see the Thrashers win on TV.
On a related note has anyone successfully canceled center ice since this blackout rule due to the dispute between Dish and Fox?
Charmin should become a Rangers sponsor as long as they keep Todd White. They could call goals like his last night the “Charmin Poop Shoot” of the game.
TableHockey
October 28th, 2010
10:34 am
I think my favorite part of Little’s goal was the sweet move he put on Avery to start the breakaway.
Kane’s goal was really nice though big Buf made that goal happen. Watching the replay he was cocked back for a one timer and three blue shirts were charging him when Kane picked up the puck coming off the bench. Not to take away from the shot itself – that was a beauty.
Really like what Buf and Ladd are bringing to the team. History says Kovy would have missed the empty netter that Ladd scored to seal the deal.
schroeder
October 28th, 2010
10:35 am
Even so,Mason covered the post and the puck rolled up his pad and went in. I know….I know splitting hairs, but when the forecheckers are alllowed to roam back and forth behind the net unchallenged there isn’t a goaltender in the league that hasn’t thought about giving his own defenseman a good whack on the back of the skate with the big paddle.
TableHockey
October 28th, 2010
10:36 am
wow – I think I had my first post to get sucked into the purgatory abyss. Oh Trixie…
Joe Friday
October 28th, 2010
10:45 am
Ladd is going to be a fan favorite. He has one hear, go go go. It’s still puzzling to me why they didn’t lock him up long term as they knew he was going to get top minutes here and his numbers would skyrocket (hawks used him in a checking line role, which he was very effective at). Mabye his agent knew and asked for the moon, this is going to be a huge arb award to keep him next year, but at least there’s budget room. He is perfect captain material.
I have never had a problem with the Buff-a-blow fans, never had a problem with Pens fans either, but for some reason the Atlanta fans don’t like either, go figure.
Who can tell me what forward lines were skated last night? Very interested in hearing what lines combo were able to get Little and Bergfors going
Rawhide
October 28th, 2010
10:58 am
Joe Friday – Here are the forward lines as I remember them.
Thorburn-Antropov-Eager
Ladd-Little-Bergie
Kane-Burmistrov-Modin
Boults-Pevs-Stewart
Zombie Steve
October 28th, 2010
11:01 am
Overall a great effort from our Thrashawks – we need this goal action every game! Kaner gets 35 -40 goals this year; mark it down!
Glad to see Bergie out of the doghouse; it paid instant dividends.
Glad Little broke the seal on the goose egg – keep rollin’ kid!
Rammer – send Modin packing now and deliver us Supa’ Fly or Spencer.
BlackedOut
October 28th, 2010
11:01 am
SomaAtl95, what cable/satellite subscriber are you using?
GaVaHokie
October 28th, 2010
11:17 am
Wow… here’s a must read on Kovalchuk, including some interesting quotes from Bobby Holik.
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Columnists/Stevenson/2010/10/27/15855501.html
SomaAtl95
October 28th, 2010
11:19 am
Blacked out – Charter. 722 is “SportsSouth HD” and 723 is “Fox SportsSouth HD”
Spud Webb
October 28th, 2010
11:23 am
I swear the thrashers won last night? Can’t tell on this blog!!
Last time I checked a win is a win?
It’s like living in Philly down here. hahahahaa
Eileen
October 28th, 2010
11:29 am
The game was on Comcast HD 848 Fox Sports.
Eileen
October 28th, 2010
11:32 am
Also, I am thrilled to have paying Buffalo fans. I just wish they would act a little more like Carolina or Washington fans. Just sayin.
Phillie Phart
October 28th, 2010
11:32 am
We WILL win the World Series!!!!! bank on it!!!
Alan R.
October 28th, 2010
11:42 am
Even so,Mason covered the post and the puck rolled up his pad and went in. I know….I know splitting hairs
Shh… logic and facts don’t seem to go over well in a discussion where we’re ripping on the goalie.
Joe Friday
October 28th, 2010
11:46 am
Good to see he skated Bergfors with Little and Ladd, that line makes sense and will work. Thanks, Rawhide.
puckhead
October 28th, 2010
11:48 am
Mason seems to have some trouble with the near post and was approx a point a goal a game better against the three Western Division teams we played earlier. Is it his lack of knowledge of Eastern division players?
Joe Friday
October 28th, 2010
11:49 am
As I recall, Mason is a workhouse goalie, didn’t he play long stretches for the Blues?
He’s Moose, no more, no less, he’s solid but won’t steal many games for you. I have not watched that much Thrasher hockey between the kids events and the blackouts, but the stats tell me the goals against average is the result of our defensive woes continuing. The good news there is that is something that can be improved upon, but no dramatically enough. We still need a true #1 shutdown guy, the lack of that is killing us and I’m about to lose my pipedream that Bogo is going to turn into that for us one day.
How much better would our d look with Kubina?
frenchy
October 28th, 2010
11:53 am
Hey guys, sure like the W we got last night but our play in the defensive zone is horrible… Looks like the guys are afraid to touch the puck…
Joe McGrath
October 28th, 2010
12:05 pm
I think our defensive play around the net has been vegan. Eat some steak boys…get a little meaner. A healthy Cormier, Opie and Bogo, a called up Fly and a demoted Modine would help this team tremendously. Put the C on Ladd and As on Buff, Kane and Bogo.
World Be Free
October 28th, 2010
12:13 pm
I would be interested to hear Glovesave’s input on Mason. I think the Glove-meister has had enough time to form his opinion.
Judge fans for their individual behavior; I have attended enough games in different cities, arenas and stadiums to know that no team or town has the corner on idiocy. Some are just more prolific than others.
Phillie Phart
October 28th, 2010
12:16 pm
Yall let Kari go one year to early!!!!
BlueSpark
October 28th, 2010
12:18 pm
Overall, I think Mason has played well considering the “team defense” in front of him. But I thought he looked slow, or just out of it last night. I don’t really blame him at all; hopefully Pavs can start picking up some of the work. Also, maybe his return gives the team a little spark.
I’d much rather see Slater on the ice instead of Modin.
Russ
October 28th, 2010
12:28 pm
JF – As I’ve said many times before, re-signing Kubina and leaving Buff as a forward would have made this a team very capable of winning a playoff series. I can’t remember if it was C-Viv or who, but someone did report recently that Kubina sounded pretty set on going back to Tampa, so maybe the Thrashers never really had a chance. Who knows?
As for Bogo, I have kind of been thinking the same thing recently. His rookie season he surpassed all expectations, then was a major disappointment last year. I know he was fighting through the wrist injury, but his wrist didn’t have anything to do with often being woefully out of position. Now, he is on the shelf early this season. He is too talented and young to give up on yet, but you could certainly make an argument that he is closer to solidifying himself as an injury-prone bust than a #1 defenseman.
Before they decided to move Buff to D I thought this team would be very capable of scoring goals. I am pleasantly surprised by the scoring so far even with Buff on the blueline. Unfortunately, I knew the GA would be a problem. I still think they should bring up Kulda and move Buff up front. I still think the GA would be a problem, but would make the offense even more potent than it has been to this point.
Also, going into the season I had Oduya pegged as our best all-around d-man while Bogo developed for another season. Oduya has been a disappointment, he needs to step up his game.
Smoothie
October 28th, 2010
12:32 pm
Mason played in front of an Andy Murray coached team (in other words: defensively oriented and conservative) so I chalk Mason’s struggles up to poor defense in front of him injuries haven’t helped and Hainsey and Sopel are still getting used to one another. And JoeF is right: if Bogey doesn’t elevate his game when he gets back, we will continue to struggle. However, on a good note, we are blocking a TON of shots. The avg # of BS is still over 17 per gm and that was with only 5 vs Tampa last Friday.
R. Stroz
October 28th, 2010
12:32 pm
I’ve renamed Oduya to NOduya.
BlueSpark
October 28th, 2010
12:36 pm
I forgot to mention that I thought Antropov looked more effective last night than any other game so far.
Darren
October 28th, 2010
12:42 pm
Blue, I agree. Antropov had shifts against New York reminiscent of last year, where he had the dominant, would-not-be-denied type of effort.
After such a weak start, I was getting to the point where I was ready to fast-forward through the first period. Luckily, I gave them another chance and hit play just in time to see Little’s goal. Turned the entire game around.
It was amazing to see Kane and Burmistrov out there at the same time. WOW can those two fly!
Russ
October 28th, 2010
12:43 pm
Smoothie – and look at how many shots are still being put on goal. If they weren’t blocking all those shots I think Mason would have seen more rubber early this season than someone working a double shift at the Trojan factory.
Darren
October 28th, 2010
12:44 pm
Modin was entirely responsible for Todd White’s goal. He made the horrible turnover and the defensive lapse that led to the goal. At best, he needs to be the healthy scratch next game.
Rawhide
October 28th, 2010
12:45 pm
I forgot to mention that I thought Antropov looked more effective last night than any other game so far.
Bluespark – Yes he did. Got the feeling that the game off last weekend did him some good . If we can get him back to 100% and playing at the level of last season, it’ll make a huge difference.
schroeder
October 28th, 2010
12:46 pm
I still think that when Cormier is healthy,waive bye-bye to Modin. Then when Bogo is healthy,Hainsey is next!
Sara
October 28th, 2010
1:00 pm
I got blacked out as well last night via Charter … Hawks on SS, nothing on Center Ice. Very annoying. So can’t really comment on what I didn’t see however I have one comment for something I heard … watching the highlights on OTF last night, they used the SS feed w/ Eliot and I absolutely swear I heard Darren say the words “whack-a-mole” during a stretch in the defensive zone right before one of the NYR goals.
Lab Rat
October 28th, 2010
1:04 pm
LMAO at how this thread turned from some really great moments by the Thrashers last night to busting on Sabres’ Fans. Fact of the matter is you have to make it to 4 straight Superbowls to lose 4 straight Superbowls. Please tell me again what the Falcon’s Superbowl history is ? How about the Thrashers Playoff record ? Shall we talk about ticket sales ? This city couldn’t even sell out all the world series games v. the YANKEES. How soon we forget that Chipper wasn’t afraid to speak up about the Lame-o fans in this town. In ‘99 you couldn’t find a Falcon’s T-shirt ANYWHERE because there were none for sale do to lack of support year after year. This city lost the spring race do to lack of ticket sales and you actually thought you deserved the NASCAR HOF here.
Bust on those Buffalo fans all you want but if they were not there on the 2oth about 40 people would have been in the stands. I watch week night games all over the country like the rest of you do via centre ice so forget that excuse too.
The Bills are 0-7 and Sunday in Buffalo is still a college town atmosphere. Everywhere you go people have a jersey on and here my best selling jersey is a green #7 with an eagle on it. SAD people VERY sad !
Dwayne
October 28th, 2010
1:06 pm
Waving bye bye to Hainsey might cause some inquiries into salary cap issues ? maybe ?
Dwayne
October 28th, 2010
1:10 pm
Sara, didn’t you use that terms first??? I guess Eliot reads the blogs!!! I am watching the games on channelsurfing.net.
Tom
October 28th, 2010
1:32 pm
Interesting how Bobby Holik calls out Ilya. After being Captain for Kovy he knows him very well and can’t understand why the Devils signed him.
http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2010/10/devils_ilya_kovalchuk_didnt_ap.html
Here is my guess. The new owner of the Devils is driving the team now and next year Sweet Lou is going to retire.
I wonder if we could trade Sweet Lou for Waddell and Dudley and an executive to be named later.
World Be Free
October 28th, 2010
1:35 pm
Not sure Kubina wanted to re-up here
Sensor Me Bob
October 28th, 2010
1:39 pm
Today’s Blogs starts out talking about some pretty good highlights in last nights game to busting on Buffalo fans. If it were not for Sabres’ fans last Wednesday there would have been 32 people in the stands. Please remind me again of the Falcon’s superbowl and Thrasher’s playoff history ?
All that smack in a city where the #1 selling jersey at retail is a Eagles #7 . SAD
Smoothie
October 28th, 2010
1:41 pm
Russ – indeed. Perhaps he’s extra eye-weary because he’s had to work so hard on tracking the puck the 100 some-odd times it’s been blocked in front of him in the slot. Something tells me that Ramsay has been coaching them to take away the passing lane or wrap-around attempts by sealing the man or neutralizing him behind the net, but bad habits die hard. Mason knows what they’re supposed to be doing and he was cheating to the middle on the Avery wrap-around as there was a man right in front of him who was a potential threat.
Not to make excuses as Avery made a good play and Mason was a tad slow, but Hainsey got worked. Again, I repeat: forearm curls for Ron, Johnny and Toby since they are unlikely going to put someone on their backside, but they MUST be stronger with their sticks in stopping passes / wrap-arounds etc.
Vitamin Z
October 28th, 2010
1:43 pm
RH, not to split any hairs, but we had 26 shots on goal…but 25 on Biron. And the 26th was the empty netter by Ladd. Still way low but a bit closer to the 28th Rangers got.
Rawhide
October 28th, 2010
1:50 pm
Vitamin-Z – Yeah, I thought the postgame graphic showed 26 SOG last night…but the boxscore I consulted while writing showed 25.
Normally I use NHL.com’s stas, but the website was just running so s…l…o…w.. last night.
Anywhoo…changed it up top there. Thanks.
kracker
October 28th, 2010
1:50 pm
I think he did use your “whack-a-mole” term, Sara.
BTW, the game was on Charter on channel 35, I think that is a Fox Sports channel. However, the online channel guide had some other sporting event listed on 35. Fortunately, my newspaper said in the pre-game blurb that the game was televised on FSSO so I checked up and down until I found it.
Michael B. Shapiro
October 28th, 2010
1:52 pm
1. Play behind our net continues to stink
2. Modin needs to sit and Slater needs to play on Friday. In fact, Modin needs to sit for quite a while before he gets out of the buffet line in the press box.
3. Nice to see Bergie, Litts and Boults off of Schneid Island. Wonder who will be last to build a raft…
Go Thrash.
Thrashy Thrashy
October 28th, 2010
2:04 pm
It’s always better when you’re critiquing wins instead of losses.
Smoothie
October 28th, 2010
2:07 pm
Sara – I’ve actually heard Darren use the “WAM” term before, but I’m pretty sure it was AFTER you coined the term here. I reckond Darren, Dan and Matty read the blogs a bit to keep up with the “pulse” of the fanbase. Go ahead and pat yourself on the back!
KLS1
October 28th, 2010
2:11 pm
Charter is really bad…switched to Directv last year and it is an incredible upgrade for the same cost.
Antro did look good but you know who looked really out of place? Enstrom running point on the power play. He needs to step it up on creating lanes and getting his shot through to the net.
jimbo
October 28th, 2010
2:13 pm
Bloggers are talking about Kane’s goal which was good but Little’s goal will be the best in the NHL all year. He went almost endd to end, faked out a couple, roared past a couple and cut in front of the goalie shielding the puck with his left leg before flipping in between the goalie’s pads. Center Ice carried the Ranger broadcast and they showed the replay all night long. The announcers couldn’t believe that it was Little’s first of the year. The way D-buff rushes, he is really somewhere between a D-man and a forward. He makes things happen. Are we seeing the reincarnation of Chris Tamer in Hainsey. Get a milk carton ready for him!
cliff
October 28th, 2010
2:15 pm
Where is Sage today? You can always tell when the Thrashers so something good – Sage is always silent. That being the case, I hope they are good for a long, long time.
KLS1
October 28th, 2010
2:17 pm
jimbo – the Chris Tamer analogy is dead on. Sometimes good, sometimes bad, always inconsistent in effort and intensity.
R. Stroz
October 28th, 2010
2:19 pm
100th
Rawhide
October 28th, 2010
2:35 pm
Bloggers are talking about Kane’s goal which was good but Little’s goal will be the best in the NHL all year. He went almost endd to end, faked out a couple, roared past a couple and cut in front of the goalie shielding the puck with his left leg before flipping in between the goalie’s pads.
Jimbo – I spent a few minutes reviewing last night’s highlights during lunch. Gotta agree with ya about Little’s goal He undressed Sean Avery and Marc Stall coming through center ice and the blueline before taking Biron to school.
Great stuff.
Now, speaking of taking another look-see at the highlights…I took another gander at the Avery wrap-arounder. I still think Mason should have gotten over quicker, but one thing I really noticed today was the less-than-assertive checking of Brent Sopel when the puck was behind Mason’s right shoulder. It was as if Sopes went over to give an obligatory bump, then let him slip off to the other side of the net.
Done beating that horse now…bottom line is we came away with the two points, three Thrashers got off The Schnide and Ladd and Kane continue to perfom as well as or above what we had hoped for this fall.
Alan R.
October 28th, 2010
2:35 pm
Pavelec recalled, Mannino demoted to Chicago. As per C-Viv
litz
October 28th, 2010
2:41 pm
I’ve heard ‘em describe pinballing on the broadcasts too … despite the fact that an incredibly shrinking number of the fan base (e.g., the younger folk) have probably neither seen nor played pinball …
(They’ve probably never seen or heard of whack-a-mole, either)
Makes you feel old, doesn’t it?
R. Stroz
October 28th, 2010
2:45 pm
Pavelec gave up four goals on 23 shots in his AHL rehab game.
Yep, Pavelec is ready, to flop again.
SomaAtl95
October 28th, 2010
2:50 pm
Sara – The game was on Charter. For SD and HD there are 2 channels, SportsSouth and Fox SportsSouth. One channel apart. It didn’t help that Fox SportsSouth had other things listed, but they did show the game. See my posts earlier griping about it.
Poor Ol' Family Man
October 28th, 2010
2:55 pm
Anyone else notice how QUIET it was last night? Sometimes it’s just the lack of strategically-placed microphones, etc…..But this was different. I know we Thrasher fans take quite a beating, but this was MSG for crying out loud! The announced crowd was 17,900 and it sounded more like 2 or 3,000. We went to opening night against the Caps and the Bulb was absolutely more energized than the mob last night with 2,300 less fans…..Not even close.
Can someone tell me why Little’s been carrying moves like that around in his back pocket for so long? I swear I thought I was watching someone else in his uni last night when he just took the play over from end to end. I even had a flashback of Big Arty when he went end to end in his first Thrash home game last March 4th. I still have that NHL On The Fly highlight on our DVR. Every time I watch it, I just shake my head and say, “That’s just friggin’ amazin’ man!” And it is……..
World Be Free
October 28th, 2010
3:05 pm
P.O.F.M. – I said the same thing about last night’s lack of noise! Madison Sq. Garden is normally good for some noise, sounded more like Calgary than NYC!
DWTOO
October 28th, 2010
3:16 pm
Lab Rat/Other Buffalo trolls – always open season on Sabre fans on this blog. Most are decent folks, but, it’s the case where the fools ruin it for most. The minority seem to have left their manners at home or in take a bit too much liquid courage and act like jackasses.
Hey WBF – do you like the fact that the Sabres have gone back to the 70’s look? Those sweaters are classics.
Nate
October 28th, 2010
3:26 pm
I nominate last night’s Bryan Little goal for scoring highlight of the year!
hockeymom92
October 28th, 2010
3:29 pm
Probaby a little late in the day to mention the blackout thing, but am just getting to a point where the eyes are not watching. We have U-verse – went to FSSHD where games was suppose to be on – said it was blacked out and lo and behold it came on around 8ish – much to the middle daughter’s disgust. Not sure what was going on.
Anyway – it was a really good game to watch for a change. Happy it finally appeared on the tube. Now if we could just bring some of that mojo home – wouldn’t that be somethin’?
LAC
October 28th, 2010
3:31 pm
Could this happen ????
New Jersey loses all games on road trip… Then they fire coach upon return.
Then… Put #17 on Waivers, Nobody claims him, then Re-Entry waivers,Nobody claims him,
then send him to AHL, he refuses to report, violation of contract, No More $100 Million dollar statue in N.J.
I bet that “could” happen… He is killing New Jersey !
Nice game last evening. Lots of hustle and grit. Nice to see #10 & #18 score, about time !!!
Agree Modin needs to go and go now, enough with these former players they
have years ago, Modin is NOT the same player he was in Tampa, he is not of
NHL quality at this point in his career. Was sick to see todd white score, just awful !
GaVaHokie
October 28th, 2010
3:59 pm
Not sure Kubina wanted to re-up here
WBF… actually he did, he just wanted to be paid “fairly”… he actually ended up taking less money to play in Tampa. Interesting timeline on this subject… click the link and scroll down to 2010/04/14, then read everything above it.
http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player-pn.cgi?476
Russ
October 28th, 2010
5:04 pm
Hokie – That sounds more like Kovalchuk’s version of “wanting to be here”. If he wanted to re-sign with Atlanta why would he leave for a year shorter contract and less per season than what Atlanta offered? It sounds to me like he was set on going back to the Lightning.
Vitamin Z
October 28th, 2010
5:21 pm
NHL.com had highlights from the Rangers perspective (commentators). And while you are there, check out the Devils game. Kovy looks horrible and Brodeur let one of the wrap around goals a la Avery.
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?intcmpid=nav-video-main
michael
October 28th, 2010
5:26 pm
scratch modin. bring in the fly I think a stewart pevs pettersson line would be awesome. or rather has the chance to.
Red Light
October 28th, 2010
5:57 pm
The difference in Chris Tamer and Ron Hainsey? An investment of about $3.75 million per year and one of them couldn’t skate and still managed to play 339 games in a Thrashers uniform. Hainsey may not be playing well, but he is definitely no Tamer.
goose
October 28th, 2010
6:45 pm
LAC- Kovy has a no movement clause for the next three or four years.
Litz- as a representative of “the younger generation” I can say that we know what pinball and whack a mole are and pinball is still popular(just in a more virtual format).
Also go to the wolves page and look at the highlights from paves game. Not his best but better it happened there and not here (3g on 22 shots)
http://www.chicagowolves.com/
Poor Ol' Family Man
October 28th, 2010
8:04 pm
Correct me if I’m wrong, but can’t either party waive a particular clause in any contract? Players waive no-trade clauses all the time just to get the heck out of Dodge.
If Kovy wants out and if the Devs want him out, then they can find a way out……But I bet Grossman got paid a big chunk of his up front. Wouldn’t it be crazy if, after all of the contract shenanigans over the summer, the Devs & Kovy suddenly came out and said they’ve agreed to part ways after just a few games into season ONE?? This is a FIFTEEN YEAR contract!!!!!!!
Then again, after I saw Pavs laid out like a tuna on ice a couple of minutes into the season opener after nobody even touched him, I don’t think anything in the NHL would surprise me anymore!
goose
October 28th, 2010
8:35 pm
they could trade or waive if both sides agreed to it. I kind of think that would not happen though.
Hockey Biltong
October 28th, 2010
9:51 pm
Geaux Le Trashiers!!!!!!!!!
Brendan
October 28th, 2010
10:27 pm
LAC, I’m not sure the Devils can put Kovalchuk on waivers, since he cannot be moved to the AHL, due to a no movement clause. But if they chose to simply cut him … I’m not exactly sure they can do that. They might be able to, but if they did … they’d get absolutely nothing for his loss, other than salary relief, once another team claims him. It’d be far better to attempt to trade him. Los Angeles was very interested in him. Lou could pluck assets from the Kings for Kovalchuk. Lou would have to take on some of the Kings higher salaried players to make the deal possible.
I don’t foresee any situation where the Devils would trade Kovalchuk. But if Kovalchuk could be placed on waivers, let’s not forget that the Islanders made Kovy a 10-year/$100 million contract. They’d certainly claim him, at 15-years for the SAME PRICE. So would the Thrashers, if you think about their offer to Kovy, which was $101 million over 12-years. At the end of the day, the Thrashers would probably jump up and down to have Kovalchuk at LESS than what they were offering. The cap hit Atlanta offered was $8.41 million, essentially. They’d be getting him at $6.67 million instead. I think many teams would be interested in Kovalchuk as a waiver claim, even at full price. Let’s also not forget something … several random posters came here to state, “I’ll never go to another Thrashers game! Not re-signing Kovalchuk is unforgiveable!” In theory, those posters would return to Philips Arena, with Kovy back. Truthfully, I do believe the Thrashers home attendance, since losing Kovalchuk, has been noticeably less. Some of that is protect vs. ownership fielding a team at the league minimum. But some of it, let’s face it, are Kovy fans … trying to punish the Thrashers for not making the team an attractive one for a Kovalchuk re-signing.
Personally, I cut the cord long ago. With no hard feelings. I can’t blame the guy for leaving, or refusing to re-sign at ANY price. The way I see things, Kovy will actually finish his career in NJ, unless both sides feel a trade somewhere else would be for the best. And that somewhere else … will not likely be Atlanta.
haryezul
October 28th, 2010
11:18 pm
hai
haryezul
October 28th, 2010
11:20 pm
sya dan sahlan
Alan R.
October 29th, 2010
12:10 am
So would the Thrashers, if you think about their offer to Kovy, which was $101 million over 12-years. At the end of the day, the Thrashers would probably jump up and down to have Kovalchuk at LESS than what they were offering.
That’s a major league PASS.
No thanks. As much as we could probably use the extra scoring punch, I don’t want it at the expense of having a selfish player on the roster.
Poor Ol' Family Man
October 29th, 2010
1:51 am
More ghosts from the past updates:
Clarke MacArthur – 6 G, 2 A in 9 games. Yes, that’s a 54 G in 81 games pace while Kovy has scored 3 G in 9 games, or a 27 G in 81 games pace.
Colby Armstrong – 1 G, 0 A, 11 PM in 8 games. Suffered finger injury this week against the Panthers requiring surgery. Out 4-6 weeks.
Wow……Maybe Mac really was worth all that money after all? Nobody’s more surprised than me. Seems like a huge bargain (through 9 games anyway) compared to the $100 Million Man!
World Be Free
October 29th, 2010
5:03 am
GaVa-was a big fan of Kubina so I have to say I was disappointed when he was not resigned. I thought deep down he wanted to head back to FLA where he already has root. Duds decision.
DWTOO-I like the new/old jerseys, though I have yet to see them where their 3rd jersey in play. I liked their black jersys the best, the one with the “mad sheephead” that was supposed to be a Buffalo crest.
LAC-interesting post, good to have you back. Not sure how much of that will happen, but I can tell you we are lovin’ what is happening in NJ. Lam is getting his due. ATL management is looking pretty smart getting rid of Kovy, his ego and getting quality in return.
Poor ‘Ol-folks in Buffalo are even more upset about C-Mac, theis the Sabres gave up on him first!
Dwayne
October 29th, 2010
8:14 am
MacArthur Park will fade away like the cake that was left out in the rain.
GaVaHokie
October 29th, 2010
8:38 am
They shouldn’t have allowed Kubina to make it to July 1st, that was the beginning of the end. I don’t think Kubina was pulling a “Kovalchuk”, I really think he would have stayed if the deal was made in a reasonable timeframe… I gotta think Yzerman tampered a bit once it got closer to July 1st.
kracker
October 29th, 2010
8:50 am
Kubina was only here for a short time (one season) and it was a tumultuous season at that, with the Kovy BS going on. He still had a house and family in TB which = overpaying to keep him in Atlanta. I assume that Dudley made Kubina what he considered to be a fair offer, just like any other player. I’d say it was a pretty easy decision for Kubes to go back to his home in TB once he saw Duds offer wasn’t a wheelbarrow full of cash.
Smoothie
October 29th, 2010
9:04 am
Keep in mind that Tampa offered that extra third year on his deal. Can’t blame the guy for taking the extra year of stability at the end of his career. It seemed like he liked ATL and got a decent offer from Duds but it had to be “super delicious” for him to forego a return to his “homebase”. He prolly prefers flat, easier golf courses.
Acer
October 29th, 2010
9:08 am
MacArthur is already fading. He’s scoreless in last two games and he only has two points in his last six games.
Acer
October 29th, 2010
9:09 am
*five games, not six.
kracker
October 29th, 2010
9:27 am
I think Mac had a few early games with goals the same way that Stewart and Thorburn had an early flurry. MacArthur will probably outscore Thorburn and Stewart combined unless Thorburn ups his game quite a bit. The coaches, both in the Anderson and Dud/Ramsay camps, keep saying he can do it so I remain hopeful that more Thorburn minutes will equal considerably more points.
d
October 29th, 2010
9:28 am
Great article on the Kovy/Devils problem in SI:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/jim_kelley/10/28/kovalchuk.rypien/index.html?eref=sihp
World Be Free
October 29th, 2010
9:59 am
Smoothie-in front of Gorin’s at 6:30?
Rawhide
October 29th, 2010
10:07 am
OK gang…big game against the Sabres tonight. Looking forward to seeing ya’ll down at Philips.
As you’ve already heard, Opie will be back with the Thrashers…which is great news. And with that, I’ll be keeping a special eye on the activity in front of Atlanta’s goal on both night’s this weekend.
Brendan
October 29th, 2010
1:18 pm
I doubt Kubina was going to stay here, even if Atlatna offered over $4 million-per-year, for all three years. I think his heart was in TB. He has a house there. He won his Cup there. He knew, when he got traded here, that it was a one-year stint. Barring the Thrashers knocking on the door of the Cup, Kubina was gone.
Alan R., the Thrashers did make him a $101 million offer. If they didn’t want the player, why make the offer?
R. Stroz
October 30th, 2010
12:09 am
LAST!
Hockey Biltong
October 30th, 2010
12:09 pm
After last!
R. Stroz
November 1st, 2010
7:57 pm
LAST AGAIN!
Rawhide
November 1st, 2010
9:54 pm
R. Stroz – Nope…again.