Hard to get happy after Thrashers loss to Canes
After Sunday night’s loss to Carolina, the family and I made our way back home where we watched a little TV before the wife and boys made their way to bed. I stayed up to try and pound out some words about the Thrashers’ latest setback. Honestly though, given the state of mind I was in following such a heartbreaking loss…I just wasn’t feeling it. So I went to bed in hopes I’d feel a little better in the morning.
Morning came, but I really felt no better.
See…after the Thrashers “Kaned” the New York Rangers Friday night, I really thought that win had the ability to finally snap this team awake from it’s mid-winter’s nightmare. It was the kind of victory that…if indeed they used it as a springboard to a successful playoff drive…the fans of Thrasherville could point back to and say that “this” was where it all began to turnaround for the team.
Ondrej Pavelec turns away Marian Gaborik's penalty shot Friday night. While the Thrashers were able to take advantage of this great play and beat the Rangers, they were unable to build on the momentum Sunday...losing to Carolina 3-2 (Michelle Rivers)
Although Evander Kane does get credit for tying the game and then notching the game-winner, the true game-changing event came earlier in the period when Ondrej Pavelec stonewalled Marian Gaborik’s penalty shot attempt. The save bailed out Brent Sopel… who took the penalty after bumbling a Zach Bogosianback-pass near the blueline…and it kept the score a 2-1 and gave Kane and the Thrashers just the chance they needed.
However…
As big of a win Friday night’s game was…as much as it could have been the springboard to the Thrashers finally waking up from this mid-winter’s nightmare… just as exhilarating as if felt to see them steal away the two points from the Rangers…that’s how gut wrenching the loss to the Carolina Hurricanes was just two night’s later.
And truth be old, I’m still finding it hard to get happy after it.
The Thrashers had already dropped three close games to the Canes this season. But this time around not only did they skate out of the barn with the two points, they didn’t even do us the kindness of allowing an overtime loser point for us. Making matters even more painful, leaving Philips Arena with the Hurricanes is sole possession of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Failure to clear the puck at a key time once again doomed the Thrashers efforts. With less than two minutes remaining in the game, the Canes won the battle to keep the puck in the attacking one and Erik Cole once more broke our hearts. Twice before this season he’s beaten Atlanta in overtime.
Andrew Ladd, who scored both of the Thrashers goals, owned up to his part of the team’s inability to get the puck out of the defensive zone on the play saying, “We need big plays at the end. I have to make sure that puck doesn’t get down and gets out of the zone”.
The Thrashers lost despite out-shooting Carolina to the tune of 43-17…20-5 in the second period alone. That type of lop-sidedness isn’t all that uncommon for this team, but normally it’s Atlanta on the short end of that stat. This makes the loss even all the tougher.
I could be magnanimous, I suppose, and simply give a tip of the hat to Cam Ward for, keeping his team in the game…saving 41 shots for the win…but I really don’t want to right now.
sigh…Like I said, I’m finding it tough to get happy after this latest heart-breaker.
Rawhide’s Rowdies Section Rocked
Regardless of the outcome, it was really great to spend some time with some of you who took advantage of the special “Ticket & a Jersey” deal for yesterday’s game. Sections 203 and 204 were full of some passionate Thrashers fans…as well as those blue #4 jerseys that came with the tickets. I was able to see a lot of you that I’ve met previously…which is always nice…as well as meet a few for the very first time.
Thank you all very much for the great response to this special offer. Between this ticket deal and the RAWHIDE promotions on the TicketMaster site, we’ve sold hundreds of tickets and I’m told there will be more such offers to come.
By: Bill Tiller – AJC.com Thrashers Fan Blog
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Eileen
February 14th, 2011
12:03 pm
Dan Kamal spoke on the post game last night. He made the point that despite the effort, we don’t have something–a finisher? He commented on the good core YOUNG group we have and that perhaps Thrasher fans have to swallow HARD one more year to allow more development and some roster moves. Although he did say that Dudley was not willing to give up on this season, but time is running out. Dan also mentioned that Mason has not worked his share of games due to injury or whatever. He did point out the mistake by Sterwart that led to the wining goal. However, we wouldn’t be talking about one mistake if we scored more goals on 40 plus shots. His voice of reason and honesty is always refreshing.
That game was a heart breaker in the making. I just had a feeling our old friend Erik Cole was going to make his presence known again.
Smoothie
February 14th, 2011
12:06 pm
R/L – I suppose I am over-valuing Versteeg, but compared to Penner, we’d only have to give up the #1 as opposed to a #1 + a prospect. Penner is no doubt the better player and probably a better fit, but Tambellini is in a better position to trade to the highest bidder and I bet someone overpays beyond those 2 valuable assets. At least with Versteeg, I think Burke is desperate enough to get back his #1 that Versteeg is “get-able” for simply the one asset. We’re not going to get an impact player who can help us next season like Versteeg can help as he balances out the lines to where we have more scoring for our depth strategy. To wit:
Kane – Litts – Versteeg
Ladd – Antro – Bergy
Cormier – Pevs/Burmy – Stapes/Pevs
Greek gods w/ Macho filling in till Slater returns
Or get real crazy and move Buff back to RW temporarily while Toby plays with Bogey, Hainsey & Oduya get back together and Kulda studies under Brent Sopel on the 3rd pair. Then you eliminate Stapes from the top 3 lines and use him as a spot plug when someone needs rest or is injured.
Cliff Fletcher
February 14th, 2011
12:10 pm
More on moving this team to canada or anywhere else-
2 factors to note here////
1. the nhl is loath to give up a top 10 U.S. tv market in atlanta. tv carries more weight than a bunch of canadians in the stands in outposts like quebec city or winnipeg.
2. anyone with an iq above forrest gump knows the problem in atlanta is management not the fans. the steady flow of talent out of atlanta would discourage the fan base. sage is not alone is abandoning this franchise.
Smoothie
February 14th, 2011
12:12 pm
Ooops, I forgot Stewy! Add him in and now you’ve got a potent line-up!
Yes, that was sarcasm.
World Be Free
February 14th, 2011
12:12 pm
Eileen-there you go, Dan knows we need scorers not the pipe fitters we currently have in this lineup.
Cliff Fletcher
February 14th, 2011
12:21 pm
forsberg to retire again later today-too bad, great player in his day. flyers should have kept forsberg and took a pass on lindros, seems like that deal was so long ago.
jwizzle
February 14th, 2011
12:25 pm
Sad, sad loss last night. I will say that there was a bit of a win in the attendance category though. I was happy to see a few more folks out there! If only we could make it to the playoffs and really fills the seats. (day dreamin’)
Rawhide, nice to see you and meet your family. Thanks again for getting the ticket/jersey special together!
BlueSpark
February 14th, 2011
12:28 pm
We’ll get ‘em next year, guys. Yeah, that’s it.
I agree with whoever said that the problem was no net presence. IIRC, they had guys in front of the net more often back in November. Don’t know what happened to that. Of course, they seem to have so much trouble just entering the zone that maybe they don’t have possession long enough to put someone in front of the net…
Red Light
February 14th, 2011
12:29 pm
Before a trade occurs, I think Dudley, et al will have to make a key decision as to the futures of Kulda, Postma, Melchiori and Zubarev, and perhaps Bogosian. I don’t think they will give up Zach, but one of the others will likely be included in a deal if they plan to make a key one. Every team wants defensemen, even prospects.
tonyb
February 14th, 2011
12:30 pm
What everyone is forgetting in all of this relocation talk is this…The ASG own the operating rights to Phillips arena. Name me one NHL, NFL, NBA, or MLB team that has moved when the team owner also owns the building. Just one. Everyone knows in sports the money is in the building. I know the ASG is dumb, but man, every arena owner in north America is looking for an NBA and NHL team as a tenant. To just sell out and move your main tenant would be unheard of in sports today. It just doesn’t happen.
The ASG to date have never said they are looking to sell the team and the team me moved. Only that they are looking for local investors, either to partner with or otherwise own outright the Thrashers. Its in their best interest to find a local investor and cut him a deal on rent and concessions so the the building will have a long term tenant.
R. Stroztradamus
February 14th, 2011
12:35 pm
For those of you looking forward to a Town Hall Meeting, mark March 5th on your calendar.
Get your pitchforks ready.
Cliff Fletcher
February 14th, 2011
12:39 pm
people keep talking about the thrashers moving because it’s all the rage in canada. the canadian press talks about it daily, gets the fans all worked up that the thrashers are moving to winnipeg “any day now”. it’s not that easy, bettman does not want any team to move and there’s no evidence to indicate that quebec city or winnipeg can support an nhl franchise under the current economical conditions. you might as well put an nhl franchise in wheeling, west virginia.
ZAvalanche
February 14th, 2011
12:54 pm
I would like to see Buffy up front. No other way around it, the team needs to score and if he is the only D playing hard he accounts for 1/6 of the personnel. His efforts could be much better used up front. Guaranteed.
Trading deadline: 14 days…….
ZAvalanche
February 14th, 2011
1:04 pm
Actually Cliff, last week, for the first time in my life, the Canadian Dollar passed the US dollar….
Cliff Fletcher
February 14th, 2011
1:19 pm
interesting listening to super mario diss the league over the fighting in the islanders game. penguins are not short on goons and players with interesting backrounds of questionable checks. maybe mario should look in his own kitchen befre he critisizes the cook.
zavs-not just the issues withthe dollar, i am more concerned with the lack of corporate support in these 2 cities. small markets like buffalo have a hard time competing with the larger markets because they lack big companies to buy advertising and corporate boxes.
ZAvalanche
February 14th, 2011
1:25 pm
24 games left. Thrashy, by my estimation needs at least 32 of the 48 possible points. Unfortunately, Buffalo is only 2 points behind with 4 games in hand. Does not bode well with the way they are playing. It not unheard of for a team to miss the post season with 92 points but usually 90 will get you in in the East. So they need to 16 and 24. The 5-game home stand starting on the 25 is absolutely crucial. Only 11 home games out of 24. Guess we will see what this team is made of. Realistically I think there are 10 games they SHOULD win based on the standings.
Here are the games that if they win, will show me they deserve to be there, but it will be highway robbery:
Flyers x3 – ouch
Canucks x1 ouch
Rangers x1 can be done, been proven
Senators x1 ouch
Penguins x1 can be done, they are struggling
Nashville x1 maybe
That is a brutal close to the season. Time to show what you are made of, but hey, if you had taken your opportunities earlier we wouldn’t be having this discussion.
jimbo
February 14th, 2011
1:26 pm
We have been unable to “close the deal” at home most of the season (Rnager game an exception). We simply sit back and seem to wait for the inevitable. Ramsey says “he coaches what he’s got”. Well Ramemeroo, YOU DO A P— POOR JOB OF GETTING THE GUYS UP FOR BIG ONES AT HOME. TRY SOME MOTIVATION RATHER THAN “TEACHING”.
Sage of Bluesland
February 14th, 2011
1:28 pm
Serious question: If ownership doesn’t care, why do you?
Think about it–and stop subsidizing the incompetence. Only a sheep still spends money on this abomination. There is simply no other categorization for a person who continues to hope and dream on this joke of an organization.
It’s almost funny reading how downtrodden some have gotten lately–as if this year’s unraveling was a big surprise (it wasn’t).
At least some are too embarrassed to show up anymore…and have wholly stopped the defense of the indefensible. That is the one silver lining to this cloud.
(For those looking for “Patrick Henry”-type quotes, I think I’ve offered up a few over the many years…Feel free to use any of them; I would be honored.)
drajax
February 14th, 2011
1:35 pm
For all the shots the Thrashers took, yesterday we were lucky that we weren’t three goals behind after the first period, that’s the element of luck we have to live with. Still this team isn’t good enough to make it’s own luck. We need a skater/scorer and we need the Slater, Bolton, Thorburn line back. If this doesn’t happen within the next game or two, we must look to next year. The team as it now stands is simply not good enough to reach the playoffs.
Red Light
February 14th, 2011
1:41 pm
You can’t take anything for granted in this league. Looking at the No. 6 through No. 15 teams in the Eastern Conference since the All-Star Break, all teams except for Ottawa have gained points in the standings on both the Rangers and Thrashers.
Atlanta 1-4-1 3 points
Buffalo 3-1-1 7 points
Carolina 2-3-2 6 points
Florida 2-2-2 6 points
Montreal 4-2-1 9 points
NJ Devils 6-0-1 12 points
NY Islanders 5-2 10 points
NY Rangers 1-4-1 3 points
Ottawa 1-5-0 2 points
Toronto 4-2-1 9 points
ZAvalanche
February 14th, 2011
1:42 pm
I agree cliff, but one, the corporate support in Canada will pony up to get a team and two, the canadian teams had such a difficult time in the 80’s and 90’s before the profit sharing just because their dollar was soooo weak and players were being paid in US currency. Though the disparity between the two currencies is minimal right now, a few cents on the dollar when you are dealing in hundreds of millions is a big deal. I don’t think it will happen. The the only way to make absolutely sure it won’t happen is to put a$$es in the seats and that only happens with a good product.
Right now the product isn’t bad, but it isn’t the caliber of product that will lure Joe Anybody to a game and get them hooked. I remember their only playoff appearance (good having beers with you RH) and the “fans” oozed out of the woodwork and it was AWESOME! If I remember correctly, and correct me if I am wrong, but Phillips sold out for both of our playoff games. Felt like I was in CO again. And then……….more mediocrity. We lack consistency. And really, there is no reason for it. But we are in a pickle. If we boycott the team to try and drive the Spirit out then the team will move. If we keep going to games, the Spirit makes more $$ and will funnel that to the, ahem, other team. It is lose-lose. Very sad.
Thrashy Thrashy
February 14th, 2011
1:47 pm
There are many ways to lose games. Remember how we were getting out-shot by 10 to 15 many times over the last couple of seasons? Remember how we actually won some of those games? Remember how many of us thought, “Well, you can’t sustain that and be a playoff team?” Remember how we were right?
The opposite is true of out-shooting the opposition.
If there is any chance of a postseason berth happening for this team, it will only come from attacking. We do not have the experience to win by defending. That’s the plain truth. Ramsay understands that much, but those killer turnovers or mistakes that this team has been making with frightening regularity will negate any attempt to control the game. The only way we can fix that problem is to get multiple new and responsible players who don’t have to be taught how to get the job done. That means trading. That means we are screwed. After all, we do not spend money and will not acquire the types of players who will stay here beyond this season and be productive for the organization for several years.
Yippee.
Joe McGrath
February 14th, 2011
1:58 pm
If there is no effort made by RD to pick up a top six forward by the end of the month, I’m quiting the Thrashers…for good. I will become a full-time Nashville Predators’ fan.
Cliff Fletcher
February 14th, 2011
2:15 pm
sage of bluelands-it’s nobody’s business to tell others what to do. if people want to go to games, then that’s their choice. you have some good opinions until you start telling people what to do. tend to your own business.
DWTOO
February 14th, 2011
2:15 pm
Frustrating night or afternoon. Pretty solid play fro the most part, but, breakdowns at cruical times continue to haunt us. Glad someone else caught the bad change by Stewart. It was like they were calling him from the bench to get off now. He clears that puck at we go to OT.
Beginning to have my doubts about him – on a pace for twenty goals, is aplus player and yet there seems to be something missing from his game.
Spud Webb
February 14th, 2011
2:44 pm
Cliff, that trade was soooooooooooo long ago!!!
RedLight, hearing grumblings that Bogo is heading to Boston????? What’s up with that man???????????? Have you heard anything like that???
Cliff Fletcher
February 14th, 2011
2:56 pm
spud////
memories my friend, always great to see the flyers get fleeced.
BMF
February 14th, 2011
3:00 pm
Stewart sort of puzzles me also… He has tremendous speed and size. Definitely passes the eyeball test just by watching him skate the puck into the zone, he can really get buy guys, gets up to top speed very fast. Just not consistent. He’s got moves (his 5-hole goal against NYR was a beauty) so he does good things iwth the puck, but i think it’s what he’s doing without the puck that is the problem. Takes dumb penalties, doesn’t make good decisions, out of position a lot. Doesn’t hit enough (he’s one of the biggest guys on the team) and he doesn’t impose himself. But, then again i guess you can say that about a lot of guys on this Thrashers team.
Smoothie
February 14th, 2011
3:04 pm
Tony C – is this what you’re referring to? Sounds like management is against moving Z-Bo unless the offer is incredible, like a 1st and an impact player.
“10. If Zach Bogosian was available? Now, we’re talking. It’s believed the Thrashers asked Boston about Mark Stuart (Craig Ramsay likes him), and the two GMs started spitballing. Here’s the thing about Bogosian, though: Atlanta pledges not to make the same mistakes as 2007, when it mortgaged the future for Keith Tkachuk. Trading him, less than 200 games into his career, would violate that Prime Directive. He’s going to figure it out and I’m not sure I would do it without getting an impact player and the pick.” — Elliotte Friedman’s 30 Thoughts (cbc.ca)
If Boston were willing to trade TOR’s 1st rounder plus, say Stuart or Wheeler, you can bet your bottom that I’d do it. We have several puck movers in the system (Postma, Melchiori, Zubarev?) and if you can get a solid blueliner plus that high 1st rounder, then it becomes quite easy to part with your own 1st rounder for a Dustin Penner or even Versteeg.
Brendan
February 14th, 2011
3:22 pm
I did listen to “Thrashers Live,” the postgame show with Darren Eliot and Matt McConnell. They didn’t ’sugarcoat’ things much. McConnell said, “Darren, to be honest, I didn’t like the way the team had been trending the last couple of months.” Darren stared back, struck by Matt’s candor, and replied, “Yeah, well. The trend had been set. There’s no denying that. Everyone in the organization knows that this team has to go on AT LEAST one more run (thing 6-1-3 for 10 games) between now and the end of the season, Mattie. One of these games has to be the first win that begins that streak.”
Doesn’t sound like Matt and Darren are trying to put a “rainbow” on a sewage leak. We’re getting far more honesty out of two EMPLOYEES of the company, who like keeping their jobs, than in previous years. Think of Darren interviewing Waddell during the 2nd period intermission of the Predators game in 2008, when Darren asked, “Don, you gotta think you’re ‘close, real close’ to being a playoff team this year. That team went on to bank 76-points. The 2009 version of your Atlanta Thrashers also banked 76-points. In 2010, I forgot the total. I want to say … 83-points??? Most years, it takes 93-points or higher to be a playoff team. So, hearing how a team on pace for 70-80 “something” points talking about the playoffs … is like hearing about a homely girl discussing her chances of being Homecoming Queen this year.
Brendan
February 14th, 2011
3:27 pm
Smoothie, there’s no way Boston moves that pick they acquired from Toronto, for Phil Kessel. Boston is Toronto’s division rival, and watching the Bruins make the playoffs and possess a lottery draft pick in the same year … is fabulous revenge against Toronto. Those two markets don’t much like each other. On some level, Toronto must have hope that taking Phil Kessel away from them would hurt the Bruins. What’s hurting the Bruins now, if anything, is the loss of Savard. Honestly, I do hope Marc Savard can revive his hockey career. When he was here, Savvy was one of my all-time favorite Thrashers. If I had to put a Top 10 list together of my all-time favorite Thrashers, Savvy is still going to be on that list.
Spud Webb
February 14th, 2011
3:31 pm
What does everyone think of Mario’s comments in regards to the fight uh hockey game Friday night?
Pretty funny I thought, I read where his team leads the league in fighting majors & of course employees Matt Cooke.
BMF
February 14th, 2011
3:34 pm
Lemieux’s rant was an absolute joke. He should look no further than his own team (Cooke) for an example of the very player and type of play that he wants to see change. How about you set an example and either trade or cut Cooke, for no other reason that he “doesn’t play the game the right way.” Put your money where your mouth is. Why don’t you go and ask Marc Savard how he’s feeling lately before you bemoan that your golden boy Sid the Kid is out because of a cheap shot by Vicktor Hedman. Hypocrite.
Smoothie
February 14th, 2011
3:37 pm
Tis not my rumor, it belongs to ESPN and Friedman has done some poking around. The fact that an esteemed writer like EF is getting some type of response shows their open to offers. Whether or not it happens remains to be seen. Perhaps talks started out with Dudley trying to convince Chiarelli that Antropov can help them with Savard out for the year. But I don’t think BOS wants anything to do with $8 M over the next 2 years. Then I can see them countering with an inquiry about Bogosian rumors have been swirling around our young D-man.
World Be Free
February 14th, 2011
3:57 pm
BMF-2 good posts
Stewart has tools, he just lacks the type of heart and desire to be the NHL-er he could be. That’s why he washed out in Miami and stayed available for sometime.
Brendan-style is one thing, but let’s face it, this team does not have the horses. So again, we go back to fish (acquire talent and pay the price) or cut bait (determine who you want to sell between now and 2.28.
LAC
February 14th, 2011
4:09 pm
I agree Joe, Nashville is a good team that wants to improve, ie: Fisher. But Atlanta does it’s typical nothing as these Lying owners want to dump the team ASAP, where as Nashville WANTS TO WIN.
What a refreshing trend that would be for us, but I have just about had it with Atlanta, they simply are an AWFUL team and all, if any, of the chemistry of the early season, has evaporated into thin air.
Red Light
February 14th, 2011
4:11 pm
Just a note of caution to the trade rumors…how many times has Tomas Kaberle been rumored to be moved. Then, they keep asking Burke, who keeps having to reiterate, he’s not going anywhere. Now, that may change this year because Burke knows he’ll have just 20 games left of Kaberle in Toronto.
The rumors are conjured by looking at which players are RFAs and UFAs, those who have big to mid-sized contracts, those who may have been disgruntled with lack of playing time, etc.
Anyone call the Fisher to Nashville trade correctly. Nah, of course not.
As I told World Be Free and Smoothie yesterday, do you honestly think Rick Dudley or any other GM is going to say who he’s looking for in a trade unless it has already been agreed to but hasn’t yet been announced? They can plant seeds, but they can’t say we’re looking to trade Bogosian for blank.
C-Viv is the beat writer. He’s there every day. He may get a bit more information than most, but you don’t see him planting rumors with players names attached. Why? Because it would destroy any confidence the team would have with him and vice versa.
I asked Maurice last night if he thought there was any team in the league that would NOT want Enstrom on their team. Politely, he said, I don’t think I am allowed to comment on another player like that. Same thing with GMs, if they come out publicly and cite specifics, I believe it’s called tampering. Not only that, if the player got wind of something like that, from any one other than his agent, what does that do to a relationship with the current team.
Think about it.
Brendan
February 14th, 2011
4:13 pm
WBF, I agree that an assessment, one way or the other is required. But here’s how the AS,LLC and their mouthpiece, Don Waddell, will spin it. “We’ll both be buyers and sellers at the deadline.” What on EARTH does that mean?
It means … if there’s a player we’re going to lose anyway, we can move him for what the market will bear. At the same time, other teams will be ditching players, putting them on waivers, trading bad contracts, and … therein lies some “rebuilding” for next season. If the guy is under contract, or an RFA, for the next few years, then the move could help the Thrashers down the road. But the situation there is either (1) finding a team that is flush against the cap that wants to ADD salary, and therefore is FORCED TO JETTISON salary back to someone, anyone or (2) finding another bottom-feeder team just wanting to unload a bad contract. If there’s a bad contract worth having, we can raid the Islanders, Oilers, Leafs, etc. for that bad contract.
R.Stroz, I believe the AS,LLC is paying Joe Johnson $25 million-a-year. As you always say, “money is fungible.” If there would just be some other NBA team that says, “We’ll take JJ off your hands for our some slew of draft picks and solid prospects” … then that could free up some money. But knowing the Spirit, LLC, they want to ADD payroll to the Hawks, to make sure they HOST the playoffs at # 4. And they fully expect to make it to Round II of the playoffs. That’s the team they CARE about, etc. But that JJ contract is the reason why Atlanta Spirit, LLC has no more money for the Thrashers.
Rawhide, I think I might disagree with you. I doubt that Levenson thinks the hockey fans of Atlanta realize there’s a problem yet. Therefore, he’d have absolutely no reservation, whatsoever, to attend a Town Hall Meeting. Imagine, if it turned into a ROAST, where Levenson’s every move is catalgued and thrown back in his face, and the whole group stormed out, refusing to renew seats? What do you THINK he’d do??? I’d bet he’d call up the marketing department and threaten them with a lawsuit for not adequately finding the “die-hard” hockey fans in the Northern Georgia Area. His next marching orders, “You WILL find hockey fans who WILL attend games, no matter HOW BADLY our team might be constructed. Or you’re fired.” Seriously. I think that’d be his approach … to a mass EXODUS from the THM.
Spud Webb
February 14th, 2011
4:13 pm
If stewart played with heart and desire and sacrificed his body, that line would/could be sick. Nothing worse than watching a guy his size not using his body or WILLING to pay the price. If he wants to look pretty, wront type of skating.
Hockey Biltong
February 14th, 2011
4:17 pm
The Boston-Bogo comment went like this;
Boston has Toronto’s number 1 pick. They[Boston] said the only two players out there worth that pick were Bogo and from the center Dallas, Richards’.
Not that Bogo would go, just a quality comparison.
I was at both Friday and Sundays’ games.
On Sunday, when Stewart left the puck with two minutes to go, was it the coaches discipline that was behind this move or was it his own bad judgement?? I know the coach has been serious about line change accountability. Can anyone back me up on this, before we all dump on Stewart????.
Red Light
February 14th, 2011
4:20 pm
From last year…
Fiction: Perhaps the most rumored player on the market is Carolina veteran wing Ray Whitney, who has posted 19 goals and 48 points in 59 games this season. Darren Dreger of TSN.ca reported that Whitney might very well be headed to Los Angeles.
Fact: He wasn’t dealt
Fiction: According to sources, unrestricted free agent defenseman Dan Hamhuis of the Nashville Predators might very well be the first player dealt when the Olympic roster freeze if finally lifted March 1.
Fact: He wasn’t dealt
And, so it goes.
Hockey Biltong
February 14th, 2011
4:23 pm
And….. we need someone with a shot. Someone who can put the biscuit in the basket! TODAY!!!!!
Eileen
February 14th, 2011
4:24 pm
Hockey Biltong-according Dan Kamal, it is hockey 101 to completely clear the puck before going on a line change. It was Stewey’s mistake this time, but no one was dumping on him too bad.
Associated Press Reporting
February 14th, 2011
4:27 pm
Numerous sources have confirmed the Atlanta Spirit has filed a ten million dollar lawsuit against Cam Ward of the Hurricanes for stealing two points from the Thrashers.
The Hurricane management responded that the Atlanta Spirit was once again “passing wind” due to an obstruction of their collective bowels by their collective heads.
Walter Knonkite
February 14th, 2011
4:31 pm
APR…
Did they happen to include Erik Cole for scoring three game winners against their team this season, too?
Spud Webb
February 14th, 2011
4:32 pm
Rlight, comeon! Give us more than that!!
Hockey Biltong
February 14th, 2011
5:14 pm
Goodnight David.
Goodnight Chet.
WTF?
February 14th, 2011
5:17 pm
I think it’s really strange how the Thrashers brought in all the Blackhawks players, yet won’t let them play like they did in Chicago. I thought when teams try to emulate the champion they really try to use the style that got them to the championship. When Matt Ryan had his excellent rookie season in the NFL, the struggling teams tried to emulate that by drafting the most talented new quarterbacks and try to do what the Falcons did. The Thrashers have a bench full of winners and and the coach calls stupid line changes that cost the team goals. In my opinion, this is all coach Ramsay’s fault. Without him, the Thrashers would be 4th or 5th in the point standings, not 9th heading south daily.
Toe Blake
February 14th, 2011
5:31 pm
If there was ever an appropriate Blogger name…WTF?
Rawhide
February 14th, 2011
5:42 pm
WTF? – Perfect username to discuss this franchise.
Whiskey – Tango – Foxtrot
Everyone – C-Viv reports Kulda has been sent back to the Wolves.
Oh yeah and…100th!