Trade deadline comes day after Thrashers finally find a way to win
Today the news wires and twitter feeds will be buzzing throughout the NHL world as yet another trade deadline day is upon us. And with that, just as I do every trade deadline day, I will turn the blog over to you the cyber-reporters of the hockey blogosphere to report and discuss in the comments section below the deals from around the NHL as they happen.
As always, AJC Thrashers beat writer Chris Vivlamore will be on the job bringing us any news of trades involving the home team. You can follow him on twitter –>HERE<–.
Today’s player swap- meet comes just a day after our Thrashers managed to pull off only their second win in the month of February. Trailing 2-0 entering into the third period, Captain Andrew Ladd injected life into the team with a power play goal just 53 seconds in. Then, the Thrashers unleashed their secret offensive weapons on the Leafs…Tim Stapleton and Ron Hainsey.
Ron Hainsey celebrates his game-winning overtime goal Sunday evening with his teammates. The win was only the second this month for the Thrashers (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Stapleton, who was placed on waivers just last Saturday, tied things up with 4:36 remaining in the third. It was his first goal of the season and only the fourth of his NHL career. Hainsey then finished off the dramatic come back with a goal halfway through overtime.
I would call yesterday’s outcome a big win for the Thrashers, but after losing five straight and nine of the previous ten games in the month of February…really any kind of win is big. We’ll take what we can get in Thrasherville these days.
Not to be overlooked here is the fine play of Chris Mason…not just in the win Sunday but also Friday night after coming in to relieve Ondrej Pavalec to start the second period against Florida. Mason stopped all 25 Panthers shots he face in two periods of play and overtime then turned aside 22 of the 24 shots faced against Toronto. That’s a .959 SV% to help his team net three points over the weekend.
So as we enter into NHL Trade Dealine-A-Palooza 2011, both Atlanta and Toronto sit at 63 points after playing 63 games. Ninth place Buffalo is two points ahead of them but have a pair of games in hand while Carolina remains in eighth place with 67 points.
Is the win enough to get this team back into the playoff race? I dunno, but yesterday’s hero seems to think they’re still in the thick of it.
“[The win] puts us four away and, hey, we are in business here”, Hainsey said after the game. “If we are getting any further away the we are going to have problems. We are back in it”.
Honestly though, I think they’re gonna have to slice off a few more Ws in the coming week or so before the Thrashers are really “back in it”,
As far as being “buyers” or “sellers” today, we’ll have to wait and see. However, General manager Rick Dudley did tell C-Viv before the game yesterday that he’s expects to be actively pursuing trades today. So maybe a deal or two in the offing for the Thrashers.
Time will tell just what, if anything, will come of such pursuit. But if Dudley could get anyone to take… say… Fredrik Modin off our hands for the remainder of the season, then that would be nice.
And with that, I now turn this little online hockey forum over to you and the trading begins.
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323 comments Add your comment
Thrashers27
February 28th, 2011
1:31 pm
Oh boy, somebody needs a hug! )))LAC(((…there ya go little buddy…I’ll even throw in a hair tussle. All better.
Bob Hartley
February 28th, 2011
1:32 pm
Ay guyz, hi ya doin? Like uh, can ya stop pretendin to be like ex-coaches and stuff? It’s like bad form eh?
Hockey Biltong
February 28th, 2011
1:36 pm
Frosty- Florida has the broom out! You really think Dvorak will stay and play inspired hockey???
Le Thrash have been in the running all year. I’m not happy about their Jan/Feb. swoon but sheesh, there is no comparo between being Fla and a basement dweller, all year, and being Thrash and driving us all crazy with their unpredictability…but still in the hunt…
Joe McGrath
February 28th, 2011
1:38 pm
Johnny O gone yet?
BlueSpark
February 28th, 2011
1:41 pm
So the third line is no Modin-Schremp-Dvorak?
Hockey Biltong
February 28th, 2011
1:42 pm
Dudley,pre deadline, “I said I wouldn’t pick up 35 year olds.”
Dudley, during deadline, “I didn’t say nuttin’ about 33 year olds”.
lol
World Be Free
February 28th, 2011
1:44 pm
Red Light-Richards to Rangers? Maybe
Tom
February 28th, 2011
1:50 pm
Florida is trying to do a deal with every team in the division.
The Carolina #Hurricanes have acquired Bryan Allen from the Florida #Panthers in exchange for Sergei Samsonov.
6 sticks are being sent to Tampa for a bag of pucks.
Stan Drulia
February 28th, 2011
1:51 pm
Watch it guys… over the weekend LAC got all Dirty Harry with someone on these boards! If you don’t watch your mouth he will get one of his 128 employees to come shut it!!! Punk!
Red Light
February 28th, 2011
1:51 pm
Marty Reasoner traded to the Canucks for a 3rd round pick
kracker
February 28th, 2011
1:52 pm
Tampa made out unless those are busted sticks.
BlueSpark
February 28th, 2011
1:54 pm
So much for Marty staying near his pregnant wife. Maybe my source was thinking of McCabe. My super-secret source, by the way, was twitter. I forgot who already. I am not, generally, “in the know” myself about a darn thing.
Tom
February 28th, 2011
1:55 pm
Great move by Vancouver. I would have loved to get Marty back here.
Tom
February 28th, 2011
1:56 pm
Kracker, my source is telling me there was one Bauer 195 and 5 1987 Sherwoods PMP 7030’s.
Red Light
February 28th, 2011
2:00 pm
Apparently the Reasoner trade was a bogus report.
BlueSpark
February 28th, 2011
2:00 pm
LeBrun says Marty to the ‘Couv is a “false scoop”, again via the twitter.
ZAvalanche
February 28th, 2011
2:02 pm
Richards is an unknown quantity. If he recovers he will rock, but concussions are difficult to predict.
World Be Free
February 28th, 2011
2:03 pm
Spezza for Bogosian?
Just asking…..
JoeFriday
February 28th, 2011
2:07 pm
“Spezza for Bogosian?”
Hush! Spezza is not a Dudley type of player, he’s Bergfors Sr.
h
February 28th, 2011
2:10 pm
Penner is gone…….to the Habs
Tom
February 28th, 2011
2:10 pm
Penner to Habs is buzzing around.
h
February 28th, 2011
2:11 pm
Oops. another fake one
BlueSpark
February 28th, 2011
2:12 pm
What on earth do people get out of tweeting fake trades?
h
February 28th, 2011
2:19 pm
Too much free time
Smoothie
February 28th, 2011
2:23 pm
I wouldn’t expect Reasoner to get moved at this point. I think Tallon likes him a lot and figures him into their future plans.
Frosty the snowman
February 28th, 2011
2:25 pm
Billtong ***Le Thrash have been in the running all year. I’m not happy about their Jan/Feb. swoon but sheesh, there is no comparo between being Fla and a basement dweller, all year, and being Thrash and driving us all crazy with their unpredictability…but still in the hunt***
Huh, do what? unpredictability? The trashers are the most predictable team in the league. Have a little spurt that everyone gets all gung ho about and then their true colors come out. The panthers and trashers are on level ground. The only thing the trash have been in the running for all year is their yearly swirlie they give to themselves in a toilet backed up with diareah.
As I stated before, they are only 2 points behind us, they have a game in hand, we could end up behind them at seasons end.
World Be Free
February 28th, 2011
2:26 pm
J/F-just asking, and you never know in this environment
Thrashfan
February 28th, 2011
2:26 pm
Forget Penner!!! Gone to LA
Red Light
February 28th, 2011
2:26 pm
TSN says Penner traded to Kings for first-round pick, another draft pick and prospect
Smoothie
February 28th, 2011
2:28 pm
And there goes the big domino…Penner to the Kings…pending…
Smoothie
February 28th, 2011
2:29 pm
And there you have it: a 1st, another pick and prospect….Lombardi had to do it, but I wonder why he didn’t go after Ales…did they want a player instead of a prospect?
sheryl
February 28th, 2011
2:31 pm
My source tells me the thrashers are gonna shed more payroll in their attempt to be the lowest paid team in the nhl. My source is also telling me that we should expect Steve Rucchin and Mike Dunham to be brought back to the thrashers in their attempt to not sign players 35 or older
Acer
February 28th, 2011
2:36 pm
My godness what an overpayment by the Kings.
tater
February 28th, 2011
2:39 pm
Okay my source in Washington just confirmed that the thrashers will not be getting Ovechkin
Matt from MN
February 28th, 2011
2:40 pm
Yet another disappointing day in Thrasher history. This team needed something to wake the fans up and it didn’t happen… AGAIN.
A2B
February 28th, 2011
2:49 pm
Matt- I wouldn’t say there was anything worth trading for out there. Penner would be a tier II level free agent and the Kings had to mortgage their immediate future to get him. That will go down as a bad trade for the kings unless Penner carries them deep this year. Imagine what they asked for Hemsky then… maybe Bogo and our First rounder? I just don’t see teams willing to give up anything this year.
World Be Free
February 28th, 2011
2:53 pm
Glad we didn’t get in on Penner at that cost
ThrasherTim
February 28th, 2011
2:54 pm
Our big trade was last week, getting Wheeler and Stuart for Peverly and Valabik. Wheeler is fitting in nicely and Stuart was signed today.
PK shored up and defense from forwards shored up.
Scoring? Meh.
A2B
February 28th, 2011
2:56 pm
Sounds like Dudley is making this year a defense from hell for opposing forwards and is going to try and make a big signing for UFA this summer to get that scoring. Smart since we finally have a team that is starting to be built from the goal. Wait, only took how many years to figure that out.
Ray
February 28th, 2011
2:59 pm
Dudley’s only been GM for how long?
Rawhide
February 28th, 2011
3:15 pm
Thrashers trade Modin to Calgary for a draft pick.
BlueSpark
February 28th, 2011
3:15 pm
Looks like I have to re-vamp my third-line…it seems Mr. Modin has been traded…
Tom
February 28th, 2011
3:15 pm
Modin to the Flames. Not sure who we got…
Thrashy Thrashy
February 28th, 2011
3:16 pm
Oh, no!
Modin is gone!
Thrashfan
February 28th, 2011
3:16 pm
Modin is Gone!!!!
Smoothie
February 28th, 2011
3:16 pm
Thank the good Lord Freddy Mo is no ‘mo!!!
Joe Friday
February 28th, 2011
3:17 pm
While the possibility exists that there’s still some trade out there waiting approval by the league, I figured when we went dumpster diving on the waiver wire earlier today for Schremp that Dudley was done. Don’t blame him for not getting Penner since the asking price was too high.
I am surprised that no one stepped up to take Oduya or Hainsey, I think we have too much $ tied up in d. Now that’s not a problem if we do get a new owner/group/group with a figurehead/#no group/#KindcadeIsADramaQueen willing to go sign us Brad Richards this summer
I’m fine with Dudley keeping the core together. What are the chances of getting Slater back anytime soon, anyone know a word on that? He and Brumistrov may provide a jump to the lineup. With Bogosian eating more PP minutes, mabye they’re ready to put him on the first PP group along with Enstrom and move Buf in front of the net on the PP with Ladd and Wheeler on the boards.
Finish out the year strong, while it’ll take a 5 to 7 game winning streak to really get back in the race, it could be done, but even if not, we have new owners on the horizon and Dudley has my vote of confidence. Moving Peverley out for Wheeler and Stuart was solid. Giving up Bergfors for a UFA is a meh, but he’s been shopping Bergfors forever, no one wanted him. That deal works out good if Dvorak signs an extension, he’ll at least solidify our PK for now, which is a tremendous help.
World Be Free
February 28th, 2011
3:17 pm
Modin-Mr. stroz better never say anything bad about Dudley again!
World Be Free
February 28th, 2011
3:18 pm
Modin to Calgary
Question – For what?
Answer- Does it matter?
BlueSpark
February 28th, 2011
3:18 pm
…to Calgary for a seventh-round pick. Ouch.
The draft has seven rounds?