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Atlanta Thrashers Team Formation. Read More. See Full Story. New Ownership Atlanta Spirit. Heading to Winnipeg. Due to financial losses and ownership struggles, the team was frequently a target of relocation rumors. Thrashers Primary Logo. Thrashers Alternate Logo. The Thrashers drafted Ilya Kovalchuk and Dany Heatley who both became stars, but upon closer examination the Thrashers could have made much different draft selections that were available to them in their time in Atlanta.

There is little doubt that if the Thrashers' current management team was in place just two years earlier, the team would still be in Atlanta and likely would have earned a playoff berth. Consider all the payroll and attitude issues that Dudley and Ramsay had to deal with prior to the start of the campaign and then contemplate the undisclosed budget constraints and rumors players and management had to deal with on an almost daily basis.

Dudley did all of this while trimming the payroll down to one of the lowest in the NHL which will greatly benefit the Winnipeg team. He was quoted on the Atlanta Thrashers' website saying that despite two concussions and a 11 goal in 33 game professional performance in a developmental league, "I am not worried about Patrik. The Thrashers stayed with Stefan for several years before sending him to Dallas and receiving very little in comparison to the team's investment in him back. Stefan represented the first in a long line of mistakes no NHL franchise can afford to make and remain viable.

Atlanta draft picks that did not pan out resulting in the team's sad upheavel to the cold province of Manitoba. The left wing exhibited scoring, passing and skating prowess that earned him high marks in his rookie season. What the team missed in selecting Heatley was more to do with his overall character than his impeccable hockey skills.

Heatley asked the Thrashers to trade him after he and another member of the Thrashers were involved in a fatal automobile accident in Heatley's car that left Dan Snyder dead at The results again were clear—a draft selection resulted in a net loss for the Thrashers.

Heatley is still booed unmercifully every time he returns to Ottawa and more importantly he cannot seem to nudge the Sharks to a Stanley Cup Finals appearance despite the strong lineup in San Jose and his obvious scoring ability. Central Scouting rated him the top player in the draft and the Thrashers selected him with their No. Kovalchuk has immense offensive talent, but Thrasher fans got used to not knowing whether they would see the Kovalchuk that possessed superstar talent or the other player who showed up from time to time.

That other player sulked and displayed a bad attitude. The team made several mistakes in pampering the Russian star, including appointing him captain of the team and not trading him well before his contract was up for renewal. When the Thrashers finally traded Kovalchuk to New Jersey , you could almost feel the weight lifted off the team. The Thrashers without Kovalchuk began to win hockey games as a team and celebrate as a team. Boris Valabik could have been the next Zdeno Chara.

The giant fire-breathing birdheads at Philips Arena, lit when the players are introduced before the game and when the Thrashers score a goal. Broadcasts are occasionally available on Fox Sports South , which will air one game in — The station is the flagship of a network that includes 18 stations.

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