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Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Thrashers fine with All-Star starting snub
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There won’t be any Thrashers starting in the All-Star game, but it was a pretty understanding group in the Thrashers dressing room this morning. Marian Hossa, who probably deserved a spot more than anybody (he is the league leader in goals), just shook it off saying it’s a fun game, nothing he’s too worried about it. Ilya Kovalchuk’s first words when I asked him about it were, “I don’t care.” The league will announce the complete All-Star game rosters on Saturday.
I guess if you get too wrapped up in fan voting, you can’t focus on important things, like beating Montreal. The Canadiens seem to be completely recovered from the flu bug that’s been bothering the team for nearly a week. It was a full and pretty upbeat dressing room this morning on the Montreal side. Evidently the day off yesterday helped, so we’ll see which team can break its losing streak.
Scott Mellanby skated again with the team, with contact. He looked good out there and Hartley said he’s close to returning. Hartley wouldn’t say if his captain was going to play against New Jersey, but from the looks of it, we’ll see Mellanby back in the lineup sometime this weekend.
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