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Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Coburn headed down to Chicago
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Right about now, the Thrashers are boarding their plane for a flight to Denver. Braydon Coburn, however, won’t be with them.
The young defenseman will be sent to Chicago (AHL) as the team tries to continue his development, which wasn’t happening as long as he was a healthy scratch. Coburn practiced this morning with the team, but after practice Bob Hartley confirmed that Coburn was headed to the minors.
“We need to do what’s best for him,” Hartley said. “At the end of the day, he’s a very young prospect for us and he needs to play.”
Speaking of playing, Hartley said in Tuesday’s post game press conference, that Kari Lehtonen will be starting again against Colorado on Thursday. But after that, he said Johan Hedberg will be in net — most likely in one of the back-to-back games this weekend. He said he was just trying to give Lehtonen a feeling as to how it feels to be a No. 1 goalie in the NHL - and he was impressed with how Lehtonen responded. The game against the Avs will be his 14th consecutive start.
