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Thursday, March 1, 2007
Tkachuk believes in Thrashers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Just returned from lunch with Keith Tkachuk, Alexei Zhitnik and the fine Thrashers PR folks who helped set it up, as I get closer to finishing the Tkachuk feature for Saturday. He had a lot of interesting things to say over some calamari and a salad and I’m not going to give it all away in today’s blog. I’m going to make you wait until Saturday’s story - but believe me, this is a guy who thinks this team can go a long way this year. He wouldn’t be here if he didn’t.
It was interesting to note how comfortable he said he’s felt since the moment he arrived. He said that since he first got here, it’s felt like he’s been on the team for 10 years. His brave wife is making the 9 hour drive from St. Louis with his two sons to deliver his truck and catch Friday’s game. Thank God for DVDs, Tkachuk said.
One more insight — he said one of the reasons he was so willing to waive his no-trade is because he thinks, and got more confirmation in talking to players around the league, that Kari Lehtonen is one of the most underrated goalies in the league. As we all know, it comes down to goaltending, and Tkachuk has tons of faith in Kari.
Okay, no more. I have to get back to working on the feature before I give more away. I promise, anything else I don’t use in the story, I’ll give you guys on the blog.
Lastly — if you haven’t seen the mullet worn by Greg de Vries at casino night last night — check the pictures out here on the blueland blog. I never thought anyone could overshadow Garnet Exelby’s mustache, but de Vries definitely did.
