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Monday, July 28, 2008
I’m back; what about the Thrash?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Pardon the two weeks since my last post. I was using up my vacation; it is now spent. I had a great time, but my guess is John Anderson had at least one better day. The Thrashers coach told me before I left that he was scheduled to have the Calder Cup on July 23. As with the Stanley Cup, Calder Cup winners get to enjoy the trophy they won for a day during the offseason.
Anderson, who coached the Chicago Wolves to the AHL title, planned to celebrate in Toronto.
“We’ll have the tape of the [cup-clinching sixth] game [against Wilkes-Barre Scranton], and we’ll watch the third period probably because that was our best period,” Anderson said. One of his favorite highlights: Jason Krog scoring the team’s fourth goal and his third. “[Arturs] Kulda made an unbelievable pass right through his own goal line all the way to the far blue line. It landed right on his stick,” Anderson said. “You watch Krog and he’s kind of smiling because he can’t believe he got it. As soon as it hits his tape the crowd stands and when he scores they go nuts. It was unbelievable. Those are the things you watch over and over again.”
In the two weeks I was gone, the Thrashers re-signed Kari Lehtonen and signed Marty Reasoner. If you are waiting for a bigger splash, consider this: There’s no deadline for it to happen.
“It doesn’t have to be today or tomorrow,” Anderson said. “We’d like it to be. It could be 20 games in, where a trade comes up which is so great for us.”
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