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Friday, September 5, 2008
Players working out in Duluth
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fifteen Thrashers players worked out today (Friday) at the IceForum, from veterans like Ken Klee to young guys like Angelo Esposito and Zach Bogosian.
The list: Goalies Kari Lehtonen and Johan Hedberg, defensemen Garnet Exelby, Niclas Havelid, Klee and Bogosian, forwards Erik Christensen, Bryan Little, Eric Perrin, Todd White, Slava Kozlov, Chris Thorburn, Brad Larsen, Eric Boulton and Esposito. Jake Anderson, son of Thrashers coach John Anderson, also worked out with the group.
“This is when the guys start rolling , especially guys with houses, guys with kids,” said Perrin, whose daughter is in first grade. “Every day we try to work on something different, whether it’s conditioning, skills, …” he said after today’s workout, which included full-ice scrimmages and cross-ice three-on-threes.
The elder Anderson can’t direct workouts until Sept. 20, but he is keeping busy, too. There’s a tentative plan for who will travel to the two prospect games against the Predators in Nashville Sept. 22 and 23, in which the Thrashers plan to use 15 skaters. There’s a tentative list of the 30 players who will make the trip to the exhibition games in Nashville Sept. 25, St. Louis Sept. 26 and Detroit Sept. 28. Injuries aren’t the only things that could change those tentative lists. Players can earn their way onto them. “We hope there’s some surprises,” Anderson said.
