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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Little could play in Friday’s opener
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bryan Little’s parents are traveling to Atlanta from Cambridge, Ontario, for Friday night’s season opener against the Washington Capitals. Fortunately, it looks as if their son will be able to play.
Little returned to practice on Wednesday and said the hip injury that had been bothering him appeared to have healed. “I felt really good today,” the forward said. “We’ll see how it feels [Thursday]. I’m hoping to play Friday.” Little got hurt in one of the early exhibition games, and it nagged him the rest of the exhibition season. Saturday night he felt so bad he decided he needed to take some time off to get completely healed.
Goalie Johan Hedberg was back practicing on Wednesday, too, after missing Tuesday’s workout with a toe injury. Hedberg said he’s good to go.
Forward Mike Hoffman’s broken right hand will keep him out until mid-October. For now, he can’t even shake hands. He said he could be back in practice about Oct. 18 and possibly ready to play a week later, depending on how the hand feels. The timing is annoying after the success Hoffman has had in camp. The question is whether the Thrashers will keep him on their roster once he’s healthy or send him to Chicago.
“It really hasn’t been fully talked about yet,” Hoffman said. “I won’t be able to fight for awhile. I can still do what I need to do.”
Hoffman signed with the Thrashers this summer as a free agent.
“He’s pretty smart with it,” coach John Anderson said. “He’s certainly big and strong, doesn’t make a ton of mistakes and he’s 6-foot-20, right?”
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