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Thursday, November 6, 2008
Waddell not looking to shake things up
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As I write this, in the second period of Thursday night’s game at Philips Arena, the Thrashers rank last in the NHL standings. Their general manager suggests the best way to get the team out of last place is to leave the roster the way it is. I asked him directly whether before Sunday’s victory he’d thought about shaking things up through a trade.
“I don’t think we’re at that point by any means,” Waddell said. “We’ve had two losses that have been lopsided. We’ve had five other losses that we thought were games we should have gotten points in. Other than those two games, every night we’ve given ourselves a chance. We’ve got to find ways, especially on the road, to get in overtime. We’ve had games tied late in the third period where we let it get away from us. Those are things as a team you’ve got to learn how to do.
“I’m not looking out there right now. I like the guys we have.”
He’s about to have another one of those guys back.
The plan for now is to play Kari Lehtonen in goal on Sunday at Carolina. That raises the question of what to do when Lehtonen, Johan Hedberg and Ondrej Pavelec are all healthy. (The guess here is that Pavelec goes back to Chicago.)
“You try to think ahead about what you’re going to do, but every day [the situation] changes, Until we’re faced with the reality of having three guys that are ready to go, then we’ll make a decision,” Waddell said.
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