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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Wow
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Where has this team been? Who was that wearing the Thrashers’ uniforms?
They looked excellent tonight, from start to finish. Kari Lehtonen was close to perfect but got plenty of help. Ilya Kovalchuk smashed in as hard a goal-scoring one-timer as I’ve seen him rip all season, and he made the play that sprung Chris Thorburn and Jim Slater for Slater’s beautiful goal. Todd White had two assists.
From the other point of view, the Devils played every bit as badly as the Thrashers played well.
“I feel bad for anyone who had to come to watch that,” said New Jersey coach Brent Sutter, who could have been describing a few of the Thrashers’ losses but was instead describing what he called as bad a game as his team has played this season.
Still, none of that should undercut what was a rare and wonderful performance by the Thrashers. It was only one night. It means nothing without about 30 more like it. But it sure was something special.
