Thrashers

By Buzilla in CT

January 16, 2009 11:49 AM | Link to this

1st?

By Tony C.

January 16, 2009 12:11 PM | Link to this

Ok ‘zilla, you trying to see if it is true on the “official” blog or just Rawhide’s?

jinx0r

By Buzilla in CT

January 16, 2009 12:26 PM | Link to this

I have a good feeling about this one…I have tossed salt over my right shoulder. Petted my lucky rabitt’s foot. I have a horseshoe in my arse (very uncomfortable by the way…the things I do for this team) and rubbed a buddah’s belly while holdiing my four leaf clover. I think we will be good…

By Jim

January 16, 2009 12:33 PM | Link to this

Move Perrin to a Wolves line or to someone else’s line. He flies around the ice, seldom checks anyone and is so easy to bounce off the puck. What gives with Schneider playing and Oystrick sitting? Let’s hope that DW is showcasing the “old boy” with emphasis on “old”. His wheels ain’t what they used to be. Prediction tonight- Leafs-5, Deadwood- 2.

By jacked

January 16, 2009 1:11 PM | Link to this

stendec’s slippin’! this blog’s been up a full hour and he hasn’t shown up to “betch” yet!

By ROBO

January 16, 2009 1:18 PM | Link to this

THAT’S GOOD……….NO MORE SOFTIES FROM LETEMIN TONIGHT………..TONIGHT IT’S JUST MONKEY PUCKS………BAD BOUNCES……….AND OTHER NOTABLE EXCUSES……..”IT WAS THE ANGLE OF THE PLEXIGLASS THAT CAUSED THE PUCK TO MISDIRECT INTO THE NET!”………ROFLMAO…………

By dhj_1962

January 16, 2009 1:24 PM | Link to this

PERFECT NITE OF THRASHER HOCKEY KOVY GETS A HAT TRICK THRASHERS LOSE 6-5

By GaVaHokie

January 16, 2009 1:28 PM | Link to this

They must want Boulton on the ice to deal with Deveaux, Mayers and May.

By Tim

January 16, 2009 1:57 PM | Link to this

The picture of Letemin is awesome.Thats how I feel and look everytime he is in net.I want to vomit.

By dhj_1962

January 16, 2009 1:59 PM | Link to this

BOULTON WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM FINDING A FIGHT. DORIS WILL AVOID THEM.

By stendec

January 16, 2009 3:14 PM | Link to this

Hi Mike. Hope Moose has a good outing. Want to pass some info on to you. Old time Atlanta hockey fans might want to check out two HubPages. One is on the Atlanta Knights and one is on the Atlanta Flames. The Knight page is enhanced by numerous Manon Rheaume photos. Many of us remember this female goaltender fondly. Phil Myre and Pat Quinn are on the Flame page. Both logos put current one to shame. There are also pages on Keith Brooking and Kari Letemin (Lehtonen) which as far less complimentary. No Atlanta Thrasher page as of yet. Thought you might like to rekindle some pleasant Atlanta hockey memories. Thanks for listening. Pull the guys through tonight. God bless.

By sisu

January 16, 2009 4:54 PM | Link to this

I think the biggest reason to play Schneider is to pair him with ZBo while he is still here. For sure it is looking like the trade deadline will have this team as sellers. There has been talk about this being Havelid’s last season in the NHL (via Sweden) so he could be moved as well to provide him with an opportunity to play in the playoffs.

Let’s hope for a good effort tonight and see where the rest of the season takes this team (closer to Tavares it looks like)

By the way to call Boris Doris is not really fair, he usually never baks down and there was an opinion he may not be 100%. keep in mind that dmen take a while to develop.

By Russian

January 16, 2009 8:25 PM | Link to this

JUst simple Thing. FIRE F*** IDIOT DON WADDELL.

By Bobdec

January 16, 2009 8:44 PM | Link to this

Worthless Swedish Scum Moo lets in 3, damn unfocused Swedish Meatball Petrino knew when to beat town quicker than HedEmIn God bless you all

By Russian

January 16, 2009 9:09 PM | Link to this

2:3 After second, But stil FIRE IDIOT DON

By stendec

January 16, 2009 9:14 PM | Link to this

Moose Lehtonen is as porous as Swiss cheese tonight. Trio of Letemin-like whiff jobs in 40 minutes. Way to keep that damn team GAA sky high guy! You saucing it up too big fellow? Toiletlids look completely uninspired. Resemble and have aroma of shet. Nauseating. Another big debacle in Loseland. Know the true paying fans (all two of them) are overjoyed. How can anyone accept payment for this bullshet? For this? To Hell with the whole mother (X) organization!

By Bobdec

January 16, 2009 10:12 PM | Link to this

Finnish drunk goaltenders are the best Shutout by the Flying Finn, Letemin. Swedish Meatball Mooseberg tried to give game away God Bless Kari Letemin and God Save Finland*

By stendec

January 16, 2009 10:21 PM | Link to this

heaven help us. a home win. in ot yet. i do believe in miracles. really i do. hooray.

By Russian

January 16, 2009 10:29 PM | Link to this

OT goal by Pevy. Good deal. KOvy 2 goals and 1 pass, Pevy 2 passes and 1 goal. Good Play. Anyway FIRE IDIOT WADDELL Good night everyone.

By stendec

January 16, 2009 10:35 PM | Link to this

Kari Letemin did not allow a goal for 20 plus minutes. Impressive. Ilya Kovalchuk net two goals. Impressive. Group won in overtime. Impressive. On home ice. Even more impressive. Congratulations all around. Hey John Petrino. Moose allows three goals then is yanked? Letemin matadors seven goals in without a move of any kind up to that point. What the Hell is up with that? Whadda ya mean a certain someone was not sober enough to play until third period. Say no more. I understand. Good night everyone.

By tyler

January 16, 2009 10:37 PM | Link to this

Great comeback Thrashers! I was watching from Toronto tonight and I was wondering why the Atlanta fans kept booing when a Toronto defensemen would step into an attacking Atlanta forward and separate him from the puck. It’s as if everyone in the half-empty arena didn’t understand the basic concepts of the sport they were cheering/booing. What’s the deal y’all?

By kracker

January 16, 2009 10:41 PM | Link to this

I’m glad I didn’t give up on this one. And even more glad the team didn’t give up tonight. Kovy likes his new center lol! He said so.

By Brendan

January 16, 2009 11:25 PM | Link to this

This game is going to rank, with “Opening Night” vs. the Capitals and the shutout win against the Devils, as the best games of the season. Normally, when the Thrashers overcome a 3-goal deficit to win, the other team fires its coach, GM, or begins demoting players, subjecting them to waiver claims. But, as these the “rebuilding” Leafs, with Wilson and Burke freshly arrived on the scene, I think they’ve got “pink slip” immunity.

By EA

January 16, 2009 11:41 PM | Link to this

Tyler I was in the arena of 15,000 very happy fans tonight who only booed when the Thrashers left the first period 3-0. Believe it or not, we do love and understand our hockey in Atlanta. We just want a winning team. Tonight was a great come back effort.

By R. Stroz

January 16, 2009 11:45 PM | Link to this

The Buzilla jinx has been broken.

By Mike Knobler

January 17, 2009 12:01 AM | Link to this

It’s just one game, but there was some great chemistry there between Kovalchuk and Peverley.

By the way, Peverley set a career high for minutes played for the second consecutive game. This time, it was 20:28. Last time, it was just short of 19 minutes. He’s the one who filled Crabb’s place on the penalty kill, as well.

By Mike Knobler

January 17, 2009 12:02 AM | Link to this

Ilya took 10 shots and got eight of them on net. When he does that, this team looks good offensively.

By Alan

January 17, 2009 12:45 AM | Link to this

Tyler - I was in attendance tonight, and the only booing that occurred was at the end of the first period.

Wonderful effort in the second and third, but I have to question where the boys in blue were in the first. It didn’t look like they were on the ice. Were they in the dressing room?

Good job on the comeback, Thrashers! Now to pull out a win in Nashville. Maybe show some of the Nashville fans I’ve spoken to that Peverley is worth more than they thought.

By dhj_1962

January 17, 2009 6:09 AM | Link to this

wow!!! i wanted to turn off the tv after the first, but the optimist in me said, its got to get better. was there really 15 thou in there last nite?? i hope they keep playing like they did in the 2nd, 3rd and ot, efforts and WINS like that will get people back in the seats.

By GaVaHokie

January 17, 2009 11:40 AM | Link to this

Are you sure the Boos you heard weren’t the MOOSE calls for Hedberg?

The best thing about the Peverley and Kovy goals were they were EXACTLY the kind of goals they need to be scoring… they weren’t sloppy… they weren’t lucky… it was two guys on the same wave length, at the right place at the right time, doing the right thing with the puck.

Stroz… I think I canceled out Buzz’s jinx by sitting in my lucky Sec. 108… I haven’t sat there since the 06-07 Playoff season. :)

By R. Stroz

January 17, 2009 12:02 PM | Link to this

GaVaHokie - And I thought it had something to do with shaving FIRE WADDELL on my back.:-)

By Michael Shapiro

January 17, 2009 12:17 PM | Link to this

Sat with my bride of 20 years through an awful first period. Last two minutes of it were pure hell. She looked at me and said that there were several good movies in the theaters. Convinced her to stay and watched as the pace quickened more and more in the 2nd. Thrash started quick with Kovy’s first goal of the game on a nice feed from Peverly. Kept the pressure on and had perhaps the most dominant period in 9 years of hockey: 17 shots to 3. Several good chances, and of course Little’ turnaround netter. My daughter, sitting in other seats, texted me “NOW THAT’S HOW U PLAY HOCKEY” (a text that I’ll keep forever, gotta love that girl and her passion for hockey).

Continued strong play in the third with a FABULOUS feed from Peverly to Kovy skating behind Toskala but not around the net and sliding the puck into the crease for a wide-open Kovy shot. Thought they were going to play for just the one point, and they sort of eased up for a minute, but then put more pressure on to end the third.

Came out skating hard in the OT and did not allow the ‘buds a single shot in OT. Peverly’s positioning for the game-winner was fabulous. This kid has speed, the desire to play with Kovy, good sense on where to be. Such an improvement over Jason Williams’ coasting along.

Gotta admit I held my breath when the Fragile Finn took over for Moose, but he played well on the mere nine or so shots he faced in 2 periods and 4 minutes of overtime (where’s that effort from the team every game?).

Go Thrash! Beat dem Preds tonight.

By GoatBoy

January 17, 2009 7:40 PM | Link to this

Nothing better than watching loud mouth Leaf’s fans humbled.

Thanks for well-rounded play last night Thrashers. Keep it up !

“Boos or Moose ?” 3 goals in 8 shots ! what game were you at ?

By Brendan

January 17, 2009 9:09 PM | Link to this

It’s 5-0 in favor of Atlanta, with 17:00 left in the 2nd period. Has Peverley so changed the chemistry of this team??? Dan Ellis has been chased from the net, for Nashville. Peverley has two (2) assists. Bryan Little has scored. I think Perrin scored. Even Matthieu Schneider has scored. Kovy got a breakaway goal. It’s all coming up Thrashers white tonight. (It is a road game.)