Thrashers

By Sara

January 20, 2009 3:32 PM | Link to this

Boo hiss! I wanted Kovy to take part in the hardest shot competition - I’m dying to know how fast he rips that slapper from the point. ;)

By Brendan

January 20, 2009 3:51 PM | Link to this

Mario LeMieux called Ilya Kovalchuk “The best pure sniper in the NHL.” Based on that, I think the target shooting competition is almost of a foregone conclusion. Go Ilya!!

By Bob

January 20, 2009 4:10 PM | Link to this

is that Pepe’s cousin, Brendan?

Kovy does need to do the hardest shot, he’s got to be 100mph+

By dhj_1962

January 20, 2009 4:24 PM | Link to this

I CLOCKED ILYA AT 162 MILES PER HOUR ON DAY IN PRACTICE.

By kracker

January 20, 2009 4:27 PM | Link to this

I want Kovy to practice hitting small teacup saucers in each corner of the goal in tonight’s game.

By dhj_1962

January 20, 2009 4:29 PM | Link to this

I REMEMBER THE DAY LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY

By David

January 20, 2009 4:31 PM | Link to this

Are the Atlanta Thrashers really for sale

By stevo24

January 20, 2009 4:32 PM | Link to this

So they beat the Preds and everybody is thinking about playoffs!?! How funny!

By kracker

January 20, 2009 4:34 PM | Link to this

Did he hit your head?

By David

January 20, 2009 5:36 PM | Link to this

Why are they for sale? Why are the Atlanta Thrashers for sale?

By dhj_1962

January 20, 2009 6:03 PM | Link to this

I USED A HEWLETT PACKARD MODEL XGV INFRA RED RADAR GUN, I BEKIEVE IT WAS 4/1/2003. YEP, THATS THE DATE.

By R. Stroz

January 20, 2009 6:38 PM | Link to this

dhj_1962 - Did the puck have positraction?

By dhj_1962

January 20, 2009 6:55 PM | Link to this

CANT GET POSITRACTION ON THAT MODEL, POSITRACTION WASN’T AVAILABLE UNTIL 1962. LMAO AT STROZ, GETTING READY FOR SOME THRASHER HOCKEY!!!!! PUCK DROP…6 MINUTES

By Russian

January 20, 2009 7:58 PM | Link to this

2:0 Atlanta after first period. Kovy had a two great chances. It is soo funny to watch and listen French.

By Russian

January 20, 2009 8:46 PM | Link to this

3:2 after second period Atlanta scored 3-d gaol and started to Happy. But they forgot that they should play second period. Montreal scored twice.

By GSU-Lee

January 20, 2009 9:05 PM | Link to this

Anybody else listening to Exelby serve as the color guy? He is doing ok….little rough around the edges…but Kamal is still awesome

By Russian

January 20, 2009 9:38 PM | Link to this

wow 4:2 Atlanta. Good Game. Kari played very well.

By Get The Puck Out

January 20, 2009 9:40 PM | Link to this

WOW. Lets looked really good tonight. Bogo’s second goal in two games. Looks like pevs has give this team a little hope. Great game. Let’s see if we can get this Philly monkey off our back tomorrow night. GO BLUE!!! Oh yeah- FIRE WADDELL.

By Get The Puck Out

January 20, 2009 9:44 PM | Link to this

Oh yeah. I was watching the game on gamecenter live and it was in french so i turned on Don Kamal and x and they were off from the gamecenter game about twenty to thirty seconds. Just didn’t work.

By Brendan

January 20, 2009 10:15 PM | Link to this

I missed the entire 1st period and half of the second, but I have to say … the French broadcast team didn’t slander the Thrashers. The closest thing they said, that I caught, was Kovalchuk seemed to be having an “off year” because of his production numbers. They also showed Bob Hartley in attendance, citing that he’d recently had some sort of surgery on his leg, knee or ankle. But was happy to be back in Atlanta. I didn’t quite catch it all. I wish I’d recorded it.

At the end, the French broadcast crew talked about how important it was to pick up points against the Thrashers, who they claimed played a “good enough to win” type of game. That’s not so bad. That’s probably as close to compliment as the Thrashers are apt to get from RDS.

By Brendan

January 20, 2009 10:24 PM | Link to this

Even if the Thrashers put together another 5-game winning streak, it doesn’t ABSOLVE the other 35 games. “Streaky” teams aren’t good teams. Teams that finish the season with less than 30 wins … aren’t good teams. That said, why can’t we just all just enjoy this little “blip” in the 82-game schedule? Carolina won tonight. Tampa Bay and Florida have been adding points with a little bit more frequency. I believe that Ottawa defeated the Capitals tonight.

I’m watching the Coyotes-Red Wings game, and Darren Pang has just been talking about Peverley being picked up by Atlanta. Pang said he’s always liked Peverley and thought he was a good player. Panger added, “But you have to be at or near the bottom of the league to pick up a player like that on waivers.” Translation: Atlanta’s a bad team, who consequently was in position to pick up a good player.

By R. Peverley

January 20, 2009 10:28 PM | Link to this

I am the greatest Thrasher of all time. Go buy my jersey and put some money aside for playoff tickets.

The AK-47 line is like The French Connection…..without any people from Quebec.

By Brendan

January 20, 2009 10:46 PM | Link to this

Okay, which Thrasher is Rene Robert? Which one is Gilbert Perreault? And which one is Danny Gare? Just kidding. I meant Richard Martin.

By dhj_1962

January 20, 2009 10:49 PM | Link to this

i had to watch center ice, hard to stomach french, especially when i didn’t understand a darn thing…just kidding…did yall have your inaguration dinner tonite? fried chicken, collard greens and watermelon? i am opening up my new resturant tomorrow, baracks buisquit and bar-b-q, yall come down now, ya hear!!! Go Thrashers!!! Fire Waddell!!

By Brendan

January 20, 2009 10:58 PM | Link to this

Don’t look now, but Jason Williams has scored for Columbus. That’s his 2nd goal since he joined them. “Fresh, new start” … yada, yada, yada, he never wanted to be here. I’m curious to know if Jason Williams fired his agent after signing with Atlanta.

By Kopfjaeger

January 20, 2009 11:50 PM | Link to this

Nascar Dave is a H@m@ ! PuckHead is right ! This is hockey, Learn the game moron !

This is to “Karppa” ! yeah, real hockey people know the name ! Keep it up ! you’ve had no help so get to it and forget what they say in the press and blogs. You’re on a roll ! GO THRASHERS !

By Ha Ha

January 21, 2009 12:01 AM | Link to this

Ak 47 = The French Connection What ??????? The French connection went to game six against the Broad Steet Bullies in only their 3rd year as a team in Buffalo.

Are you on the pipe ?

By Kopfjaeger

January 21, 2009 12:21 AM | Link to this

which Thrasher is Gilbert Perrault, Rene Robert or Richard Martin ? how about which Thrasher is Jim Shonfeld ? If Komisarek would have taken any of them into the boards and hurt them like he did tonight with our guy, Shonfeld would have pounded #8 into the ground like a tent post.

By hunterj6

January 21, 2009 6:21 AM | Link to this

Could you please ask Terrance Moore to hang it up! Like go get his keyboard bronzed or something, then maybe he’ll get a clue…Why on earth is he typing his jargon on my Thrashers page. Yes my, as in a fan who has watched every game that has been televised this season. Quite a bit different than the sports highlights that TM reviews before typing a bunch of babble. Go shove it TM!

By ranallo10 (in AT)

January 21, 2009 9:18 AM | Link to this

hunterj6 — Are you surprised Moore had the comments for his article turned off?

“There were his various team captains before settling on just Kovalchuk.”

I thought that quote was telling of his level of attention to the Thrashers this season.

By ranallo10 (in AT)

January 21, 2009 11:00 AM | Link to this

After the timer fiasco last season (where replays show Kovalchuk was faster than his head-to-head partner), I would want to see Kovalchuk in the Fastest Skater competition. I truly believe that he’d win (especially since Gaborik isn’t in the game). I’d like to see a head-to-head between Kovalchuk and Ovechkin though.

I’d also like to see Kovalchuk in the hardest shot competition…I don’t expect him to beat Chara, but I would say he shoots harder than Lecavalier from everything I’ve seen (wasn’t Lacavalier the runner-up last All-Star Game? Did he break 100?). However, I’m curious how much zip would be lost from Kovalchuk’s shot due to the puck being stationary, as opposed to one-timing the shot.

Finally, I’m curious if they’re going to give the players instructions on the Freestyle Shootout competition this year, or leave the players out there confused not knowing what to do (like last season). That was embarrassing to watch.

By Billsen

January 21, 2009 11:04 AM | Link to this

*By dhj_1962

January 20, 2009 10:49 PM | Link to this

i had to watch center ice, hard to stomach french, especially when i didn’t understand a darn thing…just kidding…did yall have your inaguration dinner tonite? fried chicken, collard greens and watermelon? i am opening up my new resturant tomorrow, baracks buisquit and bar-b-q, yall come down now, ya hear!!! Go Thrashers!!! Fire Waddell!!*

Hey dhj_1962 - take your racist comments to FoxNews.com. They do not belong here. Indeed, they don’t belong in America. Period.

What a pinhead.

Anyway, great to see the team playing with passion and chemistry. Pevs was an awesome pickup - reminds me of when we got Savard off of waivers.

BIllsen

By j

January 21, 2009 12:36 PM | Link to this

Yeah, that comment was a little out of line … good call Billsen

By Glovesave29

January 21, 2009 12:37 PM | Link to this

Savard was obtained in a trade with Calgary for Ruslan Zainlulin.

By Sara

January 21, 2009 1:47 PM | Link to this

Mike any word on tonight’s starting goaltender and 4th line C?

By Ryan C

January 21, 2009 1:57 PM | Link to this

Hey Mike any update on Slater???

By MB

January 21, 2009 1:58 PM | Link to this

ranallo, I think you’ll see the freestyle Breakaway Challenge greatly improved this year. Though last year’s was kinda lame, everybody saw the response Ovechkin got with his creative moves, and I think they’ll give more thought to it this time around. I’ll be curious to see, though, if anybody takes advantage of the ability to start from anywhere on the ice, or if they all go from center as they did last year.

Heatley and Savard are also in the target shooting contest…maybe they’ll end up battling it out in the final round. Speaking of those guys, I wonder if they’ll end up on the same line during the game. You’d have to think Julien would give it a shot.