http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers A beat writers perspective. en-us mknobler@ajc.com 2008-07-03T12:52:06-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 A beat writers perspective. http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/07/03/could_restricte.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers The Thrashers have money to spend, and the pool of talented unrestricted free agents has dried up considerably since Tuesday at noon. There are still some restricted free agents out there, though, and it might be the Thrashers can get... 5032903@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-07-03T12:52:06-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/07/02/free_agency_day.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers So, Marian Hossa is now with the Red Wings, and Bobby Holik is now with the Devils, and Orpik and Hainsey are still out there, unsigned and presumably being pursued by the Thrashers. The only good news if you are... 5007903@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-07-02T13:44:21-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/07/01/free_agent_upda.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers No Thrashers signings to report yet. The Thrashers made qualified offers not just to Kari Lehtonen but also to Joey Crabb, Nathan Oystrick and Brett Sterling, the NHL announced. Here is the official list of Thrashers unrestricted free agents: Milan... 4981803@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-07-01T14:26:43-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/06/30/big_part_of_our.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers I’m new to covering an NHL team, and I’m learning. One lesson: Asking the right question and reporting the response accurately doesn’t always shed light on the subject. On June 16, I asked Thrashers general manager Don Waddell about the... 4964803@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-06-30T19:16:48-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/06/25/anderson_hired.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers My apologies for not blogging since Sunday. I’m on vacation. But I did speak with Chicago Wolves general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff a couple of days ago. He was returning my call about John Anderson, the former Wolves coach who now... 4862803@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-06-25T18:16:19-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/06/21/draft_summary.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers THRASHERS PICKS RoundNamePosition 1Zach BogosianD 1Daultan LaveilleC 3Danick PaquetteRW 4Vinny SaponariRW 5Nicklas LasuLW 6Christopher CarrozziG 7Zach RedmondD I wrote in Saturday’s paper about Zach Bogosian, the defenseman from the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League, and Daultan Laveille, the... 4771703@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-06-21T13:55:32-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/06/20/draft_party_ram.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers There was little doubt where Dan Schweickert stood Friday. On his head, he wore a Thrashers cap. His shirt celebrated the Chicago Wolves 2002 Calder Cup championship. And he came all the way from Cartersville to be at the Thrashers... 4766703@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-06-20T22:11:04-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/06/20/its_official.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers I’m glad this one didn’t drag out any longer. John Anderson is officially the Thrashers’ new coach. He’s meeting with the media by teleconference at 3 p.m. and in person in Ottawa at 5:30. I’m sure he’ll be doing a... 4754303@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-06-20T14:20:15-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/06/19/anderson_hiring.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers Sometime over the next few days, we might learn if the difference between TSN’s report the Thrashers have hired John Anderson and Don Waddell’s denial of that TSN report comes down to semantics or something more. In other words, is... 4741403@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-06-19T23:35:54-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/06/19/heres_the_draft.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers Thrashers general manager Don Waddell sounded like a happy man today, and he appears to have good reason. After all, he’s about to add a big-time defenseman to his team. Draft days always bring surprises, but it’s hard to imagine... 4737203@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-06-19T19:13:03-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/06/18/meeting_kari_le.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised. After all, I’ve been covering college athletes for most of my 23 years as a full-time sportswriter, and Kari Lehtonen, 24, is only a year older than a lot of college seniors. But... 4713003@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-06-18T20:13:05-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/06/17/waiting_for_mr.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers Thrashers general manager Don Waddell interviewed Thrashers associate coach Brad McCrimmon and Chicago Wolves coach John Anderson last week. If one of those guys — or Tampa Bay assistant Mike Sullivan — were Waddell’s top choice to become the Thrashers’... 4663603@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-06-17T09:44:08-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/06/16/moose_returns.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers In what looks like a deal that’s good for everyone, Thrashers general manager Don Waddell has re-signed goalie Johan Hedberg to a two-year contract. Hedberg is a solid veteran goalie and not a budget-buster. For about $1.15 million a year,... 4643503@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-06-16T16:52:48-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/06/13/sullivan_enters.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers Former Boston Bruins coach Mike Sullivan is set to speak with Thrashers general manager Don Waddell about the Thrashers coaching job. The St. Petersburg Times spoke with Sullivan, who had not yet met with Waddell. It could be a late... 4599203@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-06-13T15:54:15-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/entries/2008/06/12/an_apparently_i.html?cxntfid=blogs_thrashers No news on the coaching search at the moment, but a little bit of news about another leadership position. Bobby Holik says he hasn’t heard anything from the Thrashers about a contract for next year and that he expects to... 4574503@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/thrashers/ 2008-06-12T17:26:07-05:00