Report: Jason Williams inks 1-year deal with Thrashers

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Don Waddell Makes a Good Decision
Published 7/14/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan) at The Copper & Blue
[image] TSN is reporting that Jason Williams has signed a one year, 2.2-million dollar contract with the Atlanta Thrashers (hat tip to Lowetide ). This is an excellent signing, both in terms of the player recieved and the dollars spent, and those are words that I rarely associate with the Atlanta Thrashers, a team that has been mismanaged since its inception to the league. I wrote about Williams as a potential option for the Oilers at the start of June. Williams is a player who for various reasons flew under the radar when free agency opened; mostly due ...

Jason Williams signs with Thrashers
Published 7/14/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Richard Pollock) at IllegalCurve.com
From TSN: The Atlanta Thrashers have signed forward Jason Williams to a 1-year, $2.2 million contract, reports A-Channel in London. The unrestricted free agent spent last season with the Chicago Blackhawks and scored 13 goals, with 23 assists over his 43 games. Read the short report here. Good pick up for the Thrashers. The team could certainly use more speed and scoring and Williams should provide just that. Additionally, he can play the point on the power play which would allow Ilya Kovalchuk and Tobias ...

Schedule Comes Out Wednesday, More On Hauswirth
Published 7/14/2008 by Garrett (noreply@blogger.com) at Puckhead's Thoughts
A little bird told me that not only is the NHL Schedule complete, but they are set to release it Wednesday a day after the MLB All Star game during a relative lull in sports news. While I don't have the details on what the Caps will be doing, several other teams have sort of leaked ...