Have the Thrashers Turned A Corner?
birdwatchersanonymous.com 1/19/2009 —   During the 1st half of the season the Thrashers were out-shot badly most nights. So far that trend has abated in the month of January. Consider the chart below which shows the Thrashers shots on goal for and against. As you can see, the ...

Thrashers Steadily Destroying Their Own Brand
thrasherstalons.blogspot.com 12/21/2008 — The Thrashers are headed for their 11 th entry draft next summer. For 10 of those 11 years the Thrashers have sat in the first row of tables (reserved for those teams with the lowest points the prior season). Slowly, year-by-year and step-by-step the ...

Troubling signs abound for Thrashers
theglobeandmail.com 10/13/2008 — ATLANTA — There is a lot more at stake than a playoff spot for the Atlanta Thrashers as the National Hockey League regular season winds down. One year ago, the Thrashers almost made the playoffs for the first time since they joined the league in 1999. ...

Thrashers: With Or Without You
birdwatchersanonymous.com 2/23/2009 — In the 1980s the rock band U2 had a mega hit titled "With or Without You" in which the singer lamented his romantic troubles. This post is not about romance, but it is about how the Thrashers perform with or without certain guys in their lineup. It ...

Playing Below Capacity: Atlanta Thrashers
puckmoney.blogspot.com 3/3/2009 — Welcome to the ninth edition of Playing Below Capacity, a series where I take a look at teams (as of December) that are playing below 85% capacity attendance. All previous editions can be found here. Today its off to Atlanta, Georgia where the Thrashers rank 29th in average attendance at 14,501 ...

Atlanta Thrashers Mid-Season Review
birdwatchersanonymous.com 1/13/2009 — The NHL season is at the half way point. How do the 2008-2009 Atlanta Thrashers stack up with the competition? Where do they rank when compared to past Thrashers teams?   The Atlanta Thrashers have passed the half way point on another ...

Atlanta: A case study in how to kill a fan base
fromtherink.com 12/22/2008 — The prices keep getting cheaper and cheaper for tickets. For five years I purchased full season tickets. In most years it was my primary entertainment expenditure. To have NHL season tickets was a dream of mine since I was a 15-year-old kid ...

The Atlanta Thrashers' Secret Weapon: Eurodance
idolator.com 11/12/2008 — The world you live in is a crazy one, one in which three lowly Atlanta professional sports franchises are (gulp) winning games: the Atlanta Falcons are good (6-3); the Atlanta Hawks are good (6-0!); and the Atlanta Thrashers are, uh... hmmm, okay, the ...

Thrashers Appear to Have Quit On the Season
birdwatchersanonymous.com 2/8/2009 — It gives me no pleasure to write this, but the Thrashers have just gone through the motions since the All-Star Break. The team effort level has fallen apart in the last five games. Way back in October the Thrashers were working hard but not cashing ...

Garrioch Says Kovalchuk Trade Talk Heating Up
thrasherstalons.blogspot.com 12/10/2008 — Thrashers Prospect Annex pointed me to what Bruce Garroich wrote on Sunday: " Multiple NHL sources told Sun Media yesterday that Thrashers GM Don Waddell has held serious talks with several teams about the possibility of moving the high-scoring ...

Nash scores again as Blue Jackets win (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 11/23/2008
Rick Nash extended his goal streak to five games, knocking in a backhander in the first period that helped the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 2-0 victory over the sluggish Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday night. Nash scored his 10th goal of the season ...

Blue Jackets 2, Thrashers 0 — NYT > Hockey 11/23/2008
ATLANTA (AP) -- Rick Nash scored extended his goal streak to five games, knocking in a backhander in the first period that helped the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 2-0 victory over the sluggish Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday night. >

Nash has goal, assist in Columbus' 2-0 win — Boston.com -- Hockey news 11/23/2008
Rick Nash extended his goal streak to five games, knocking in a backhander in the first period that helped the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 2-0 victory over the sluggish Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday night.

Blue Jackets-Thrashers: Columbus Gets Down and Dirty in Atlanta — Bleacher Report - NHL 11/23/2008
The game against the Thrashers last night could have been described as "critical". The Jackets had plenty of time to dwell on their 7-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers and without a good showing last night, any confidence that the Jackets had built up in ...

Stempniak to Help Leafs Beat Thrashers on the Way to the Cup — Bleacher Report - NHL 11/24/2008
Steen had his chances.  Frankly, I had seen enough as well.  So, along with Carlo, the two are now eagerly heading to St Louis today. The Leafs are beefing up by taking Buffalo-native Stempniak along for the ride to the Cup.  Recall ...