Why Nobody Wants to Come to Atlanta

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Puck Daddy found this 7/2/2008 on thrasherstalons.blogspot.com [flag]
Yesterday free agent defensemen Brian Campbell turned down million dollar fortune offered by the Atlanta Thrashers and instead choose to sign with a team, the Chicago Blackhawks, which has made the playoffs once in the last ten seasons which plays to a half empty building most nights. It is time to take stock of what this says about the Atlanta Thrashers The Atlanta Thrashers are widely ... [link]

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Puck Daddy's hastily graded free-agent frenzy report card
Published 7/2/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
... wrote this morning, the real gut-punch right now for the Thrashers is that players simply don't want to play in Atlanta; that's a painful fact about the future of the franchise. They offered more money for ...

The Deadbeat Club: 10 least desirable NHL cities for free agents
Published 7/8/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
... is enough to drop your no-trade clause, uproot your family and accept a trade to San Jose, Blueland is obviously Blech!-land for potential players. Recommended reading: The Falconer's "Why Nobody Wants to Come to Atlanta." Just put on some polka music or something upbeat to help take the edge off of the dire, unrelenting depression that defines the current state of the franchise.  ...

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Rover found this 7/2/2008 on illegalcurve.blogspot.com

The Canadian Press and The Sports Network are reporting that unrestricted free agent defenseman Ron Hainsey has signed with the Atlanta Thrashers for 5 years/$22.5 million dollars. Here is a link to the article. A nice signing for Atlanta, who could use a big, mobile defenseman like Hainsey to complement the likes of Niclas Havelid and Tobias Enstrom. With prospect Boris Valabik ...
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Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com found this 7/2/2008 on redwingscorner.blogspot.com

Small point with all the Hossa-mania going on in Hockeytown right now, but I think the Red Wings have added another good person to their roster. In addition to Hossa being a star player, I've heard all sorts of good things about him off the ice. A ...
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Hainsey signs five-year deal with Atlanta

KK Hockey found this 7/2/2008 on www.sportsnet.ca

The Atlanta Thrashers have signed unrestricted free-agent defenceman Ron Hainsey to a US$22.5-million, five-year contract, a source told The Canadian Press.
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Hainsey To Thrashers

Sports Page Atlanta found this 7/2/2008 on thrashers.portspaces.com

Sportsnet is reporting that we have signed Ron Hainsey to a 5 yr deal worth $22.5 million. Details to come. Hainsey had 8 goals last year and 9 the year before. Our franchise record for goals in a season by a defenseman is 10. With ...
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