NHL Cinderella story
Maybe midnight won’t strike and dash the hopes of the NHL’s biggest surprise team of the season.
Maybe midnight won’t strike and dash the hopes of the NHL’s biggest surprise team of the season.
The Atlanta Thrashers are set to announce that they have traded goalie Kari Lehtonen to the Dallas Stars for defenceman Ivan Vishnevskiy and a fourth-round draft pick.
Now with the Vancouver Olympics looming on the horizon and just 3 days left until the roster freeze is Don Waddell and Rick Dudley done trading? If they aren’t…who will be next?
The Atlanta Thrashers have recalled goaltender Kari Lehtonen from the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League, according to Executive Vice President and General Manager Don Waddell.
“Ultimately, we offered Kovy more than $101 million over 12 years, which would have been the highest contract signed by an impending unrestricted free agent in the history of the league.
The biggest hurdle Don Waddell must overcome in trading Kovalchuk is the Atlanta GM’s own history
Ilya Kovalchuk’s days as a member of the Atlanta Thrashers appear to be numbered.
This season’s biggest story and now longest running saga has been of the fate of the franchise face of the Atlanta Thrashers, Ilya Kovalchuk
The win, just Atlanta’s second on the road in its last 12 games, allowed the Thrashers to jump from 11th to sixth in the jammed-up Eastern Conference. The Flyers slipped to seventh.
With just over a month to go before the NHL’s trade deadline, Atlanta Thrashers superstar Ilya Kovalchuk is officially on the market.
An interesting question for practically any fan of any team is what will their team be doing come the trade deadline. Will your team be a buyer or a seller?