Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks found a way to beat their former teammates currently on the Atlanta Thrashers. However, it would take 65 minutes and a shootout to decide which team would win. Patrick Kane and Toews led their team with two goals each, playing with each other and the young Viktor Stalberg– who [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 30, 2010
With 28 teams hitting the ice tonight, the NHL will be a busy place on Saturday night. Because pretty much every team plays tonight, there are no NHL games scheduled for tomorrow. As always, be sure to check out our Starting Goalies and Team Lineups sections. Both of these areas are updated as we receive [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 28, 2010
Guy Boucher won the first game against his former player Sidney Crosby as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3. After taking an early lead, the Lightning and Mike Smith promptly allowed three goals but managed to keep the game close with a late first period marker. From there Dan Ellis would relieve [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 14, 2010
Offensive Corps: Nik Antropov led the Thrashers in scoring and firmly established himself as a legitimate number one center in the NHL–although probably a second liner on your fantasy team. The hulking center scored 24 goals and 67 points while mostly playing with Maxim Afinogenov and Ilya Kovalchuk. He played excellently after Kovalchuk moved to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 5, 2010
Yesterday, I read an interesting article on A Yankee Whistles in Dixie which makes some excellent points. The Ilya Kovalchuk theory like the Patrick Ewing theory states that the team will actually play better without the distraction of a star player. This theory holds true in relation to the Thrashers as they hold an impressive 4-1-2 record [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 4, 2010
The Atlanta Thrashers traded star left wing Ilya Kovalchuk and Anssi Salmela to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Patrice Cormier, Johnny Oduya, Niclas Bergfors, a first round pick and a swap of second rounders. Lou Lamiorello and the Devils receive the centerpiece of the deal as Kovalchuk likely will play the point on [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Fantasizing is a post looking to uncover some excellent potential buy-low options, free agent pickups and some other trends that can help your fantasy team.
Continue reading...Monday, October 26, 2009
Thrashers sniper Ilya Kovalchuk has suffered a broken bone in his right foot and is expected to be out of the lineup between two and four weeks. Kovalchuk had been on a tear scoring 9 goals in the first 8 games of the season. Rookie Evander Kane is expected fill Kovalchuks spot on the Thrashers [...]
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