tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67547984752491958582012-02-16T05:55:38.294-05:00Hockey, BBQ, and facial hair. And maybe some other stuff sometimes.Mutton Sourdoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898978890290343230noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754798475249195858.post-68289270147531807402010-06-29T19:16:00.002-04:002010-06-29T19:26:25.015-04:00

According to comrade in pads Viv the Sieve, Johan Hedberg was somewhat less than thrilled with his offer from the Thrashers and hopes they offer him another (better) offer before July first. If Moose does indeed enter into the free agent waters, I wish him the best. He has long been my favorite NHL goalie, so it'll be an "empty feelin' deep down in your gut. Not unlike catching your wife doin'

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Tonight on this the 25 of June, after some brief trade speculation and curiosity as two defensemen fell several picks, the Atlanta Thrashers selected, with the 8th overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, Alex Burmistrov.All hail Alex "Burmashave" Burmistrov! (at least for now, until we find out whether he is to be hailed or heckled)

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The good fellas over at The Blueland Chronicle are taking a poll to see what to do about or with Todd White. Mortimer Peacock promised that if "Chuck" is the winning entry, "It's Chuck White from here on."So let's see some votes beside Chuck and raise a glass in hono(u)r of Todd "Chuck" White!

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Love that bbq in NE Georgia! Best thing about getting bbq in the summer? Getting bbq, DUH. Next best thing? Peaches, straight off the tree (when they're in season. DAMNIT. Two weeks early). Next-to-next best thing? The Thrashers are guaranteed not to lose (at hockey anyway) because it's the offseason! (They might still find a way to "Thrash it up" on the golf course though)Looking forward to the

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@TSNBobMcKenzie 1, @Jeffiarmstrong 0.@TSNBobMcKenzie 1, @razorsedge052 0.Let's see some real Twitter bullies go tag team on him and see who wins!

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Nothing much seems to happen in the playoffs since the Thrashers missed them, again.Woah, hey, the Sharks did eliminate Mr. Playoffs in the DEE-troit Red Wings. How'd that happen?? Ben Wright must have had a significant loss in his fantasy pool or his brackets with that series.Seriously though, congrats to them there Sharks. To be honest, it wouldn't really hurt my feelings if they won it all.

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Surprise of surprises, I was wrong about this team being a playoff team. I'm not entirely sure the team that finished the season was the same team that started the season, but that's neither here nor there. I still believe that the October-November Thrashers, before the contract talks broke down and the wheels fell off in December, were a playoff caliber team, but things change and wistfully

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Fun while it lasted.

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I couldn't follow the Thrashers for about a week due to various projects, and during one of the most crucial times in the season. When this unavoidable hiatus began the Thrashers were fighting for their playoff lives, mostly unsuccessfully, just managing to keep one nostril above the water line. Well, that's still the same. I'm glad I didn't miss anything....Only things that have changed is that

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Thrashers top Pheelay 3-1 in Pheelay on the hind end of the beast with two fronts. With the win the Thrashers gained a little limelight for themselves by being but one single point out of the playoff picture.I've eaten on game day for both of the last 2 wins. I think we have a trend going here.... I'm about to run out, so if we lose Tuesday I'll have to run down to Georgia and get me some bbq for

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With a jeweled shillelagh!! Still somewhat worrisome was letting a 2-goal lead shrink to a 1-goal lead twice, but the Thrashers eventually pulled ahead by 2 for good and then scored a 3rd goal at a time when the Flyers should've been scoring to close the gap at the end of the game. I like that.

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The city streets are the regular season and the race for the playoffs, and the Thrashers are the nerd. Or maybe they're more like the dude-dressed-up-as-a-woman-and-pretending-to-be-ready-to-grant-some-other-dude-working-the-vid-his-wildest-fantasy because they historically seem to allow teams on the playoff bubble some points to help them along, with last season's finish as the notable exception

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Missed the game tonight, but I've read in several places and several quotes that the Thrashers rang 5 shots off the posts tonight.It's kinda like gettin hit in the face with a fryin pan aint it? That analogy could probably be expanded too...

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Even if the Thrashers don't make the playoffs, I think this season would be a success if Chris Chelios opens a Cheli's Chilli in Atlanta. Yeah.

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Everything seems rosier when your team is the victor, but I've gotta hand it to the Canes, they really wanted it more.A win would've been great, but I still had a great time at the game, I really did. The folks working the upper levels were all first-rate. Everyone was pretty good to stop for a minute and talk and nobody made me feel like Jethro Clampett the entire evening even though I'm sure I

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Making the trip to 'Lanter today to take in the Thrashers-Hurricanes game. I'd be lying if I said I don't care about the outcome, so I'm hoping for a win. But most importantly, I just wanna see the Thrashers play a good game and have the fans be into it and energetic. Either way, I'm pretty damn excited. I haven't been to a game since Alexei Zhitnik won it in OT vs. Tampa two years ago.This

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Damnit. All I got to say is the Thrashers better damn well beat the guy before Kari Lehtonen does.That is all.

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On my morning rounds of headlines and links, I came across this and stared at the picture. I won't post the picture because I like to let the guy or gal to whose post or article I link get their traffic (even though I'd only be stealing maybe five or ten-ish people; I'm not delusional about how many read this), but let's just say the picture is a must see. In my somewhat limited grasp of biology

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It's trade deadline day, and I'll be focusing on the following three things:Number Three.Number Two.Number One.Also, when talking with my dad about the Thrashers' chances of making moves, we were discussing how the Thrashers would have to "mortgage the future" (trade deadline bingo anyone?) so it would be at least somewhat unlikely, and he joked: "Why mortgage the future when you haven't had a

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(UPDATE: Vivlamore's blog post at the AJC)Per C-Viv's Twitterino, "Slava Kozlov has requested a trade from the Thrashers and is willing to waive his No Trade Clause." Not wholly unexpected given I think he probably can help shore up some scoring on a playoff team that could use some extra secondary scoring, but I'm still pretty sad to see this one. I had hoped to see him retire out as a Thrasher,

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(EDIT: I forgot the title)I know this article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says nothing about the professional sports franchises in and around Atlanta, but it certainly illustrates what Gary Bettman and the Thrashers have been saying: The NHL is not leaving Atlanta. The corporate situation is just too damn ideal to move the team at this point. "Na- gon' do it. Doesn't make sense at this

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This could be fun... It's not like it'll be major accumulations by Canadian or New England standards, but still, windy as hell + blowing and drifting snow = blizzard.I just hope it doesn't knock out the power so I don't have to miss the Thrashers game, ironically against the Avalanche, tonight.

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First off, The Cust's blog post on the Kari trade and its impacts on Dallas and Turco in particular. He's not called Craig Custance for nothing.And something else, which I just realized was the fruition of a pipe dream of mine from last offseason. I'd been hoping the Thrashers would trade Kari since last summer if he didn't step up in 2009-2010 and become what made him the #2 (hahaha) pick in

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So. Karppa is headed to Dallas. Southbound trains, singing the blues, that sort of thing? Not likely. A new start, a change of scenery, an (almost) absolutely clean slate, and a new team. As Marty Turco has been struggling of late, and not getting any younger, I like this deal on Dallas' end. In my mind they didn't give up too much, but this deal won't be fairly evaluated, ever. Down the road

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If Kari Lehtonen needs to spend some time on the fritz next season, it looks like he'll be doing it in Dallas. Frankly, I'm blown away that Waddell could get anything for him. But then, I suppose, now that he's "healthy" again, and before having gotten into a single second of NHL action this season, with his finish to last season in mind, he is something akin to a commodity stock: high risk, high

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Holy Hell! These Thrashers just knocked off a pretty solid Panthers team backed by All-World caliber netminding.I may have been a bit rash in declaring a hiatus was a'comin' for my following of the Thrashers. The team played as, well, a team. As has happened for a majority of the season, the Thrashers fell behind in the first. Just like in Warshington. But in both these contests, unlike many

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There once was a man named Kovalchukit,Who wanted to make the big ducats,Have a competent GM,And a team that could win,And so as a fan I say I've about damn had enough of this crap!I wish the boys well, but I'm gonna take a little hiatus from the Thrashers after this weekend, as I have nothing better to do during the course of the weekend itself.

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Instead of disgruntled fans going to Thrashers' games wearing a bag on their head that says "FIRE WADDELL" I think they should wear bags that say "FIRE GROSSMAN"

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With Kovalchuk being traded there really isn't a lot of joy in Red Mudville right now. And a lot of people are dumping on Waddell yet again. "He'll never get what Kovy is worth in a trade. He just isn't capable." etc. But the thing that everyone saying that seems to be overlooking is that there is no such thing as a fair trade involving a superstar. They're like goaltenders in that regard: there

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Bollocks. Can't win if you can't score. And these Thrashers just aren't built for the 1-0, 2-1 games.C'est la vie.

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With the Thrashers unable to re-sign star left winger Ilya Kovalchuk this far into the National Hockey League season, it's a safe bet that the Russian standout hockey player will go back to Russia following completion of the Atlanta Thrashers' 2009-2010 campaign. Many have speculated that he will be traded to another team before the NHL's trade deadline on March 3, and that is a distinct

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Quite an interesting day for the Leafs and their fans. Scared me for a time there. I know it still could happen (though I hope it doesn't), but what with the Leafs giving up so much of their scoring, (roughly 38% by Kevin Allan's estimate on Twitter), and details trickling out to those of us not in the loop on the presser, it really looked like they were clearing the way among their scorers for a

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Kovy completely ripped off Matt Carle after a faceoff and roofed the shot to pull the Thrashers within one. Peverley was next to score, after which I witnessed a classic Kamal call: "Rich Peverley!! I know your vanity plates make no sense to anyone but you!!" Sounds like a great line for the Ten Gallon Dick series over at The Blueland Chronicle, except that I'm not quite sure how acting-Sheriff

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Moose pretty much stole this game. Seriously.Also, liked the Mystery-like ending to the game, where one team (this time, the bad guys) pulls the goalie and then rings a shot off the post in the dying moments of the game. Thrashers beat the Ducks 2-1! Hopefully it's not too little too late.

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All throughout the Ducks-Thrashers game, Dan Kamal was saying the NHL is allowing more and more obstruction penalties go. Which makes me wonder... Could all these hooks and holds be a large part of why Slava Kozlov and Todd White and Bryan Little, all three fairly small guys who, in a wide-open league, would need to showcase skating or veteran craftiness in order to overcome their small statures.

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Upon reading a few articles today, I have two very differing thoughts on two of the pieces, both of which can be summed up with quotes from Blazing Saddles.EXHIBIT A: "Authentic Frontier Gibberish"The first involves something that, were it in print, would be classified as little more than toilet paper. It is poorly written, with no clear points and the thrown-together nature of the initial rough

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They still have a shot at the playoffs, but it's very near the point of no return at which the Thrashers are, for all intents and purposes, out of the playoffs. Not mathematically eliminated, but that is often a formality for teams that know early they won't make the postseason shindig.

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Well, at least Boris Valabik got his first fight win of the season, and in a fairly decisive fashion... Looks like he *might* have figgered out how to fight a shorter guy and USE THAT HEIGHT TO HIS ADVANTAGE. He's in no danger of being thought the next Derek Boogaard, but he might yet develop into a decent tough guy who can play a little, or the other way round as a decent 5-7th defenseman who

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Well, I had been gonna say something about how well the Thrashers did vs. Toronto after a dismal first, but Rawhide over at the AJC and the gents of The Blueland Chronicle had that pretty well covered already, so I didn't. Annnnd, then we go out and lose to the "Tropical Depressions" as Bird Watchers Anonymous called them before the game, so it's a little late for that now... Woo Thrashers.Anyway

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Huh. Who'd'a thunk? Looks like this team remembers how to play. Kovy with 1g 2a, Whitey with 1g 1a, Kozzy with 2a, BOULTS with 1g, Little with 1g 1a. And Ondrej Pavelec picked up what I believe was his first career NHL point with an assist on Bryan Little's 3rd period goal to go along with a very solid performance in net. Well done Pavs!Now then. If this team remembers how to play and how to win

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The Thrashers really frustrated me with the 8-1 drubbing at the hands of the Capitals. I know the Caps are an elite team, but I feel like the Thrashers could have, nay, SHOULD have had a better game. In response to such frustration, I decided to simulate a 7-game series (I had originally thought a 10-game series like one might would discuss between two fighters, but I don't particularly feel like

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Well, the Thrashers played hard, got some great goaltending and a couple of lucky bounces, ended regulation tied at 1, and won in the shootout over the New York Rang...Wait a minute, we didn't play the Rags last night. Lemme do a quick check of the boxscore here... Oh buggah. We lost by HOW MUCH??? Did we have the same 2 dmen and 3 forwards playing the whole game?? Did we even HAVE a goalie?? Wow

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Tonight the Thrashers (19-18-6; 1-6-3 in their last 10) host the Capitals (26-11-6; 6-4 in their last 10) and have a chance to show the NHL that they're ready to return to their early season form. The win over the Rangers in a shootout on January 7th finally broke the losing streak, but after such a dismal December the Thrashers are still in the process of pulling themselves out of a long-lasting

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The Thrashers host the Rags tonight during one of the worst periods in Thrashers hockey. Think about it....Anyway, the Rangers (21-17-5; 7-1-2 in their last 10) have that Gaborik guy. I think he leads the league in goals right now. Gotta watch out for him. And they're coming into this game practically on fire. The Thrashers (18-18-6; 1-6-3 in their last 10) are coming home after being downtrodden

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The Thrashers went 4 and sucked-@ss in December, so here's to a much more bettererer January and Febtober!

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Chris Vivlamore of AJC sports fame has written a piece on 5 things the Thrashers need to do in order to right the ship.While all these things are easily identified as problems, and therefore one could pass C-Viv the O'd cape of Captain Obvious, I think perhaps it needed to be said again. However, short of bringing up some kids from the farm one at a time until something works, I'm not entirely

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I tuned back into the game when the score was 5-4 because of this tweet. I had jumped the gun on finding something else to do. The game had a great finish, and I even agreed with the decision to play not to lose in the OT period in favor of the Thrashers' chances in the shootout. Unfortunately, that was where the Thrashers' luck ran out, as Moose uncharacteristically gave up two shootout goals on

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So I tuned into the game at 7:25 and we were already down by 2. Within 15 minutes, the Thrashers had dropped another goal. Sorry Thrashers, I'll catch the boxscore tomorrow.

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Can't really say I'm surprised. Craig Custance lists six Americans for an all-snub team, and Hainsey is on that list. While I like the respect for the Thrashers and their talent that Custance expresses by putting Hainsey on that list, I tend to disagree with calling Hainsey a "snubbed player" from the long list of those who didn't make the U.S. Olympic roster. He seems to have been struggling

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Thrashers (18-17-5; 2-6-2 in last 10) visit the Islanders (16-18-8; 4-5-1 in last 10) on the tail end of a back-to-back that saw them lose the handle in an OT loss to the Sabres in Buffalo. The Thrashers can't afford to overlook the Isles like they have twice this season, one time being the game in which Matt Moulson (15g and 11a for 26pts in 42 games; 2nd in goals, 4th in assists, 3rd in points

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So the Thrashers dropped the game to Buffalo in OT after having a 3-0 lead in the 2nd. This is redonkulous. Let's hope tax season pisses the Thrashers off enough that they come out a'swingin' and have a rebound January and a return to the top echelons of the conference.

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All that Cold November Rain led to a cold month of December for the Thrashers. Someone at Bird Watchers Anonymous recently posted a statistical breakdown of the Thrashers' performance historically on a month-by-month basis. Although I forget the specifics and couldn't find the post to save my life, I remember the data indicated that the Thrashers have tended to have a weaker December, January and

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At the start of this season, I attempted to do the whole "blog" thing about the Atlanta Thrashers, the team for which I root, but it didn't work very well, to say the least. Hopefully I'll encounter smoother sailing this time around.I love me some hockey, some good BBQ and Brunswick Stew, a good drink, and some other stuff.

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