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Post-Kovalchuk Thrashers Deep on ‘D’, Look to New Faces and Young Guns for Offense
by Jon Jordan on 09/16/10 at 11:14 AM ET
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For the Atlanta Thrashers, a team with just one playoff appearance in ten National Hockey League seasons (and not a single post-season victory to their credit), the time for a fresh start was clearly at hand.
By first turning a negative into a positive in moving on from superstar sniper Ilya Kovalchuk late last season and then raiding the cabinet of the cap-crunched Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, Atlanta begins their new era, under both a new general manager and head coach in Rick Dudley and Craig Ramsay, with a wealth of promising youth and several veterans with recent championship experience.
They may no longer boast an individual showstopper but that formula wasn’t producing a consistent winner in Blueland anyway (and that alone rarely does as much anywhere). The post-Kovalchuk Thrashers appear to be headed for greener pastures, though there will be that little issue of replacing his 45+ goals, of course.
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Hedberg To The Devils
by Paul on 07/01/10 at 04:28 PM ET
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via Jay Grossman (player agent) tweet,
Johan Hedberg signs w/NJ #Devils. 1 yr. contract effective $1.5M including bonuses, no trade
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Johan Hedberg Loses Sight Of The Puck Tonight
by Paul on 01/28/10 at 10:59 PM ET
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Hedberg Re-signs With Thrashers
by Paul on 06/16/08 at 03:11 PM ET
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from the Atlanta Thrashers,
The Atlanta Thrashers have re-signed goaltender Johan Hedberg to a multi-year contract, according to Executive Vice President and General Manager Don Waddell. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
continued and thanks to a KK member for the heads-up in the KK Forums.
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Lehtonen Back in Practice - Goalie Surplus in Atlanta
by Alanah McGinley on 11/19/07 at 04:16 PM ET
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From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
“It’s been a long month, but it was great today to come here when everybody else comes and not three hours before,” Lehtonen said. “It’s fun to be a part of the team.”
And suddenly it’s a team that will have three capable goalies. According to general manager and interim head coach Don Waddell, Lehtonen’s return to the lineup won’t be rushed. In the past, he said, Lehtonen might have been hurried to action this week. But not now.
Johan Hedberg is coming off his first shutout with the Thrashers and will get the start tonight against Tampa Bay. He’s 4-0 in his last five starts and with his shutout in Carolina, dropped his goals against average to 2.38 in November.
Rookie Ondrej Pavelec is 3-1 in four starts and has a 2.71 GAA on the season. His only other loss came in a relief appearance against Ottawa.
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Hedberg’s Mask
by Paul on 09/28/07 at 03:08 PM ET
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via Blueland Blog, The mask of the “Moose”. Great pics…
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