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Don Waddell’s Biggest Mistake
by Mike Chen on 01/09/09 at 10:00 AM ET
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How did it all go so terribly wrong for the Atlanta Thrashers? At one point there was a whole heck of a lot of hope and exciting surrounding this team. They could score, they had young goaltending talent, and they had a proven Stanley Cup-winning coach.
Since then, the Thrashers have been dismantled into a train wreck of a franchise, with accusations of apathy from the head coach and a star player getting more press for trade rumors than goal scoring. I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that the Thrashers only made the playoffs once in their existance or that their only playoff appearance was a pitiful four-game sweep at the hands of the New York Rangers.
Where did it all go wrong? I’m betting that Don Waddell’s biggest regret stems down to one transaction. That is, one transaction that didn’t happen.
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