Garnet Exelby News

The Atlanta Thrashers acquired defenseman Pavel Kubina and forward Tim Stapleton from the Toronto Maple Leafs for defenseman Garnet Exelby and forward Colin Stuart on Wednesday.

Leafs new signing weighs in on Heatley In this March 28, 2009, file photo, Atlanta Thrashers defenseman Garnet Exelby, left, body-checks Ottawa Senators center Jason Spezza, rear, into the boards during the third period of an NHL hockey game at Philips Arena in Atlanta.

Moments after the Maple Leafs announced they'd signed free agent blueliner FranA ois Beauchemin on Monday, an email landed in Brian Burke's inbox.

Not really "free-agent" news, but according to Montreal media, Mike Cammalleri sounds "excited" to be a Canadien.

Ah yesearly July. And with it comes the heat and humidity that we've all come to know and love during this time of year.

Sorry, there is no post to display... Lance Hornby Lance Hornby has covered the Maple Leafs and the National Hockey League as beat writer and columnist going on 25 years.

That rampaging river didn't quite subside into a trickle on Day 2 of the National Hockey League's free agent period, but the player flow did become a little more restrained.

Don Waddell has yet to make a splash in the UFA pool as of yet, but he has indeed done something to alter the shape of the team's makeup.

The Maple Leafs had better have a pretty good penalty killing unit next season. They're going to need one with the tough, take-no-prisoners kind of players GM Brian Burke picked up yesterday in defencemen Mike Komisarek and Garnet Exelby and enforcer-winger Colton Orr.

When the doors to free agency finally opened, NHL general managers went charging into the marketplace like bargain-hunters on Boxing Day.

More Blogs Photo Gallery Kubina dealt to Thrashers Pavel Kubina. THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO -- The Toronto Maple Leafs added some muscle to their blue-line and freed up salary cap space with one move.

Evander Kane is the newest citizen of Thrashersville, OKyou just knew that the "Citizen Kane"A line was coming, so don't actA all surprised when you saw it in the header! As so many of you already know, Don Waddell and the Atlanta Thrashers did indeed select Evander Kanethe 6'-1" 176 pound native of Vancouver who plays for the Giants of the WHL ...

Our old pal Craig Custance twittered or is it twittedor twittledanyway, he informed us by way of "twitter" yesterday that the "Thrashers have made qualifying offers to at least three potential restricted free agents - Kari Lehtonen, Jim Slater and Colby Armstrong." This now leaves Jordan Lavallee, Scott Lehman, Grant Lewis, Chris Thorburn, Dan ...

The Entry Draft remains the basis for building a team in the National Hockey League.

The Thrashers liked what they saw from Clay Wilson in two games but have sent him back to Chicago, making room for Nathan Oystrick to play Saturday night against Tampa Bay.

PLAYERS' PLAYER: Center Marty Reasoner earned his teammates' respect in his first season with the Thrashers, so much so that they voted him the Players' Player Award as best exemplifying the concept of a "team player." Reasoner, a free-agent signee last summer, carried a plus-8 rating into Thursday night's game against the Florida Panthers and had ...

Ilya Kovalchuk scored on an unassisted breakaway with 29.9 seconds left in overtime to give the Atlanta Thrashers a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.

Montreal Canadiens' Alex Kovalev, 27, of Russia, celebrates with teammates after scoring the fourth goal against the Atlanta Thrashers during second period NHL hockey action in Montreal Tuesday, March 24, 2009.

Atlanta Thrashers center Todd White, right, gets tripped while trying for the puck along with Detroit Red Wings right wing Marian Hossa during the first period of their NHL hockey game Friday, March 20, 2009, in Atlanta.

AtlantaThrashers.com's Ben Wright posted a serious preview of tonight's match-up between the Thrashers and Red Wings : March 20, AtlantaThrashers.com : Leading up to what might be the most widely anticipated home game of the season, there is surprisingly little news coming out of the Thrashers locker room.