Johan Hedberg News

Day Two of the NHL draft can be hectic - with just a minute between most selections.

Ilya Kovalchuk will be a Thrasher next season. General manager Don Waddell told the Journal-Constitution last week that, unequivocally, Kovalchuk will remain with the team as it attempts to re-sign one of the NHL's elite players.

I'm back, folks. Sorry for the delay but I got caught up in covering the Hawks' playoff run and the Braves' Brian McCann's new glasses.

On Atlanta Thrashers road trips, you can often find goalie Johan Hedberg relaxing and killing time with a book.

Hamilton's Mayor Fred Eisenberger told reporters the city has had discussions with businessman Jim Balsillie about bringing an NHL team to the city.

Thrashers' defenseman Tobias Enstrom is helped off the ice after a collision during a World Hockey Championships preliminary round game between Sweden and Latvia.

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.

Two awards presentations are scheduled for before tonight's game against the Florida Panthers.

But the Florida Panthers were eliminated from the playoffs anyway, that had to be a some crappy locker room news, play your hearts out and win the game in the last five minutes of the game and you're still eliminated from playoff contention.

A pair of 2008-09's top rookies will clash tonight, as Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning wrap their season against Zach Bogosian's Atlanta Thrashers at Philips Arena.

A goal by David Booth lifted Florida to a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Thrashers Thursday, but the victory failed to get the Panthers into the NHL playoffs.

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 ...

A few thoughts while we congratulate Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen on their "shotgun" wedding: All hands on deck -- He may have 55 goals this season, but Alex Ovechkin wasn't relied upon to provide the offense in the Washington Capitals ' 6-4 win Sunday afternoon against the Atlanta Thrashers .

The Washington Capitals will continue their push for the Eastern Conference's second seed when they visit the Atlanta Thrashers at Philips Arena for the back end of a home-and-home series.

The newly-crowned Southeast Division champion Washington Capitals will begin a home-and-home series with a division foe today, as they host the Atlanta Thrashers at the Verizon Center.

Anderson Cooper interviews human-rights activist Ahmad Batebi, who discusses his imprisonment in Iran and his escape.

They're the NHL's winningest team of the past month. You bet the Thrashers would love the chance to see what they could do in the postseason.

Rich Peverley scored his second goal of the game in the third period to break a tie and lift the Atlanta Thrashers to a 3-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday night.

I don't know about you, but the only thing better than beating the Buffalo Sabres is watching as their fanswho infest Philips Arena twice per yearskank out of our barn after yet another loss to our Thrashers.

Zach Bogosian reached out with his right hand and slammed Dominic Moore to the ice.