Marty Reasoner News

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.

Scoring, scoring, and more scoring. That is what the Thrashers need. Following another year of no playoffs, the Atlanta Thrashers need to bring in firepower on the offensive side of the stick... by John Boller 7 reads Opinion Scoring, scoring, and more scoring.

OK folks, it is official. The Thrashers just announced that they have acquired defenseman Pavel Kubina and the rights to forward Tim Stapleton from Toronto for Garnet Exelby and Colin Stuart.

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

Eleven years ago today, Don Waddell was announced as the first general manager of the newly founded Atlanta Thrashers.

By now many of you have already seen, read and even commented on this little ditty that was posted by Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch .

Forward Marty Reasoner, who set a career high with 14 goals for Atlanta last season, has re-signed with the Thrashers.

Some of the Thrashers did a little off-season hitting Tuesday. Eric Boulton, Marty Reasoner and Chris Thorburn were at Turner Field to take batting practice prior to the Braves game.

Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk in Game 5 joined a long list of hockey players who bounced back from injury to make a contribution in the Stanley Cup final.

Tue.: at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. x-Fri.: at Detroit, 8 p.m. Notes Thrashers: Forward Marty Reasoner, who set a career high with 14 goals last season, has re-signed with Atlanta.

Moments after posting this blog, I learned that Marty Reasoner re-signed with the Thrashers WOO-HOOoooo!!!!!!! Marty will be a Thrasher for two more years according to the team's website! The Fat Lady's spring concert tour is coming to an end this week.

Any team with the third and fourth overall selections in back-to-back years has more than a few needs, and that's certainly the Thrashers' case.

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.

First off, let me be very clear on this pointthis is not intended to be a "Bash Waddell" piece.

Ever since Marty Reasoner made it known that he wanted to return next season to the Thrashers, it's pretty much been taken for granted by myself that he would be back in the team's lineup next fall.

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 ...

SNYDER AWARD: Colby Armstrong won the Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy as the Thrashers' unsung hero this season.

Colby Armstrong scored twice to lead the Atlanta Thrashers past the Tampa Bay Lightning, 6-2, in a battle between two teams eliminated from the playoffs at Philips Arena.

The Florida Panthers were eliminated from the playoff race after they beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3-2 on Thursday night.

The Florida Panthers played in Atlanta Thursday night and were eliminated from the playoffs.