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David Perron...St. Louis Blues...with a power play goal. No, that's not a final solution to a Clue game.

You know the Atlanta Thrashers, right? The team that had two winning records in its first nine seasons.

Patrice Bergeron got the lone goal of the shootout, and Tuukka Rask produced a solid effort with 32 saves, as Boston got by a hot Atlanta Thrashers club, 4-3, at Philips Arena.

The Thrashers will get an indication of how far they've come as a hockey team Saturday.

Max Afinogenov just might be the Thrashers' biggest offseason acquisition. Afinogenov scored with 41.4 seconds remaining in the third period -- with the Thrashers' goal empty -- to force overtime and earn the Thrashers a point.

Taking a risk is dangerous for a fantasy owner but this could bring big rewards.A Scouring the waiver wire or other teama s chancy players some stick out like a sore thumb.

Given that the Thrashers are 10-6-1 and currently riding a four-game win streak, there have been quite a few pleasant surprises seen so far.

IN CONTROL: Edmonton Oilers left wing Liam Reddox takes possession of the puck from Atlanta Thrashers right wing Nik Antropov in the third period of their NHL hockey game in Atlanta, Georgia.

It wasn't the original plan to put Max Afinogenov with his Russian speaking counterparts on the Thrashers' top line.

Watch on pc - Atlanta Thrashers vs Los Angeles Kings >> Los Angeles Kings Vs Atlanta Thrashers Time: Fri, November 13, 2009 at 7:30 PM ET League: NHL - United States of America Last 10 matches: Los Angeles 6-2-2; Atlanta 4-5-1 Free agent center Nik Antropov has averaged nearly a point per game for the Thrashers, but has yet to score his first goal ...

's injury may not get much worse, and having their all-time leading scorer back on the ice is certainly an improvement for the Atlanta Thrashers .

Thrasher-Math 101 class at the University of Thrasherville...the rowdiest class on the cyber-campus assembles...Professor Rawhide takes the lectern OK, class...settle down...quiet now, please, class... Class? ...CLASS? ... SHUT UP!!! ahem ...Thank you.

Ilya Kovalchuk is indeed a fast healer. The Thrashers' captain appears ready to return to the lineup less than three weeks after breaking a bone in his right foot.

Let's not bury the lead. Ilya Kovalchuk has just taken the practice ice for the Thrashers.

On Sunday night, the Thrashers hosted the St. Louis Blues in the Philips Arena. It's surprising just a few days ago I had written that the Thrashers needed to change up their defensive pairings, which would guide them to better defense and wins.

Atlanta suffered the same defensive lapses that it did in their 4-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night at Philips Arena, allowing way too many shots by the once-offensively challenged Islanders.

October has come and gonea as has 10 games of the 2009-10 Thrashers campaign. So here are my a oegood, un-good and uglya of the season so far.

Raffi Torres scored twice as the Columbus Blue Jackets knocked off the Atlanta Thrashers, 4-3, at Philips Arena.

Columbus star Rick Nash entered Thursday's game fourth in the NHL with 21 points, including 10 points in his past six games.

Each year a round about this time we show up here and find a handful of skaters who are still residing Schnide Islanda that tiny spec of land that sits smack-dab in the middle of the vast expanse of the Ocean of Zilch.