2009-10 Atlanta Thrashers season

2009–10 Atlanta Thrashers	2009–10 Atlanta Thrashers
Division 	2nd Southeast
Conference 	10th Eastern
2009–10 record 	35-34-13
Home record 	19-16-6
Road record 	16-18-7
Goals for 	234
Goals against 	256
Team information 	Team information
General Manager 	Don Waddell
Coach 	John Anderson
Captain 	Ilya Kovalchuk (Oct-Feb)
Vacant
Alternate captains 	Colby Armstrong
Zach Bogosian
Ron Hainsey
Vyacheslav Kozlov
Arena 	Philips Arena
Average attendance 	13,607 (73.4%)
Total: 557,897
Team leaders 	Team leaders
Goals 	Ilya Kovalchuck (31)
Assists 	Tobias Enstrom (44)
Points 	Nik Antropov (67)
Penalties in minutes 	Eric Boulton (113)
Plus/minus 	Nik Antropov (+13)
Wins 	Johan Hedberg (21)
Goals against average 	Johan Hedberg (2.62)
The 2009–10 Atlanta Thrashers season was the 10th season of the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Thrashers failed to make the playoffs this season and at the end of the regular season, announced that they will not retain John Anderson as head coach, the Thrashers also promoted Don Waddell to President and Rick Dudley to General Manager. Assistant coaches Randy Cunneyworth, Todd Nelson and Steve Weeks were also not retained.[1]
== Off-season==
With the fourth-overall pick in the Entry Draft, the Thrashers chose forward Evander Kane.
The Thrashers signed free agent forward Nik Antropov, intending to team him with Ilya Kovalchuk. The Thrashers made a trade for defenceman Pavel Kubina from the Toronto Maple Leafs, giving up Garnet Exelby in a four-player deal.
== Regular season==
=== Divisional standings===
 	Southeast Division[2]	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	PTS
1	p–Washington Capitals	82	54	15	13 	318	233	121
2	Atlanta Thrashers 	82	35	34	13 	234	256	83
3	Carolina Hurricanes 	82	35	37	10 	230	256	80
4	Tampa Bay Lightning 	82	34	36	12 	217	260	80
5	Florida Panthers 	82	32	37	13 	208	244	77
=== Conference standings===
Eastern Conference[3]	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	PTS
p–Washington Capitals	82	54	15	13 	318	233	121
y–New Jersey Devils 	82	48	27	7 	222	191	103
y–Buffalo Sabres 	82	45	27	10 	235	207	100
Pittsburgh Penguins 	82	47	28	7 	257	237	101
Ottawa Senators 	82	44	32	6 	225	238	94
Boston Bruins 	82	39	30	13 	206	200	91
Philadelphia Flyers 	82	41	35	6 	236	225	88
Montreal Canadiens 	82	39	33	10 	217	223	88
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
New York Rangers 	82	38	33	11 	222	218	87
Atlanta Thrashers 	82	35	34	13 	234	256	83
Carolina Hurricanes 	82	35	37	10 	230	256	80
Tampa Bay Lightning 	82	34	36	12 	217	260	80
New York Islanders 	82	34	37	11 	222	264	79
Florida Panthers 	82	32	37	13 	208	244	77
Toronto Maple Leafs 	82	30	38	14 	214	267	74
bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
=== Game log===
*Green background indicates win (2 points).
*Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	October 3 	Tampa Bay Lightning	3-6 	Atlanta Thrashers 	 	Pavelec 	18,545 	1-0-0 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	October 8 	Atlanta Thrashers 	4-2 	St. Louis Blues 	 	Pavelec 	19,150 	2-0-0 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	October 10 	Atlanta Thrashers 	2-4 	Ottawa Senators 	 	Pavelec 	19,360 	2-1-0 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	October 16 	Atlanta Thrashers 	4-2 	New Jersey Devils 	 	Pavelec 	14,187 	3-1-0 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	October 17 	Atlanta Thrashers 	4-2 	Buffalo Sabres 	 	Hedberg 	18,690 	4-1-0 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	October 20 	Atlanta Thrashers 	1-2 	Montreal Canadiens	SO 	Pavelec 	21,273 	4-1-1 	9 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	October 22 	Washington Capitals	5-4 	Atlanta Thrashers 	 	Pavelec 	13,192 	4-2-1 	9 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	October 24 	San Jose Sharks 	4-3 	Atlanta Thrashers 	 	Hedberg 	14,945 	4-3-1 	9 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	October 29 	Washington Capitals	4-3 	Atlanta Thrashers 	 	Pavelec 	12,893 	4-4-1 	9 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
10 	October 31 	Atlanta Thrashers 	3–1 	Ottawa Senators 	 	Pavelec 	17,297 	5-4-1 	11 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
== Player stats==
=== Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);"	Regular season	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
Nik Antropov 	76 	24	43	67 	13 	44
Maxim Afinogenov 	82 	24	37	61 	-17	46
Ilya Kovalchuk‡ 	49 	31	27	58 	1 	45
Rich Peverley 	82 	22	33	55 	-14	36
Tobias Enstrom 	82 	6 	44	50 	-5 	30
Pavel Kubina 	76 	6 	32	38 	0 	66
Bryan Little 	79 	13	21	34 	-6 	20
Colby Armstrong 	79 	15	14	29 	6 	61
Vyacheslav Kozlov 	55 	8 	18	26 	-15	33
Todd White 	65 	7 	19	26 	-11	24
Ron Hainsey 	80 	5 	21	26 	-6 	39
Evander Kane 	66 	14	12	26 	2 	62
Zach Bogosian 	81 	10	13	23 	-18	61
Jim Slater 	61 	11	7 	18 	1 	60
Marty Reasoner 	80 	4 	13	17 	-3 	24
Niclas Bergfors† 	27 	8 	9 	17 	-3 	0
Chris Thorburn 	76 	4 	9 	13 	6 	89
Johnny Oduya† 	27 	1 	8 	9 	6 	12
Clarke MacArthur† 	21 	3 	6 	9 	-2 	2
Eric Boulton 	62 	2 	6 	8 	-1 	113
Christoph Schubert	47 	2 	5 	7 	-6 	69
Evgeny Artyukhin† 	17 	5 	2 	7 	-4 	31
Anssi Salmela‡ 	29 	1 	4 	5 	4 	22
Mark Popovic 	37 	2 	2 	4 	0 	10
Boris Valabik 	23 	0 	2 	2 	2 	36
Tim Stapleton 	6 	2 	0 	2 	1 	2
Arturs Kulda 	4 	0 	2 	2 	2 	2
Chris Chelios 	7 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0
=== Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO	G	A	PIM
Johan Hedberg 	47	2632	21	16	6 	115	2.62	1355	.915	3 	0	1	6
Ondrej Pavelec	42	2317	14	18	7 	127	3.29	1353	.906	2 	0	1	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Thrashers. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
‡Traded mid-season
underline/italics denotes franchise record
== Awards and records==
=== Records===
Player 	Record (Amount) 	Achieved
Tobias Enstrom	Most assist by a defenseman in franchise history (83) 	December 19, 2009
Tobias Enstrom	Most points in franchise history by a defenseman in a single season (40) 	January 5, 2010
Tobias Enstrom	Most points by a defenseman in franchise history (108) 	January 16, 2010
Tobias Enstrom	Most assists in franchise history by a defenseman in a single season (35)	January 26, 2010
Eric Boulton 	Most penalty minutes in franchise history (536) 	March 20, 2010
===Milestones===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Evander Kane 	1st Career NHL Game
1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point	October 3, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Evander Kane 	1st Career NHL Goal 	October 8, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ilya Kovalchuk 	300th career NHL Goal 	October 8, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Colby Armstrong 	150th career NHL point 	October 8, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Chris Thorburn 	200th career NHL game 	October 16, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ron Hainsey 	100th career NHL assist 	October 29, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mark Popovic 	1st career NHL Goal 	November 3, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pavel Kubina 	100th career NHL Goal 	November 7, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ondrej Pavelec 	1st career NHL shutout 	November 13, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mark Popovic 	1st career NHL goal 	November 13, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Todd White 	600th Career NHL game 	December 12, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eric Boulton 	1,000th Career NHL PIM 	December 12, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Maxim Afinogenov 	600th Career NHL Game 	December 14, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Christoph Schubert	300th Career NHL Game 	December 21, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tobias Enstrom 	200th Career NHL Game 	December 23, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tobias Enstrom 	100th career NHL point 	December 28, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ilya Kovalchuk 	600th career NHL point 	January 1, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ondrej Pavelec 	1st career NHL point 	January 12, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eric Boulton 	1st career NHL power play goal	January 12, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Todd White 	200th game as a Thrasher 	January 12, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jim Slater 	300th career NHL game 	January 16, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nik Antropov 	200th career NHL assist 	January 30, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pavel Kubina 	800th career NHL game 	February 2, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Marty Reasoner 	600th career NHL game 	February 5, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Johan Hedberg 	50th win as a Thrasher 	February 12, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Rich Peverley 	100th career NHL point 	March 2, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tobias Enstrom 	100th career NHL assist 	March 18, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Awards===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Award 	Awarded 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ilya Kovalchuk[4]	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 16, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
== Transactions==
The Thrashers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.
=== Trades===
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Date 	Details	Details
June 27, 2009 	To Los Angeles Kings----
4th-round pick (#95 overall) in 2009	To Atlanta Thrashers----
4th-round pick (#117 overall) in 2009
4th-round pick (#120 overall) in 2009
7th-round pick (#203 overall) in 2009
June 27, 2009 	To Chicago Blackhawks----
6th-round pick (#177 overall) in 2009	To Atlanta Thrashers----
5th-round pick in 2010
July 1, 2009[5] 	To Toronto Maple Leafs----
Garnet Exelby
Colin Stuart	To Atlanta Thrashers----
Pavel Kubina
Tim Stapleton
September 24, 2009[6]	To Anaheim Ducks----
Future Considerations	To Atlanta Thrashers----
Steve McCarthy
October 8, 2009[7] 	To Columbus Blue Jackets----
Jordan LaVallee-Smotherman	To Atlanta Thrashers----
Future Considerations
February 4, 2010[8] 	To New Jersey Devils----
Ilya Kovalchuk
Anssi Salmela
second-round pick in 2010	To Atlanta Thrashers----
Johnny Oduya
Niclas Bergfors
Patrice Cormier
1st-round pick in 2010
second-round pick in 2010
February 9, 2010[9] 	To Dallas Stars----
Kari Lehtonen	To Atlanta Thrashers----
Ivan Vishnevskiy
4th-round pick in 2010
March 1, 2010[10] 	To Anaheim Ducks----
Nathan Oystrick
Conditional draft pick in 2011	To Atlanta Thrashers----
Evgeny Artyukhin
March 1, 2010[11] 	To Buffalo Sabres----
3rd-round draft pick in 2010
4th-round draft pick in 2010	To Atlanta Thrashers----
Clarke MacArthur
=== Free agents acquired===
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Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Nik Antropov[12] 	New York Rangers 	4 years, $16 million
Joel Kwiatkowski[13]	Severstal Cherepovets	undisclosed
Jason Krog[14] 	Manitoba Moose 	undisclosed
Drew MacIntyre[15] 	Milwaukee Admirals 	undisclosed
Peter Mannino[16] 	New York Islanders 	undisclosed
Anthony Stewart[17] 	Florida Panthers 	undisclosed
Noah Welch[18] 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	undisclosed
Josh Gratton[19] 	Philadelphia Flyers 	undisclosed
Michael Vernace[20] 	Colorado Avalanche 	undisclosed
Mark Popovic[21] 	SKA St. Petersburg 	undisclosed
Maxim Afinogenov[22]	Buffalo Sabres 	1 year, $800,000
Chris Chelios[23] 	Detroit Red Wings 	undisclosed
=== Claimed via Waivers===
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Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers
Christoph Schubert[25]	Ottawa Senators	October 2, 2009
=== Player Signings===
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Player 	Contract terms
Anssi Salmela[26] 	2 years, $1.225 million
Marty Reasoner[27] 	2 years, $2.3 million
Andrew Kozek[28] 	undisclosed
Rylan Kaip[29] 	undisclosed
Chris Thorburn[30] 	2 years, $1.32 million
Joseph Crabb[31] 	undisclosed
Nathan Oystrick[32]	undisclosed
Jim Slater[33] 	1 year, $800,000
Kari Lehtonen[34] 	1 year, $3 million
Colby Armstrong[35]	2 years, $2.4 million
Scott Lehman[36] 	undisclosed
Grant Lewis[37] 	undisclosed
Tim Stapleton[38] 	undisclosed
Evander Kane[39] 	undisclosed
Boris Valabik[40] 	2 years, $1.525 million
Michael Forney[41] 	multi-year contract
Rich Peverley[42] 	2 years, $2.6 million contract extension
== Final roster==
.[43]
# 	Nat 	Player 	Pos 	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
61	Russia 	Maxim Afinogenov 	 	L 	31 	2009 	Moscow, Soviet Union
80	Kazakhstan 	Nik Antropov 	C 	L 	30 	2009 	Ust-Kamenogorsk, Soviet Union
20	Canada 	Colby Armstrong (A) 	RW 	R 	27 	2008 	Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
76	Russia 	Evgeny Artyukhin 	RW 	L 	27 	2010 	Moscow, Soviet Union
18	Sweden 	Nicklas Bergfors 	LW 	R 	23 	2010 	Södertälje, Sweden
4 	United States 	Zach Bogosian (A) 	D 	R 	20 	2008 	Massena, New York
36	Canada 	Eric Boulton 	LW 	L 	34 	2005 	Halifax, Nova Scotia
39	Sweden 	Tobias Enstrom 	D 	L 	25 	2003 	Nordingrå, Sweden
6 	United States 	Ron Hainsey (A) 	D 	L 	29 	2008 	Bolton, Connecticut
1 	Sweden 	Johan Hedberg 	G 	L 	37 	2006 	Leksand, Sweden
9 	Canada 	Evander Kane 	LW 	L 	19 	2009 	Vancouver, British Columbia
13	Russia 	Vyacheslav Kozlov (A)	LW 	L 	38 	2002 	Voskresensk, Soviet Union
77	Czech Republic	Pavel Kubina 	!D 	R 	33 	2009 	Čeladná, Czechoslovakia
10	Canada 	Bryan Little 	RW 	R 	22 	2006 	Edmonton, Alberta
41	Canada 	Clarke MacArthur 	LW 	L 	25 	2010 	Lloydminster, Alberta
29	Sweden 	Johnny Oduya 	D 	L 	28 	2010 	Stockholm, Sweden
31	Czech Republic	Ondrej Pavelec 	G 	L 	23 	2005 	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
47	Canada 	Rich Peverley 	C/LW	R 	28 	2009 	Guelph, Ontario
3 	Canada 	Mark Popovic 	D 	L 	27 	2009 	Stoney Creek, Ontario
19	United States 	Marty Reasoner 	C 	L 	33 	2008 	Honeoye Falls, New York
16	Germany 	Christoph Schubert 	D 	L 	28 	2009 	Munich, West Germany
23	United States 	Jim Slater 	C 	L 	27 	2002 	Petoskey, Michigan
27	Canada 	Chris Thorburn 	RW 	R 	27 	2007 	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
5 	Slovakia 	Boris Valabik 	D 	L 	24 	2004 	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
12	Canada 	W odd White 	C 	L 	35 	2007 	Kanata, Ontario
== Draft picks==
Atlanta's picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal • Quebec.
Round	Overall 	Player 	Position	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	4 	Evander Kane 	(C) 	Canada 	Vancouver Giants (Western Hockey League)
2 	34 	Carl Klingberg 	(F) 	Sweden 	Frölunda HC (J20 SuperElit)
2 	45 (from Anaheim via Washington and Montreal)	Jeremy Morin 	(LW) 	United States	U.S. National U18 Team (National Team Development Program)
4 	117 (from San Jose via Los Angeles) 	Edward Pasquale 	(G) 	Canada 	Saginaw Spirit (Ontario Hockey League)
4 	120 (from Detroit via Los Angeles) 	Ben Chiarot 	(D) 	Canada 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
5 	125 	Cody Sol 	(D) 	Canada 	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
6 	155 	Jimmy Bubnick 	(C) 	Canada 	Kamloops Blazers (Western Hockey League)
7 	185 	Levo Koper 	(LW) 	Canada 	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
7 	203 (from Vancouver via Los Angeles) 	Jordan Samuels-Thomas	(LW) 	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
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