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Thrashers Owner Says Team Is Committed to Keeping Kovalchuk

The Atlanta Thrashers, currently occupying their familiar spot at the bottom of the NHL's standings, are headed for their ninth non-playoff season in their 10-year existence. The team's best player -- and captain -- Ilya Kovalchuk is an unrestricted free agent following next season, while starting netminder Kari Lehtonen...

Zhitnik Signs Tryout Contract with Dynamo

Mark down another former NHL player as trying to make a go of it back home in Russia. According to Sovetsky Sport, defenseman Alexei Zhitnik, who was bought out of the last year of his contract by the Atlanta Thrashers just a few weeks ago, has joined Dynamo Moscow on a tryout contract. Details of the deal were confirmed...

High Fives: Top 5 Hockey Guys Named Alex

"High Fives" is a new regular feature at NHL FanHouse in which we'll count down the Top 5 of anything hockey-related -- and you'll let us know where we're wrong.I'm not much for Introductions, so let's get right to it. The Rules are simple: Must be named Alex, or some derivation thereof Have particular personal...

NHL Playoffs Day 2 Roundup

I'll try after each night's action to burp up my observations (fair or otherwise) on the evening's events. Tonight's schedule was dominated by the Eastern Conference, and while all but one of Day One's games were one-goal affairs, on Day Two it was the exact reverse, with two certified blowouts, one team constantly playing...

Thrashers (3) vs. New York Rangers (6) Playoff Preview

Offense: Adding Tkachuk gave the Thrashers a legitimate 2nd scoring line and slightly better top-end talent than the Rangers, but key players lack playoff experience. The Rangers have the far better road power play and guys like Jagr, Cullen and Shanahan who have won it all before. The Thrashers will get their...