Sorry for the Absence, Atlanta Thrashers Fans

Hello all:

Sorry for the absence the past two weeks, but moving and grad school took temporary siege over my life. Ago, I am back and ready for action.

So the Thrashers managed to put themselves behind the eight ball and then decided to turn it up and go 2-0 in Canada...so maybe we should start rumors that the Canadians and Senators are losing their fan bases and shriveling to the bottom of the NHL, whose with me? Thats a whole another topic for another day.

Back to important things, Ondrej Pavalec is a man possessed. He is single-handedly saving our Czarless Thrashers (the Czar is Kovalchuk for all you non-Atlantan readers here) and making us wonder why we are paying Lehtonen $3 million this year...It looks rather curious now.

Regardless, the biggest reason that the Thrashers are in every game this season and haven't been completely exploited like a freshman at the prom is our PK is rocking. I can't believe I'm about to say this but we are in the top 10 percent of the NHL on the PK. I don't want to jinx anything but our power play is in the top five percent and looked just as good with no Kovy.

The Thrashers now stand a respectable 6-4-1, considering the abhorrent schedule and all the high- caliber teams that we have faced (only Tampa Bay and Ottawa didn't make the playoffs) and still have up to four games in hand on other teams. That is a good sign because it shows that we can hang with best in the NHL and win our share of games.

This week is the true litmus test for the Thrashers. Starting with Montreal, the Thrashers play four games in six nights. How will they survive dealing with fatigue, traveling, mentally, and can we keep up the physical play that has shown its beautiful face again the last two games?

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