Here is the season review for the Atlanta Thrashers for the 2007-2008 NHL season.
2007-2008 Record: 34-40-8, 76 points, fourth in Southeast, 14th in East.
Head Coach: Bob Hartley, then Don Wadell
General Manager: Don Wadell
Top Three Players: Ilya Kovalchuk, Tobias Enstrom, Kari Lehtonen.
Team MVP: Ilya Kovalchuk, F, 79-52-35-87-52, -12.
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Rookie of the Year: Tobias Enstrom, D, 82-5-33-38-42, -5. Enstrom had an unbelievable rookie year. Do not mind the plus/minus rating, the whole team was bad this year. He has a great defensive future, but he better keep disciplining himself, or he will end up like fellow European defenseman Joni Pitkanen.
Bust: Garnett Exelby, D. With only seven points in 79 games, and a plus/minus rating of minus-21, Exelby had a terrible year. True, it is partially because he played on a bad team, but Enstrom and Kovalchuk managed to get good stats on a bad team, and Exelby just played poorly all season.
Surprise: Mark Recchi, F. After picking him up from re-entry waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins, Recchi revived his season, playing well, and helping the Atlanta Thrashers slightly.
Playoffs: Ahaha, great joke.
Season Analysis: Atlanta had some promising talent on their team, but now Ilya Kovalchuk is in the same position Alexander Ovechkin was in last year: a great, superstar player on a team that can't win. They have the potential, but they need to start winning, now. Because the fans in Atlanta will not keep supporting the team like Toronto, Philly, or New York fans will.
Hartley had troubles coaching, so Wadell took over, but now he needs a replacement, perhaps in John Tortorella. They need to find a coach who is experienced with developing young, potentially great players, so that they can have a playoff team in the next few years.
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