Post by lebas on Jul 28, 2010 10:39:51 GMT -7
The Atlanta Trashers seem to be ready to contend after a mediocre prior season. A rebuild was needed, and the young team finished the season strong after dealing their 1st round pick for the short lived Phil Kessel. Atlanta was quiet with free agency but made a huge dip to the roster via trades. Here is a look forwards the next season for Atlanta.
Players coming to Atlanta :
Joe Thornton, Steve Staois, Cody Bass, Anton Stralman, Dustin Jeffrey, Tomas Kundratek, Juraj Valach, Travis Zajac, Mark Fraser, Chris Didomenico, Philip Hetfield.
Players removing their Trashers uniform:
Logan Couture, Jason Demers, Phil Kessel, Wayne Simmonds, Jordan Caron, Tyler Eckford
Some may think such a huge roster shake up can destroy a team. The goal in these trades was to expand and improve depth, secure a future with good players locked long term and get a little more experience on the roster. Insider has it Atlanta has it's eyes on 2 more players and the offers are out, the waiting game is on.
This years projected opening lines:
Travis Zajac - Joe Thornton - Jonathan Cheechoo
Rhett Rakhashani - Dustin Jeffrey - Andrew Cogliano
Carl Klingberg - Jeremy Colliton - Nikolai Kulemin
Cody Hodgson - Cody Bass - Christian Hanson
extra skaters: Vinny Saponari, Trevor Lewis, Jared Boll, Chris Didomenico
Tobias Enstrom - Zach Bogosian
Anton Stralman - Lubomir Visnovski
David Schlemko - Steve Staios
Extra skaters : Juraj Valach, Mark Fraser, Ivan Vishnevskiy
Ondrej Pavelec
Hannu Toivonen
Players coming to Atlanta :
Joe Thornton, Steve Staois, Cody Bass, Anton Stralman, Dustin Jeffrey, Tomas Kundratek, Juraj Valach, Travis Zajac, Mark Fraser, Chris Didomenico, Philip Hetfield.
Players removing their Trashers uniform:
Logan Couture, Jason Demers, Phil Kessel, Wayne Simmonds, Jordan Caron, Tyler Eckford
Some may think such a huge roster shake up can destroy a team. The goal in these trades was to expand and improve depth, secure a future with good players locked long term and get a little more experience on the roster. Insider has it Atlanta has it's eyes on 2 more players and the offers are out, the waiting game is on.
This years projected opening lines:
Travis Zajac - Joe Thornton - Jonathan Cheechoo
Rhett Rakhashani - Dustin Jeffrey - Andrew Cogliano
Carl Klingberg - Jeremy Colliton - Nikolai Kulemin
Cody Hodgson - Cody Bass - Christian Hanson
extra skaters: Vinny Saponari, Trevor Lewis, Jared Boll, Chris Didomenico
Tobias Enstrom - Zach Bogosian
Anton Stralman - Lubomir Visnovski
David Schlemko - Steve Staios
Extra skaters : Juraj Valach, Mark Fraser, Ivan Vishnevskiy
Ondrej Pavelec
Hannu Toivonen