After five games this season the Atlanta Thrashers are an above .500 team, something that the organization and fans of the team were thinking they would be. Fighting for a playoff spot, even without their franchise leader in all offensive categories gone.
Critics and other fans around the NHL expect the Thrashers to finish even lower then last seasons 10th place in the Eastern Conference. Though the team had played much better after Kovalchuk trade, they played more of a team. The team came together, which raised everyone else’s game.
After all the moves during the Kovalchuk trade, and the Chicago Blackhawk sweepstakes, people were expecting a new hard working team, which they have shown most of their first five games. What they didn’t expect was their least noticed acquisition during the previous off-season to become their team leader in goals, Anthony Stewart.
On July 13, 2009, Anthony Stewart left the Panthers organization as a free agent and signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Thrashers, then resigned again this off-season for almost the league minimum at roughly .6 million.
Stewart, drafted by the Florida Panthers in the 1st r ...
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Atlanta Thrashers: Who Is Anthony Stewart ?
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