the team started the morning off in discussions with the florida panthers about rounding out their top 6 forwards with justin williams.. after a pm exchange the team sent Joffrey Lupul, Rostislav Olesz to Florida for Justin Williams, Colton Orr or could be looked upon to play 4th line with his 87 strength 87 intensity, and a phi 3rd.
after making this move the team got into negociations with the vancouver canucks about a bunch of their prospects, after negociations were centered around a d-man to begin with, the team threw out a left field offer with alex semin in it and the two sides continued to exchange pm's and this deal was reached, the thrashers landed elite center tim connolly (if healthy i know ) along with him they landed superstud prospect Patrick OSullivan who will become an elite player in LA in next year or two. Mathew Corrente the New Jersey Devils first rounder in 2006 who gives the team 5 of nj top 12 prospects. with the team already having kiril tulopov, barry tallackson, tj miller, tony romano.. the team also recieved team usa world junior member jamie mcbain. also moving with semin was 2 million dollars.
from their the team moved michael samuellson to the new york rangers for ryan potulny in a small cap saving move for atlanta and a cheap option on the third line for joe.
from their joe was impressed i was able to land a player of williams calibre. after some intense icq negociations the teams came together on the rangers picking up newly aquired forward justin williams. the team was thrilled that coming back to atlanta is - rod brindamour the best rated center in the brhl 2 but a ufa, christoph schubert, very versitile LW/RW/D and the teams feels he has a great nhl future. patrick macneil more than a ppg defenseman his last two years in the OHL as a great offensive d-man. phillipe seydoux a rugged swiss d-man lol lol, and the Pho 2nd.
from their the team had supper lol lol.
after supper discussion with minnesota starter around mathew schneider, with an elite prospect the team really like in michael frolik the team saw an oppritunity to move som salary and pick up a future stud.
the two teams came together on this swap atlanta recieving Filip Kuba, Michael Frolik, the wild 2nd and 6th in 08 for matt schneider and ryan potulny.
from their the team looked at its situation and saw a need to move either brindamour or nabokov as both are over 80 overal and UFA status.. the team started some icq talks with st.louis and a quick deal was made. st.louis and the ability to tag nabokov for two years in a row the team moved nabokov for mason atl 3rd, stl 5th, atl 6th.
so in all for the day the team moved.
rusty olesz, joffrey lupul, michael samuellson, mathew schneider, alexander semin, evgny nabokov, 2 million. nyr 2nd, ana 2nd
the team aquired
tim connolly, matt corrente, jamie mcbain, patrick macneil, patrick osullivan, phillipe seydoux, filip kuba, rod brindamour, christoph schubert, michael frolik, ladislav smid, chris mason,colton orr, Pho 2nd, Min 2nd, atl 3rd,phi 3rd stl 5th, atl 6th, min 6th
with the deals the team should be just below the 44 million cap
the team should have all 4 forward lines full and 7 d-men on the pro squad with the team under the 44 mill cap.
the team is also thrilled with its draft status aswell.. with Clb 1, Atl 2, Phi 2, Van 2, SJ 2, Was 2, Min 2nd, Bos 2, Pho 2,, Atl 3rd, Phi 3, Ana 4,NYR 4th, PHI 4th, MIN 4th, PHI 5th, VAN 5th, EDM 5th, NYI 5th, St.L 5th, Min 6th, Atl 6th Phi 6, Van 6, Edm 6, Edm 7
one 1st, 8 2nds, 2 3rds, 4 4ths, 5 5ths, 5 6ths, and a 7th the team has 26 picks in total..
the teams prospect list is looking scary aswell with names like OSullivan, Frolik, Nillson ,Mcarthur, welch, Zagrapan, lee, Mirnov, nodl, boyle, corrente, chipchura, mcbain, tulopov all with very good potential.
after these deals the team is happy to announce their captains for the upcoming season captain Dany Heatley will be looked upon to be a team leader. his assistants will be defenseman sheldon souray and also winger ales hemsky