The thrashers team has a big battle tonight against division champion from last year the tampa bay lightning. Last night the lightning played a game in phoenix where their must have been a full moon as it was a 8-8 tie all four goalies in the game letting in at least 3 goals. Marty Turco looked like he had slipped away to vegas the night before letting in 5 goals on 14 shots. The Trashers are not expecting the same tonight and are ready to face a pissed of team who let in 8 goals last night.

The thrashers have made a couple trades since their last game and are excited to get a look at the new players they have aquired. New faces on the team include Ryan Suter, Martin Havlat, Matt Cullen, and Paul Gaustad will all play their first games as Thrashers tonight.  The only line that will not be effected by the deals made is the first line of Heatley-Brindamour-Penner-Souray-Poti.. The other 3 lines and both pp and pk units have been effected by the trades and the team hopes it sparks a big win in tampa tonight..