Nov 14 2008
Thrashers look for fifth straight win tonight
By Bud L. Ellis
thrashers.today.com
ATLANTA — The good news is the Atlanta Thrashers enter tonight’s home contest with Carolina riding a four-game winning streak.
The bad news is the Thrashers haven’t played since Sunday. So the question persists: how will this team look when they hit the ice tonight?
Will it be sharp and focused, the type of play we’ve seen from the Thrashers during this streak? Or, will it be the type of play that we typically see after a long idle stretch, the type of play that is rusty and a stride slow?
We shall see.
Sometimes, the worst thing that can happen is taking a few days off when you’re playing well. And with this being the longest break the Thrashers will have all season (besides the All-Star break), it will be a challenge reaching five in a row, which would tie a franchise record for longest winning streak.
Hopefully, Atlanta can come out with plenty of jump tonight and take control. Any division game is big, especially since you only play your division mates six times this season, as opposed to eight times in the past. Washington leads the Southeast with 20 points, moving past Carolina after beating the Hurricanes Wednesday.
Carolina sits in second with 18, and then there are the Thrashers, after that horrid start, tied with Tampa Bay for third with 14 points.
We’ll also see how the team looks in those red third jerseys tonight. The new unis will be debuted. If the Thrashers lose, I say burn ’em.
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