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Last week FOX 32 and the Better Government Association reported on growing frustration from drivers and business owners who said the private company that runs Chicago's meters is too aggressive in writing tickets.
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Harris' appearance in Los Angeles Superior Court follows his capture on Thursday, a week removed from the early morning shooting and wreck that happened on Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road on Feb. 21.
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The son of one of UGA's most famous football players will take an official visit with the Bulldogs this weekend.
DeVondre Seymour is a 6-foot-6, 320-pound offensive lineman from North Gwinnett High School, and the son of NFL All-Pro defensive tackle Richard Seymour of the Oakland Raiders. The younger Seymour is a family relative who was adopted by the older Seymour.
The father and son will likely take the UGA trip together.
"Yes, DeVondre did come see me this morning and say that he is taking his official visit to Georgia this weekend," North Gwinnett coach Bob Sphire said. "Richard is back home from the NFL season, and I think he's taking DeVondre over there this weekend."
This will be the first official visit for Seymour, who is also being recruited by Alabama, Florida and Tennessee, among others.
"I was out of town, and I just read that Rodney Garner went to Auburn," Sphire said. "I'm sure there will be some pressure for (Seymour) to visit there, but that's just an assumption I'm making."
UGA was the first school to offer Seymour, who appeared to be on the brink of committing to the Bulldogs last spring. However, Seymour wasn't ready to make a decision, and then once the summer arrived, he gave his full attention to helping North Gwinnett compete for a state championship (Sphire prefers for his players to focus on recruiting before or after the season).
"DeVondre went to California over the Christmas break to spend time with him, and they discussed recruiting," Sphire said.
When asked if UGA still wanted a commitment from Seymour, Sphire responded, "I haven't been notified of anything different from Georgia. They really like the kid."
UGA has 29 commitments, including three on the offensive line. The Bulldogs are hoping to sign at least one or two more, including 5-star Laremy Tunsil of Lake City, Fla.
Seymour is relatively new to football, but has a high ceiling of potential, according to his coach.
And Sphire knows a good offensive lineman when he see one. Tennessee right tackle Ja'Wuan James, who is a top prospect for the 2014 NFL Draft, played at North Gwinnett.
"I think he is very similar athletically to Ja'Wuan … maybe not as fast as Ja'Wuan but as far as footwork, balance, and athleticism," Sphire said. "He's probably longer than Ja'Wuan with his reach.
"He's got a lot of similar qualities. You just don't find a lot of guys that are 6-6, 320 pounds and that athletic. That's kind of hard to find."
Seymour, who has kept a low profile during the recruiting process, told the AJC on Thursday that he may check out some other schools, but he hasn't set up any additional visits yet.
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January 10th, 2013
11:13 pm
That's one big dude!
January 10th, 2013
11:14 pm
Ut oh, this visit was supposed to be a secret. CMR doesn't want Laremy Tunsil to get wind of this because he's a silent commit, and this might scare him to Alabama. Tunsil already told CMR that he wasn't coming if Trenton Brown was in the same class, and they pushed Brown to Florida. CMR even made a phone call to Florida to get the ball rolling on that one. Yes, that's how badly they want Tunsil. Please, if you are from Florida or Alabama, do not send Tunsil a link to this article because we need both Tunsil and Seymour at Jawja. No doubt Seymour will commit this weekend, too.
January 10th, 2013
11:21 pm
Not that it matters, but as close to 1st as ever. He needs to come to UGA. We always need lineman.
January 10th, 2013
11:26 pm
There's a quote from Richard Seymour in the 2012 Media Guide in which several NFL Dawgs talk about their time at Georgia and also how it prepared them for the NFL. Seymour's quote ends with "…I have a son now and if I could send him to any school it would definitely be Georgia."
January 10th, 2013
11:46 pm
dawg n the know, haha…..yea I'm sure Tunsil is afraid of competition, he's only the best OT in the country. it's obvious you're not a dawg fan but i got a good laugh from your comment.
"please don't send the link to Tunsil"……
January 10th, 2013
11:48 pm
Getting Seymour and Tunsil would probably shut up all of us who whine about the need for O linemen. Wow! That would be awesome. Hope it happens.
January 10th, 2013
11:49 pm
The best recruiting tool would be a 10,000 seat addition to Sanford Stadium and a state of the art indoor practice facility.
January 10th, 2013
11:49 pm
Son of a Dawg. Seems like there is a song lyric to be had in there somewhere.
January 11th, 2013
12:15 am
I hope he comes to UGA. After this next season there are sure to be several openings on the O-Line. he will have a year to learn the system and 2 or 3 years to play. I hope Dad gets his wish.
January 11th, 2013
12:41 am
We will most likely have three senior starters on the offensive line this upcoming season. LT, LG, and RG. So, we definitely need both Tunsil and Seymour. Tunsil is so good that he could possibly beat out Gates and Beard at the LT spot as a true freshman. Wouldn't surprise me at all… You can't teach size. Seymour is 6′6″ 320 lbs and very athletic. You combine that with the work ethic of his father and you could have a special football player down the road… Go Dawgs!!
January 11th, 2013
1:33 am
Be very careful DeVondre. Don't let your emotional ties to Georgia cloud your decision. These guys recruit and sign who they prefer, and who they prefer is who they play, and they prefer Watts Dantzler, Alden Bynum, Greg Pyke, Kolton Houston, Dallas Lee, Huey Long, Dewey Long, Kublablow, Nardiello, Theus and Theus and David Andrews and Dabell and on and on! They don't prefer (and these are all in-state kids, and all offensive linemen, just like you). Brandon Greene,(BAMA), Shamire Devine,(TECH), Jeremi Hall(TECH) Joshua Outlaw, Octavious Jackson,(FLORIDA) Trent Brown,(FLORIDA), Vadal Alexander,(LSU) and Delando Crooks (VANDY), and Max Garcia (FLORIDA). Do you see a pattern here DeVondre? Be very wary. Look at your position coach and offensive coordinator. Look at your Strength and Conditioning Coach. Look at your grad assistant. If one of those players mentioned above, UGA's preferences, are withn a mile of your athleticism, who do you think Joe T. Will Friend, and especially Mike Bobo are going to recommend start? And you think Richt will challenge that? He'll sell you down the river in a heartbeat. If any of these facts give you pause for concern, as they should, then get as far away from the place as you can. It's been 33 years. and this is the reason why. And. with UGA's Fan Base, Alumni and especially. the relics who make up their Athletic Board don't look for that 33 year drought to end any time soon. Just be very wary.
January 11th, 2013
5:24 am
Seymour played for North Gwinnett, Not Central Gwinnett.
January 11th, 2013
6:11 am
A big fellow like that, if his technique is down pat, could be a heck of a tackle for UGA. It appears that the young man is motivated to play for the DAWGS and right now we are his only official visit he has scheduled. Show this young man, how nice it would be to play for UGA and the coaches, and get a verbal from him, if you can. Guys this size with good athletic skills don't come along that often.
If Tunsil passes on UGA, then this kid could be the answer, for the team. He is from Georgia, has a relative that is a pro. player so he is I would bet that he has a lot of savvy already to play, in the next few years in the SEC. He would be close to home also, and that is always a selling point for some of these young men.
January 11th, 2013
6:16 am
Tide roll. How is your team "GT " shaping up for next year. I have read where they now have 14 players verbally committed to join the team in February. When are you going to quit hiding behind your mask and admit, what almost all of the fans on the AJC blogs already know?
If you are ashamed of your team, shouldn't your energy be spent on blogging for them, and hoping they somehow start playing the game. It is so sad, to see a fan so ashamed of his own school, that he feels he must pump up his ego, by claiming to be a fan of a successful program.
January 11th, 2013
6:38 am
Isn't Richard Seymour like 33 years old? And he has a son that's a senior in high school?
January 11th, 2013
7:12 am
Tate, take another look. The kid is a relative who Richard adopted.
January 11th, 2013
7:20 am
tate, he ADOPTED the kid, a family member. didn't you read the article????
January 11th, 2013
7:24 am
UGA would love to have you Devondre. Aint nothing like playing between the hedges. The Dawg nation wants and needs you. You'll never regret staying in state and playing for Coach Richt.
January 11th, 2013
7:45 am
The kid is going Juco bc of grades. This visit will have no effect on Tunsil.
January 11th, 2013
8:13 am
The kid is looking at Georgia Tech..
January 11th, 2013
8:20 am
I have been hoping we could get Seymour. Big kid with tons of potential. If he and Tunsil were in the same class, our OL would be looking great for the next couple of years.
January 11th, 2013
8:27 am
Is there a bigger toll than Tide Roll? All recruits, this guy is a "wannabee something" if there ever was one. He embarrasses alums at all schools…..
January 11th, 2013
8:30 am
bigger "tool" that is….
January 11th, 2013
8:56 am
Need this kid. Need big, athletic OL since we run an offense proven at the collegiate level. Tech should sign a couple more ham-handed tight ends, put some weight on them and teach them to cut(chop)-block.
January 11th, 2013
8:58 am
I agree with you boys; there aint nothin like playin between the hedges.hahahahahaha!
January 11th, 2013
9:01 am
Tide Troll up at 1:33 AM… on a UGA blog… Really ????? you need a wife.. girl friend, hobby, a sport , a Life of any kind……. Really !!!!!!
January 11th, 2013
9:06 am
we need a couple more huge linemen both Laremy and DeVondre… go Dawgs !!
January 11th, 2013
9:16 am
Tide Roll = Racist Troll, and a Techerhead to boot. How sad.
January 11th, 2013
9:32 am
Hey ol ball-sac, you like playing between the hedges, lol. SC is like what, 17-49 against UGA???
THINK YOU'LL BEAT AUBURN THIS YEAR??? , Baaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaahaaaaaaaa…
January 11th, 2013
9:37 am
Dawg n the Know—Go back to sleep.
January 11th, 2013
9:40 am
My favorite Tide Roll quote: "You can't make this stuff up". And yet he does. And he probably will for many years to come. So sad a tech fan hiding behind another teams moniker.
January 11th, 2013
9:41 am
MC, it's time for you to take seriously the warning that is posted before each blog: Inappropriate BLOG comments and personal attacks will NOT be tolerated. We love the lively discussions but hate-filled, harassing and irresponsible comments are unacceptable.
Tide Roll is allowed to come on the blog every single day and basically call the coaching staff at UGA racists, If that is not inappropriate, hate-filled, harassing, and irresponsible, then I don't know what is. If Tide Roll said those things about you or any other coach in college football, his comments would get deleted. I understand that anyone with a brain can discern thatTide Rolls comments are factually inaccurate (see Cordy Glenn, Kenarious Gates, Chris Burnette, Mark Beard for recent examples), but enough is enough.
January 11th, 2013
9:52 am
Tide Roll is a lost cause as far as my tutoring goes. No more. I will give Tide Roll credit for being an investigative reporter and uncovering stuff the masses do not know. For example:
That crafty Mark Richt did not want Brandon Greene, Shamire Devine, and Vadal Alexander so he recruited them, offered them a scholarship, all the while trying to push them away to rival schools, and succeeding. We would not have known this if not for some A+ detective work by TR.
Tide Roll, in another brilliant piece of journalistic digging, discovered that "they recruit who they prefer, and who they prefer they play." TR lists Watts Dantzler, Alden Bynum, Greg Pyke, Kolton Houston, Kublanow, Nardiello, and Debell as evidence. I think Richt has committed some NCAA infractions here, playing guys still in high school, being redshirted, and one who has been banned by the NCAA.
That is what I call big time whistleblowing.
One final bit of praise for Tide Roll. Notice how he smoothly moved from 32 years to 33 years, as we entered 2013. No one can deny your math ability.
Tide Roll: Making Yellow Jacket fans and the Bama Nation proud with each post.
January 11th, 2013
9:55 am
I've heard the same thing about Seymour for awhile. Big upside potential but grades are. Serious issue. We can sign him and place him but we need Oline depth now.
January 11th, 2013
10:04 am
Laremy Tunsil had absolutely nothing to do with Trenton Brown. Trenton Brown is a guard, not a tackle. He thinks he is a tackle. He weighs 350 pounds and is not athletic enough to play tackle in the SEC.
This kid Seymour is a 3 star. Tunsil is a 5 star. Tunsil can play right away for UGA. Seymour will redshirt.
There are kids on the roster right now that we were pining for 2 years ago who are facing tough decisions. Do I stay and never play or do I transfer?? That's how good Cardiello, Kublanow and Tunsil are.
The OL for 2013 will be 1 of the top 3 in the SEC.
If it gets down to Foster, Adams, Johnson or Seymour, we take the DL recruits with the remaining scholarships.
January 11th, 2013
10:11 am
Every high school football player in America should be beating the door down to play for the mighty dougs. We will win the SEC East, The SEC Championship and the National Championship. We were five yards away from getting to the championship game.
Go Dougs!
January 11th, 2013
10:20 am
Hey Tide Roll. I have been waiting on you to say something! I know what your agenda is because of the players you named! Let me just say we have made some major snafus in recruiting O-linemen but it is not some vast conspiracy. Let's look at the facts. Our line that lost 3 seniors to the draft started a true freshman at tackle
January 11th, 2013
10:27 am
DawginLex: Since you are one of the few people who post here that actually seems to understand college football and recruiting and since you mention Foster, what are your thoughts on him? He seems like the kind of kid with massive talent but will not be worth the off the field headaches and will probably end up taking the Marshall/Crowell express out of town (trying to package deal with two other players, suddenly having an inexplicable interest in UW, etc.).
January 11th, 2013
10:33 am
Tide troll is a racist period…
January 11th, 2013
10:39 am
Let me finish our line produced over 2100 yds. rushing from Gurley and Marshall! Allowed 26 sacks on 386 pass attempts! The great line of Bama got 2400 yds from Yelden and Lacy. And allowed 22 sacks on 314 pass attempts!!! In other words we excelled without an all conference and without an all-American.
January 11th, 2013
10:51 am
DawginLex. Good post but we seem to have the same problen 2 out of 3 years with being thin on the O line. If we have a chance to stock up on some good prospects then we might need to think aboout doing this. Alabama won their NC with the O line that is how they were able to run the ball down our throughts in the SEC championship game. Just a thought from one old dog. GO DOGS & GATA
January 11th, 2013
11:13 am
Foster can contribute right away. He is a player. I'm not reading where he is an off the field headache. He could help right away. He does have a child but several college football players do.
I don't think he is close to being a Crowell from a discipline standpoint and he has several buds already on the team at UGA.
I say do whatever it takes to get him
January 11th, 2013
11:32 am
Big Boy but WHY not on other teams radar until late?
When did he start Football?
January 11th, 2013
12:37 pm
January 11th, 2013
9:41 am
MC, it's time for you to take seriously the warning that is posted before each blog: Inappropriate BLOG comments and personal attacks will NOT be tolerated. We love the lively discussions but hate-filled, harassing and irresponsible comments are unacceptable.
Tide Roll is allowed to come on the blog every single day and basically call the coaching staff at UGA racists, If that is not inappropriate, hate-filled, harassing, and irresponsible, then I don't know what is. If Tide Roll said those things about you or any other coach in college football, his comments would get deleted. I understand that anyone with a brain can discern thatTide Rolls comments are factually inaccurate (see Cordy Glenn, Kenarious Gates, Chris Burnette, Mark Beard for recent examples), but enough is enough.
Wholeheartedly agree, bucket. But, MC will do NOTHING about it though. This is, after all, a blog where you can't type MC's full name without the comment being eaten by the filter and no comments can be made on a Nkemdiche article for fear he'll blast MC for mistreatment on twitter (but racism can be throw around by TR with no reprecussions). If any racial comments were made in the opposite direction, the freakin' Rainbow Coalition would subpoena the AJC for your IP address and hunt you down. But all MC cares about are comments and webhits. That's why 37 old articles are linked below every story.
January 11th, 2013
12:58 pm
Tide Roll loves playing between the hedges but those hedges are in Piedmont Park!
January 11th, 2013
1:00 pm
SouthGabrave, you don't have the right to preach to anybody.
Who died and made you the enforcer of the rules? Deep down you are a sissy boy, aren't you?
You are easily offended and I have a problem tolerating you. I don't like sissy boys.
However , I do like Tide Roll and Bucket too. Both of them are good posters. MC does an excellent job and I enjoy him.
So go ahead and boo hoo to your momma. She is the only one that will understand you.
January 11th, 2013
1:19 pm
too bad for UGA.. Wont matter anyway if UGA lands both Adams and Seymour, cant beat South Carolina now and still cant win a SEC Championship against the big boys…..
January 11th, 2013
1:26 pm
Dawg n the Know,
Give me a break, dude. How about picking some stocks for us while you are at it?
January 11th, 2013
1:32 pm
So JuJuan James will be a high round draft pick as well. Let's see now. JAMES CARPENTER, from Hepzibah, GEORGIA, played Left Tackle for BAMA, and totally dominated Texas in our National Championship win over them. CARPENTER was a 1st round draft pick of the Seattle Seahawks!! Next, CHANCE WARMACK, from Atlanta, GEORGIA, played left guard alongside Carpenter, and has been a LARGE factor in our 3 National Titles. WARMACK will be one of the 1st ten players selected in the upcoming draft, which is unheard of for an offensive lineman! VADAL ALEXANDER, from Buford, GEORGIA. is a right tackle fot LSU. He was named freshamn All-American! So, that's CARPENTER, JUJUAN JAMES, WARMACK, and ALEXANDER. All GEORGIA kids, and all gone to help your competitors. and that's just over the past couple of years. Wait till you see what's coming with Shamire Devine, Trenton Brown, Brandon Greene, Octavious Jackson, Max Garcia, Joshua Outlaw, and Delando Crooks! Nice evaluations DAWGS. No wonder it's been over THREE DECADES! Jeepers.


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While the Thrashers were busy dropping a 2-1 overtime decision to the Toronto Maple Leafs, a couple of other outcomes that effect Atlanta didn't go our way either. The Montreal Canadiens whipped Florida 4-1 and Philadelphia gained a loser point in their 4-3 OT loss to Minnesota.
However, Boston was defeated by Tampa Bay 5-3…which was a positive result for the Thrashers.
With that, a quick look at the updated standings show the Thrashers with 76 points after 74 games played…matching the season totals for last year and the one prior…and are trailing the Bruins by two, the Flyers by four and the Habs by six.
Atlanta and Philly have eight games left to play, Montreal seven and Boston nine.
Thus, Atlanta remains on the outside looking in through the front window of the Playoff Café…shaving but one point from their deficit behind the eighth-place Bruins, remaining the same amount behind Philly and falling one more point behind the Canadiens.
But don't look now… scooting in close behind us in line are the New York Rangers, one point back after their 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils. And if it's tough to be standing in the doorway of the Playoff Café, "outside looking in", waiting for a table to clear in order to take the spot…it would be even that much tougher if the Rangers were to cut in line.
And that's a real possibility if you simply look at the upcoming slate of games between the two teams.
After playing Carolina twice between now and Monday night, then go to Toronto, the Thrashers begin the much-dreaded five-game stretch with New Jersey, Washington and Pittsburgh to finish the season. Many believe that to be the final steps in what could be described as their 2010 Death March from the Playoffs.
Even if they do manage to take all six points from the Canes and Leafs…who are a combined 12-6-2 in their last ten games…that will leave them with 82 points with those last five games remaining.
Now, if you are one of those who are hoping to catch the Caps, Devils and Pens "napping" because they are sitting pretty at their Playoff Café table… I wouldn't be too sure about that. Yes, Washington has a firm grip on the top spot in the east and are nine points up on San Jose in regards to the President's Cup…but they do not seem to be playing out the string as they've gone 6-1-3 in their last ten.
Then there are Devils and Penguins who are in the process of slugging it out for the Atlantic Division championship, both with 91 points. The difference between finish first or second there is the difference between possibly being a number 2 seed in the conference and taking on someone like Philly in the opening round…or finishing fourth and facing either Ottawa or Montreal.
So, I don't expect either of them to be "coasting" toward the playoffs.
Meanwhile, the Rangers have a little easier road to hoe…two with Toronto, the Islanders, Tampa Bay, Florida, Buffalo and then they will close the season with a pair against the hurting Philadelphia Flyers. No, it's not a cakewalk…but between the Rangers and Thrashers, which schedule would you rather have right now?
So in light of that, I would not be the least bit surprised if the Rangers finish above Atlanta when all is said and done, regardless if New York makes the playoffs or not.
Not trying to be the pessimist, mind you…but it not too hard to think that the morning after the Thrashers lost to the last place team in the Eastern Conference while at the same time the Rangers were beating the second best one. New York has outscored their opposition 9-3 in the last two games while the Thrashers have mustered up a solitary goal in the last two games plus 39 second of overtime and have surrendered six.
Which team do you think is playing like they still have the post-season as their goal right now?
Uh-huh…that's what I thought too.
So, while the Thrashers may be continuing to stand in the doorway of the Playoff Café… "outside looking in" as it were… and looking for an opening, they are in serious danger of being caught by the Rangers and tossed to the curb.
March 26th, 2010
11:43 am
Do the Rangers have the right to be there?
March 26th, 2010
11:53 am
Speaking of playoffs: Kovalchuk seems to have miraculously transformed into a plus +/- player all of a sudden – after all those years of stubbornly refusing to play defense, or so we're told. Go figure.
March 26th, 2010
11:58 am
The Rangers ran their collective March-April record during the past four seasons to 37-17-13 after last night's win at New Jersey!
March 26th, 2010
12:02 pm
Guys, the playoff hopes ended with the debacle Tuesday night against the Bruins, them the facts. That game last night would have been a blowout except the Buds hit the pipes 5 times during the game, that was brutal. Canes and Devils always play us tough and we can't match up with the Pens or Caps.
Armstrong is out of here as he's UFA this summer and there's no way he re-signs, but it's still unprofessional for him to dog it. Slater and Reasoner seemed to have the urge to win, but the rest of the guys just are out of it. Not that impressed with Bergfors or McArthur. I like Oduya, he's solid. Peverley seems to have hit a wall. Enstrom continues to be a liability out there as he just gets pushed around in his own zone and isn't an offensive threat, at least he attempted to throw the puck on net a couple times.
There's a core group of guys here that a new GM could build around and the only thing left for me worth hoping for the remainder of this year is what happens on the Monday after the regular season ends. We get a presser and they remove Waddell, then there's hope for next year, but if that Monday comes and goes with dead silence, it's just more of the same old same old next year and the next and the next until he's gone.
Who's our core guys a new GM could build on? Antropov, Little, Kane and Peverley on offense? Bogosian, Hainsey and Oduya on D? Kubina is pretty much a must to re-sign. The rest of them are pretty much replaceable parts.
March 26th, 2010
12:04 pm
Bob, I still saw some of these guys would be playing better if the Thrashers had a captain. I think Kubina is a must resign.
March 26th, 2010
12:06 pm
Whether or not the Rangers have the right … watch them play, then watch us play.
Who do you think deserves it more?
BTW – did you see the STH Renewal email that states if you do not renew by 3/29, you forfeit all your "bonus bank" dollars, and free Hawks tickets? Brilliant marketing move.
What a way to reward probably the only fans y'all got left, guys …
March 26th, 2010
12:10 pm
I feel like having a "Howard Dean" moment and screaming incoherently over this teams pitiful play in the last two games!! Most…Maddening…Franchise…Ever!
March 26th, 2010
12:33 pm
Whether or not the Rangers have the right … watch them play, then watch us play.
litz – You get the point. No one has the right to anything. Playoff positions must be EARNED.
March 26th, 2010
12:36 pm
"…BTW – did you see the STH Renewal email that states if you do not renew by 3/29, you forfeit all your "bonus bank" dollars, and free Hawks tickets? Brilliant marketing move.
What a way to reward probably the only fans y'all got left, guys …"
Wow. This organization treats the fan with nothing but contempt–yet folks still come back spending their hard-earned dollar! (well, to be fair, that latter statement–the 'hard-earned' part–was an assumption on my part.)
I don't know which is more unbelievable, either.
Then again, reading some of the excuses and ridiculously misplaced sunshine, I know precisely why we have what we have….It's DESERVED.
How much more comic relief can I have? Even I get tired of too-much-of-a-good-thing…
March 26th, 2010
12:39 pm
Let's hear it for the Atlanta Spirit. The drive is on for STHs and today, those of us who haven't renewed, receive an email telling us what will happen if we don't renew. So I am supposed to feel warm & fuzzy about renewing but instead I receive a threathening email. Great PK by the ASG. Well between the last two games and the charming email I probably won't renew. As much as I love hockey and have wanted the Thrashers to gain the playoffs and improve they have let me down. My emotional and financial ties are at the point where they can't take it anymore.
So here's to the ASG, thanks to the product on the ice, courtesy of DW, and an email that certainly boosted my eargerness to renew my season's tickets. It looks like another fan is lost.
Way to go DW and the ASG!
March 26th, 2010
12:39 pm
I am not even thinking about catching the Broooons. They are strong in the net, and at this time of year, that is huge. I have my sights set on Philly. Lost 4 in a row, 3 wins in the last 10, and blew it against a Minnesota team playing out the string by giving up 2 in the 3rd. They are doubting themselves and with no true starting goalie, they are doomed. Thrash might end up backing in, but in none the less.
March 26th, 2010
12:43 pm
"It looks like another fan is lost."
Don't look at it that way. To me, you're being a better fan if you stop subsidizing the mess they've created and if you hold out and don't renew, you'll force their hand. It's simple economics.
I can't believe they are threatening the few season tix holders they have left. But don't worry, you'll get better deals later by waiting, and you'll also be sending them the message that the status quo is unacceptable. That WILL force change. If you like the status quo and don't have any problem missing out on the real NHL season every year, then go ahead and cow tow to their threats.
March 26th, 2010
12:46 pm
I agree it has been an ugly 2 games again. That being said I thought Pavs positining has looked A LOT better his last 2 games then I have seen it previously, so maybe that is something to be glad about. Frustrating how the team as a whole is so good 1 game you think, HELL YEAH!, and the next, you wonder who the guys on the ice are and what did they do with our Hockey players? I have to think there is hope for us yet, and looking forward I see good things, if we can get the right people in places of leadership on and off the ice.
March 26th, 2010
12:49 pm
Bob, it is now more fun to look at next year's lineup than the prospects of post-season hockey. I see us as having about $8-10M to spend on UFAs, assuming:
> a cheap a$$ $48M budget
> resigning our RFAs Bergie, Little, MacArthur and Pavs for somewhere between $7 – 10M, but those numbers will be highly dependent upon contract lengths
> resigning Boults and Slats for about their current contracts of $2M total.
We'd have five "top 6″ forwards – I use the term loosely with the recent play of some of these guys – including Antro, Kane, Bergie, Pevs and Little; six "bottom 6″ forwards including White, Slater, Boulton, Reasoner, Thorbs and MacArthur; six Dmen including Hainsey, Enstrom, Bogosian, Oduya, Valabik and Kulda, and one goalie, Pavs.
So we need to buy, trade for or bring up 1 goalie, 1 Dman and a couple forwards. I really like Kubina and don't look forward to next year without him, but he'd tie up almost half our UFA budget. I think goaltending and added scoring punch are higher priorities, so we let Kubes walk and Vishnevskiy is our 7th dman at $0.847M. The only way to fit Kubes is to trade one of our other $3M dmen before July, which is an attractive idea if there are buyers.
With a UFA/new signing budget of $10M, I'd trade for Sharp ($3.9M), resign Max if its less than $3M, and spend $3M on a goalie.
Or I could go in to the post-season without a plan, like DW…
March 26th, 2010
12:55 pm
As if the news couldn't get any worse, the Canes could have Cam Ward back in goal Monday night. Peters has been sent down and Ward will back up Legace tomorrow night in Carolina.
BB: If Plans A, B, C and D are no longer applicable, then Plan E must be a real doozy!
March 26th, 2010
12:58 pm
Badger, I think there's going to be more than to be spent. Rawhide and Brendan both did some work on figuring out what free $ there is to be spent in terms of contracts that we're losing (Kovy, Kozlov, Colby, there's more), mabye they can chime in, but that's why I'm hyped up (again, like every year) about us getting a new GM to spend it wisely. I'd go for $5m on the goalie, it's time to get a proven guy and that's job #1. Love your idea on Sharp, Max is an eh, have to re-sign Kubina.
March 26th, 2010
1:10 pm
Bob, there are no $5 million goalies to sign?
The only ones I see as available are Lalime, Legace, Toskala, Turco, Ellis, Danis, Nabokov, Biron, Auld, Emery, Leighton, Brent Johnson, Chris Mason, Niittymaki, Raycroft and Theodore.
Turco and Nabokov make more than that now. Would love to get Nabby here, but he's not going to accept $5 million.
March 26th, 2010
1:12 pm
The most telling aspect of last night's game was when the Leaf's swarmed around each other after the OT win. Here's a team that has absolutely no chance in hell of going anywhere after the season ends, yet they acted as though they had just bought a $1,000,000.00 scatch-off lottery ticket. That is called passion and that is what the Thrashers don't have. Period. End of story.
March 26th, 2010
1:20 pm
Bob – Kovy, Kozzy and Colby (plus Kubes and Lehtonen) free up over $20M off last years payroll, but the RFAs soak up 25-50% of that. I hope we have $15M to spend, and the size of the Kovy offer gives me hope. With $15M, I agree with $5 on Kubina, $5M in goal, $3.9M on Sharp, and whatever is left on Colby's cheaper replacement. Not sure if Cormier will be ready/mature enough.
There are only other 3 teams (COL, TOR, VAN) with a $3M dman in their third pairing. Do we join them, or move one of our $3M+ guys?
March 26th, 2010
1:25 pm
Red Light, you closet Ranger fan you, I am thinking Nabokov may only get $5m, isn't he getting up there in age like the rest of us old guys? Or we could trade for a goalie, seems everyone else is able to trade for proven goalies.
March 26th, 2010
1:30 pm
Do you guys think it is a good idea to spend $5M on Kubina?
March 26th, 2010
1:38 pm
I'm not really in the closet, Bob, and as I told Badger Bob last night, I follow teams with the two worst GMs in hockey, Not easy being me these days for a variety of reasons. No wonder I have an appreciation for Buffalo and Nashville!
Nabby will be 35 in July.
March 26th, 2010
1:40 pm
And at my age, that means I have two good years out of 46 of following the Rangers, 1979 and 1994.
March 26th, 2010
1:45 pm
RL – there you go messing up our plans with facts! Can't we just go to the goalie factory and order a $5M goalie who will give us 60 games, a sub-2.5 GAA and a .925 save %?
Sadly, it is a thin list of UFA goalies. Consider, Nabokov is the only upgrade from Moose on that list with regard to GAA and save % (among goalies with at least 30 starts). Nitti, Theodore and Turco are statistically similar to Moose. Making a big run a Nabokov would be an interesting offseason angle.
March 26th, 2010
1:50 pm
RL, as a closet Flames fan, I'm not much ahead of you. They don't look playoff bound, and are 4-and-gone against any of the western powerhouses (and Sutter is only slightly better than DW and Sather). One good year out of 31 since Calgary received the Flames – 1989.
March 26th, 2010
2:36 pm
I don't see any reason why we can't sign Nabokov to a $5m per 2 year deal, unless he's dead set on not playing here.
rob, yes, I think $5m per on a 3 year deal for Kubina would be great. Spend the rest of the cap money left over on a top line RW and a top line LW (Bergfors and Little both need to be on the 2nd line with Peverley). Kane needs another year on the third line before he's ready for top line minutes.
March 26th, 2010
2:41 pm
Atlanta Spirit Group shall, from this day forward, no longer be known as such. They will now be known as Atlanta Short Bus Group. A registered trademark has been filed, and the term is copyrighted to ARR. Stroz Industries, a Limited Liability Corporation.
March 26th, 2010
2:54 pm
Glovesave, where you been? We need your goaltending expertise!
March 26th, 2010
3:13 pm
More 35-and-over goalie facts:
Hedberg, 36, $1.175 million
Thomas, 35, cap hit of $5 million
Brodeur, 37, $5.2 million
Osgood, 36, $1.4 million
Khabibulin, 36, $3.75 million
Roloson, 39, $3 million
Coupled with the fact that Nabokov ranks 6th in save percentage, .922, is 39-15- 9 (tied for 2nd in wins) with a 2.39 goals against average (8th), and I'd say 2 years at $5 million per year is out of the question. Not too mention that he's a greedy Russian and it might be his last NHL contract.
March 26th, 2010
3:13 pm
The Thrashers just sit there and drink their coffee….
Look for the last 5 games to be 5 losses……
March 26th, 2010
3:15 pm
The thrashers definition of playoff:
Playoff – Our off days (the games that they play)
March 26th, 2010
3:28 pm
If the Supreme Court also upholds the Court of Appeal's ruling against Turner Broadcasting, in essence, David McDavid can purchase an NHL franchise, open five new car dealerships and purchase 2.375 million shares of AOL stock with Turner's money.
Anyone know a good lawyer?
March 26th, 2010
3:46 pm
you forfeit all your "bonus bank" dollars
What are "bonus bank" dollars? I've been a STH for awhile and haven't heard about "bonus bank" dollars before.
March 26th, 2010
3:49 pm
Ok, I'm the poster formerly known as Bob. It's time to retire Bob. See, Bob isn't my real name and Rawhide is going to develop a tic at games if he has to keep calling me Bob when my name's not Bob. And Red Light is gonna have the same problem as well. Bob was my dear departed father who turned me into a hockey fan, and I used his fine name as a tribute, but changing it to Joe Friday today as 1)I love Fridays and they called me Joe Friday in college as I always used to look forward to them so much and my friends knew I hated b/s (just the facts, ma'am). One of the reasons I loved being a season ticket holder was Friday night hockey, nothin better.
So, today I, Joe Friday, am making my open application for the job of GM of your 2010-2011 Atlanta Thrashers. See, we need to take control here fellas, we have to get this ship finally headed in the right direction.
So, my plan is as follows this summer to get us headed in the right direction and in the real season come April 2011. I am assuming we are going to have some good money to spend this summer on some new players (in addition to re-signing our RFAs that we would like to keep) and after cutting some dead weight that are indicative of the old and soft Atlanta Thrashers. My plan, if named your GM, is:
1)Sign Nabokov to a 2year $5m per contract
2)Take my asst. GM's, Badger Bob's, advice and trade NJ's #1 and "pick your favorite off prospect list" for Patrick Sharp and take his $4.15m per that he's owed for the next 2 years
3)Sign Alexander Frolov to a 4 year $4m per year deal
4)Re-sign Kubina to a 3 year $5m per year deal
We're going to trade Tobias Enstrom to the highest bidder, we'll take a #2 and a good prospect or a 5/6 dman in return. We're going to trade Todd White to whoever will have him, we'll take a 3rd or 4th rounder in exchange for him straight up.
We'll try to hookwink Bryan Little's agent into signing a 4 year $1.75m per year, if he won't do it, we'll take the 1 year qualifying raise he'll get. Ditto with Berfors and MacArthur. We'll re-sign Slater and Boulton as UFAs to 2 year deals, making the same amount they made this year. We'll be thanking Popovic, Shubert, Chelios for their service and wish them well in their future endeavors.
We'll be closely watching who gets the coaching axe at the conclusion of this year's campaign and pickup the best available candidate. Moose Hedberg will be offered the position of goalie/bench asst. for your Atlanta Thrashers.
We'll be jettisoning the Blueland campaign and associated pansie blue uniforms. Phillips Arena will now be known simply as Our House. You come into our house, you better keep your heads up, we are playing hockey, old style. Every shift, every period, we're going to lead the league in clean hard checks. Our new home unis will be Black and Blue. All marketing will show our colors, we are black and blue and we send our opponents off the same way, win or lose.
Your starting lineup for the 2010-2011 Atlanta Thrashers:
Nabokov (Pavelec backup)
Drop the puck.
March 26th, 2010
3:58 pm
Since we are confessing…..my name isn't really Savannah; it's Jim.
March 26th, 2010
4:14 pm
Oh, and there will be one price and one price only for each seat in the building on a single game basis. No more freebies and giveaways on tickets undercutting season ticket holders who paid for the full year.
$78 ticket in the lower bowl is now $70 per game (similar drops for every seat in the place) and there's going to be two and only two season ticket holder plans:
1)Full season ticket holders buy that seat for every regular season game at 25% off the listed price, receive complementary preseason tickets, and get exclusive meet and greets with the players as well as the option to buy additional seats on a game by game basis at $25 per seat as available. Only full season ticket holders will receive game day giveaways, bobbleheads, etc. Full season ticket holders will have access to the new season ticket holder pavilion for exclusive food and drink discounts.
2)1/2 season ticket holder plan geared toward weekends receive 15% off the listed price and also get the exclusive meet and greets with the players
The cheerleaders go. There's no cheerleaders in hockey. The girls cleaning the ice during timeouts will stay but they're going to be decently clothed. Thrash will go back to being the old Thrash who can actually dance and rappel down a rope from the ceiling. The jumbotron will be replaced with an actual high def screen that isn't covered with screen burns. AC/DC will be prominently played pushing our Black and Blue theme. An actual organ will play music in Our House, a real pipe organ, played by someone that has a clue on how to get a crowd rev'd up. And we're going to hire our award winning in-game producer back away from the Crapitals.
All weekday start times are 7:30pm, Saturday 7pm, Sunday at 5pm.
Drop the puck.
March 26th, 2010
4:47 pm
Joe Friday – I like your plan. I'd take you over Don any day. Don just needs to waddle himself outta here. Now drop the puck. And score a few goals while you're at it.
March 26th, 2010
4:56 pm
Rawhide –
Yeah, essentially they set a deadline, and stated that if you renew after that deadline, you won't get the "extras" …
Twisted Wrister — "Bonus Bank" dollars are "ticket value" dollars you're fronted to put towards bonus tickets you can redeem of your choosing … for instance … let's say your ticket plan qualified you for $250 in bonus bank dollars … you put put all that towards 1 seat on the glass … or 10 $25 tickets. There are also a certain number of freebie Hawks tickets that get forfeited too, if you don't renew by the 29th.
Just one more way, I guess, of shorting the value of the package for the STH's
March 26th, 2010
5:21 pm
I loved seeing the verdict against Turner was UPHELD, thus these owners, REALLY…
should not be where they are ! Just proves it should be Atlanta LIARS Group.
Playoffs are history now after a clunker last night… Just how these guys can be so flat with a real chance at the playoffs, just makes NO sense.
March 26th, 2010
5:28 pm
As I said above, about the Rangers …
Watch them play … watch us play.
The 11 year old junior hockey players sitting a few seats over from me on Tuesday night had some choice comments about the way the team was playing. The comments were not, however, printable. Guess kids learn a lot more than hockey in locker rooms these days …
Anyways … If the kids were able to pick up that easily on the utter crap being displayed before 'em … who do YOU think deserves the playoffs berth?
From what I saw this week, most definitely not us.
I'm not quite there yet, but "baseball mode" is becoming more and more likely, and far quicker than any of us (I'm sure) hoped.
March 26th, 2010
5:31 pm
Until the Spirit is gone we are doomed. Coming to Atlanta seems to eventually crush the spirit of any player. All the players that end up traded here at the trade deadline probably need a shrink. This organization is the laughing stock of the league. This has to be the WORST organization to end up on. The only fix is new ownership. Until then this city's hockey fans are screwed. I suggest NHL Center Ice if you want to watch some NHL Hockey.
March 26th, 2010
5:42 pm
I would like to cast my vote for Joe Friday!!!!!! Joe Friday, ladies and gentlemen!!!(Raucous applause here)
March 26th, 2010
6:07 pm
Overheard at last night's game!
Question: "Why don't the Thrashers have a team psychologist?"
Answer: "Because he'd be spending too much time in the GM's office!"
March 26th, 2010
6:17 pm
Bob/Friday, we'll have quite a bit of money, if ownership really wants to spend it. No matter WHERE the swarthy NHL accountants set the cap figure. I've been wondering about Bryan Little. In the past, I've advocated trying to lock him up, proactively, with an 8-years/$32 million deal. But then … I got to thinking that, he hasn't put up a season really worthy of that kind of commitment (8 years). It might send the wrong message. Now, I hear ya. "Brendan, you're always saying, lock 'em up, longterm, sends the right message." Yeah, I know. I'm conflicted. I do think Bryan Little, who once scored 31 goals, can be a 30-goal scorer, if utilized as a center, all season long. If that were the case, then during his future UFA years, $4 million would be substantively UNDERPAYING him. That's good, from a GM/ownership position. It allows the team to be able to do more with its roster, while still enjoying a quality player. On the other hand, if Bryan Little really isn't going to be a 30-goal scorer … then 8-years is too long of a commitment to make to him, and $4 million in cap hit is "too much." Bryan Little should, at least, put up another 30+ goal season before he gets handsomely rewarded with a nice long deal like that.
It's a difficult position. An organization doesn't want to appear "cheap" or "incapable of retaining players," yet … the organization shouldn't be foolhardy with contracts, either. Being GM isn't easy. It's also NOT rocket science, either. Maybe with Bryan Little, we do a 1-year contract. Or a contract that places him on our roster through his remaining RFA years. Little is a former 1st round pick of ours, taken 12th overall, I believe. I want to reward the kid. But, at the same time, I want him to EARN it, too.
March 26th, 2010
7:15 pm
Yep, Little hasn't earned that big contract, 2 out of 3 years he's a .3 per game player or so and that's just not worthy yet. We'd probably settle on a 3 year $2m deal with his agent, otherwise it's the 1 year qualifying offer.
Upon consultation with our new marketing dept. that although we will be establishing a new identity for your 2011-12 Atlanta Thrashers we've been advised that we'll bridge the marketing campaign and not completely abandon the old naming scheme. Next year Phillips will be Our House, but the collective nation of our players and fans will be now known as Black and Blue Land.
Drop the puck.
March 26th, 2010
10:27 pm
I would really look at trading for Sharp, Retaining Kubina Acquiring Nabokov and Marleau. Then also looking at Frolov. All of those players could help our team next year in their in devour to reach the playoffs and take the cup. We also need a team that is a lot tougher and will stand up for each other when push comes to shove. I go on hockeyfights.com I watched Brasheer beat the breaks off of Bogo when he was 18. Not one player went back after him that night to stand up for Bogo. We need guys who will go to the wall for each other every night. I want a good tough team both physically and mentally to take the ice next year.
March 27th, 2010
2:41 am
Have ya'll seen the player's poll in the latest issue of ESPN Magazine? Here's one of the questions asked, and though it's a small sample size, the follow-up question makes me quite sad. We look ridiculous to hockey fans, the league and, of course, to the players so maybe this isn't much of a surprise. This is why I no longer get excited about free agency. But hey, at least we signed Chelios!
Poll: Should the NHL contract teams?
Even with job security at stake, players aren't so sure. Many (48 percent) voted against the notion, but a whopping 38 percent saw its merits. And 40 percent (yeas and nays alike) favored relocating a floundering crew to "Anywhere in Canada."
Full Results:
Yes: 38 percent
No: 48 percent
No comment: 14 percent
If yes, which team(s) should go first? (Percentages based on 29 votes)
1. Atlanta Thrashers: 41.3 percent
2. Phoenix Coyotes: 31 percent
3. Tampa Bay Lightning: 17.2 percent
4. Florida Panthers: 10.3 percent
March 27th, 2010
2:50 am
My post from a few minutes ago isn't showing up. Is it in the junk box?
In other news, Marc Savard is holding a press conference tomorrow at noon (Saturday).