Season Opener: Thrashers v Tampa Game #1

The NHL season started on Thursday but the Thrashers have had to bid their time until today. Usually I'd post some stuff on the matchup and who is playing well for the opposition, but since we have zero data, I'll skip that today. I did learn a few interesting things from the coaching staff at the Thrashers Faceoff Event. Coach Anderson talked about the power play and said that he would like to run two different PP units that play two different styles. If that is the case Ilya Kovalchuk might see fewer minutes. The point men for the 1st unit are going to Kovalchuk and Enstrom and on the 2nd unit it will be Kubina and Bogosian. Hainsey will get worked into the PP rotation at some point. One of the other key stories for the Thrashers this year will be the PK unit. GM Don Waddell had mentioned earlier that the coaches spent time looking at video of the top PK units in the NHL last season. I asked the coaches what they learned from that exercise and the answer was that all 4 P...