Atlanta Thrashers
A season of transition: missing the playoffs, coaching changes, and front-office promotions.
The 2009–10 Atlanta Thrashers season was the 11th season of play for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. The Thrashers failed to make the Stanley Cup playoffs during the season, and at the end of the regular season, the team announced that it would not retain John Anderson as head coach. The Thrashers also promoted Don Waddell to president and Rick Dudley to general manager. Assistant coaches Randy Cunneyworth, Todd Nelson and Steve Weeks were also not retained.
Lore & Background
With the fourth-overall pick in the 2009 Entry Draft, the Thrashers chose forward Evander Kane. The Thrashers signed free agent forward Nik Antropov, intending to team him with Ilya Kovalchuk. The Thrashers made a trade for defenceman Pavel Kubina from the Toronto Maple Leafs, giving up Garnet Exelby in a four-player deal. The team failed to make the Stanley Cup playoffs, and at the end of the regular season, the team announced that it would not retain John Anderson as head coach.
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