Instead, Bettman is willing to let the Atlanta Thrashers, also on the block, move to Winnipeg.
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The Atlanta Thrashers hit the ice this season, while the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets start next year.
Louis Rams, New Jersey Devils and Atlanta Thrashers, the insider trading scandal comes at a particularly bad time.
Now the former Atlanta Thrashers need to do the same thing back at home to make it stick.
The Atlanta Thrashers have already run to a smaller market up north.
Winnipeg's seven-game point streak is its longest since going 6-0-1 from Nov. 22-Dec. 5, 2006, when the franchise was still the Atlanta Thrashers.
In Group B, Atlanta Thrashers left wing Ilya Kovalchuk hit four goals for Russia, who have only lost to Slovakia in their four matches.
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The Atlanta Thrashers lost money six years in a row before recovering as the Winnipeg Jets last year, after a sale to True North Entertainment.
The relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg before last season has created travel troubles for the Jets and their Southeast Division rivals that need to be resolved.
's Los Angeles Dodgers and the three AOL Time Warner-owned franchises in Atlanta (the Hawks, Braves and Thrashers).
Other than the first two years Ted Turner owned the Thrashers, hockey has never been a financial success in Atlanta.
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He also served as CEO of the Atlanta Spirit, the holding company that owned the NBA Hawks and NHL Thrashers.
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