How Tragedy & Turmoil TANKED The Atlanta Thrashers

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Published 2024-04-27
In 1999, in the midst of the NHL’s expansion blitz, the Atlanta Thrashers took flight, restoring NHL hockey in the Big A not two decades after the Flames up and left for Calgary. Before long, however, the Thrashers met the same sorry fate as their predecessors, with their persistent on-ice struggles, a devastating off-ice tragedy, and an apathetic ownership group conspiring to leave Atlanta without an NHL team for a second time.

Written & Narrated by: Jonah Birenbaum (@Birenball | X)
Produced & Edited by: James Balutan (@jamesbalutan | Instagram)
Filmed by: Zack Underhill (@ZackUnderhill | Instagram)
Thumbnail Design by: Justin Shipley (@shipleysportstudio | Instagram)

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All Comments (21)
  • @NunYa953
    Stop giving this guy energy drinks and helium before filming. 🤣
  • @intoodeep941
    Why does this guy talk like he’s announcing cartoons on Nickelodeon
  • @kjorlaug1
    Atlanta Spirit will go down as one of the worst ownership groups in NHL, and pro sports history.
  • @cws480
    Kovalchuk was a beauty! Fast, strong and magic hands.
  • @Hoovie9596
    AOL Time Warner merger also killed WCW wrestling
  • @justinking3127
    THANK YOU for pointing out the real reasons. Nobody seems to acknowledge the fact that the Atlanta spirit sabotaged it. Going to my first NHL game since the last thrashers game in 2011 to see the stars vs avalanche game 4. I finally get to experience a playoff game
  • Ok. I don't want to be rude but buddy here has great energy as well as delivery. He needs to take his voice down an octave though. Something about it is just not working for me.
  • @CraigSmith
    This is a painful watch. Nothing personal, but the host's fake radio voice killed this video.
  • Hockey is bigger than I imagined in the Deep South. I moved to Alabama from California and was pleasantly surprised to find out the South has their own league; The Southern Professional Hockey League. Alabama has 2 teams, one being active since 2004.
  • @itsjacobj
    I dig this style of doc—especially with the new set!
  • @Interemptor666
    Hope the Thrashers return somehow. That logo was just awesome
  • @joeford5181
    The fans actually liked it, the problem was.... There was no winning and The dysfunction was obvious.
  • @kjorlaug1
    I think most Atlanta fans, to this day, still blame Gary Bettman. He lied to our faces.
  • @coldsnap5742
    Now you have to do the Hartford Whalers. Best logo in American sports. Best theme song in American sports. Worst management in American sports. One year they drafted Sylvain Turgeon. The next two picks were Pat LaFontaine and Steve Yzerman.
  • “We have a billionaire owner! Everything is fine now” - Thrashers “We have a billionaire owner! Everything is fine now” - Coyotes
  • @OneTeeGlory
    Absolutely ELITE jerseys though. I really hope they come back as the Thrashers and have a modern take on those uniforms.