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Players come with baggage, but they give Atlanta hope

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Sunday, February 25, 2007

ATLANTA -- Whatever happens now, whether the Atlanta Thrashers flame out in the first round of the playoffs, make a run for the roses or, heck, miss the playoffs altogether, GM Don Waddell has boldly emerged from his own shadow to prove he can play with the big boys. Waddell began this coming-of-age weekend by trading top-10 draft pick Braydon Coburn, who has yet to become an NHL-caliber blue-liner, to the Philadelphia Flyers for veteran defenseman Alexei Zhitnik late Saturday night. Waddell th ...

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