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# Thrashers Welcome Leafs to the City of Hotlanta
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/thrasers-welcome-leafs-to-the-city/
- Published: 2010-01-19T19:11:48.000Z
- Updated: 2010-01-19T19:11:48.000Z
- Author: Colin Odneal
- Tags: Game Coverage, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:27

Coming off a 4-3 heart stopper in Nashville last night, the Leafs travel 250 miles down Interstates 24 and 75 to face the slumping [Atlanta Thrashers](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/ATL?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). After starting off the season well, the Thrashers have only three wins since the Christmas break. To put that into comparison, the [Maple Leafs](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/TOR?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) have won four. Yikes.

Goal scoring has been anything but consistent for Atlanta; with totals of 1, 6, 1, 5, and 0 in their 5 games leading up to tonight, so expect the Leafs to have to put up half a dozen or more to come out on top in this one. This is made even more true when you look at the starting goalies for tonight's game as Jonas Siegel, [via Twitter](http://twitter.com/jonas640/status/7950512953?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), is expecting [Vesa Toskala](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54305/Vesa%5FToskala?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) to get the start for the Buds. In the other crease, the Thrashers' radio announcer [Dan Kamal](http://twitter.com/dankamal/status/7952216989?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) is reporting that [Ondrej Pavelec](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54862/Ondrej%5FPavelec?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) gets the nod. Fortunately for Toronto, Pavelec is no [Ryan Miller](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54834/Ryan%5FMiller?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), as his 3.47 GAA and .904 save percentage can attest. So definitely expect this game to be a shootout with a double digit goal total.

Before the hostilities begin, be sure to travel on over to the Thrashers SBNation blog [Bird Watchers Anonymous](http://www.birdwatchersanonymous.com/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) and have a look at the game from their side of the red line.

Also of note, Operation Give SBNation Money to Haiti is still in full effect over at the [Columbus Blue Jackets](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/CLB?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) blog [The Cannon](http://www.jacketscannon.com/2010/1/18/1258537/how-the-cannon-can-help-haiti?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), as the people there have pledged to donate $0.05 for every **game related** comment in their Game Day Thread tonight as the Blue Jackets face The [Flyers](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/PHI?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). So if you're able to watch the game be sure to head over there and scare the living bejeesus out of the site much like you all did here last night. Every **good** comment helps.

Gametime is 7:00pm Eastern. Don't forget your [SPG picks](http://pickspg.com/Intro?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) and **GO LEAFS GO!**