2004–05 Atlanta Thrashers season

The 2004–05 Atlanta Thrashers season was the sixth season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[1]

2004–05 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	Southeast
Conference	Eastern
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Shawn McEachern
Arena	Philips Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Chicago Wolves Gwinnett Gladiators
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

No games were played during the 2004–05 NHL season due to the lock-out of the NHL players by the league, however teams business did occur, including the Thrashers' participation in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft^[2] that was held on June 26 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Schedule

The Thrashers preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 14, 2004.^[3]

2004–05 schedule
Preseason Game Date Opponent 1 September 26 Tampa Bay Lightning 2 September 27 @ Dallas Stars 3 September 29 Carolina Hurricanes 4 October 3 @ Carolina Hurricanes 5 October 5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 6 October 8 Nashville Predators 7 October 9 @ Nashville Predators
Regular season Game Date Opponent 1 October 14 @ Carolina Hurricanes 2 October 16 Washington Capitals 3 October 19 @ Washington Capitals 4 October 21 Buffalo Sabres 5 October 23 @ New York Rangers 6 October 27 @ Florida Panthers 7 October 29 Detroit Red Wings 8 October 30 @ Montreal Canadiens 9 November 3 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks 10 November 4 @ Los Angeles Kings 11 November 6 @ San Jose Sharks 12 November 8 New Jersey Devils 13 November 10 Tampa Bay Lightning 14 November 12 @ Carolina Hurricanes 15 November 13 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 16 November 17 New York Rangers 17 November 19 New York Islanders 18 November 20 @ Boston Bruins 19 November 23 Vancouver Canucks 20 November 26 @ Philadelphia Flyers 21 November 27 New Jersey Devils 22 December 1 @ Colorado Avalanche 23 December 2 @ Phoenix Coyotes 24 December 4 @ Nashville Predators 25 December 7 Tampa Bay Lightning 26 December 10 Ottawa Senators 27 December 11 @ Washington Capitals 28 December 15 Carolina Hurricanes 29 December 16 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 30 December 18 @ Carolina Hurricanes 31 December 21 New York Rangers 32 December 27 Carolina Hurricanes 33 December 29 Columbus Blue Jackets 34 December 31 Washington Capitals 35 January 1 @ Ottawa Senators 36 January 4 @ New Jersey Devils 37 January 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 38 January 8 Washington Capitals 39 January 11 @ Buffalo Sabres 40 January 12 Nashville Predators 41 January 14 Minnesota Wild 42 January 17 @ Florida Panthers 43 January 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 44 January 21 Buffalo Sabres 45 January 23 Dallas Stars 46 January 24 @ Montreal Canadiens 47 January 27 @ New York Rangers 48 January 29 @ Philadelphia Flyers 49 January 30 @ Washington Capitals 50 February 2 Carolina Hurricanes 51 February 4 Florida Panthers 52 February 5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 53 February 8 Boston Bruins 54 February 10 @ Minnesota Wild 55 February 15 @ New York Islanders 56 February 16 @ Chicago Blackhawks 57 February 19 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 58 February 20 @ Buffalo Sabres 59 February 24 @ Ottawa Senators 60 February 26 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 61 March 1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 62 March 2 Philadelphia Flyers 63 March 4 Florida Panthers 64 March 6 Calgary Flames 65 March 7 @ New York Islanders 66 March 9 Ottawa Senators 67 March 11 Colorado Avalanche 68 March 13 Edmonton Oilers 69 March 15 Boston Bruins 70 March 17 @ New Jersey Devils 71 March 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 72 March 21 @ Florida Panthers 73 March 23 Montreal Canadiens 74 March 25 Toronto Maple Leafs 75 March 26 @ St. Louis Blues 76 March 28 Florida Panthers 77 March 31 Philadelphia Flyers 78 April 2 New York Islanders 79 April 4 @ Boston Bruins 80 April 6 Montreal Canadiens 81 April 8 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 82 April 10 Tampa Bay Lightning

Transactions

The Thrashers were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially canceled.^[4]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2004 (2004-06-26)	To Atlanta Thrashers Niclas Havelid	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Kurtis Foster	[5]
	To Atlanta Thrashers 4th-round pick in 2004	To Carolina Hurricanes 3rd-round pick in 2005	[6]
June 27, 2004 (2004-06-27)	To Atlanta Thrashers Rights to Adam Berkhoel	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations[a]	[6]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)	Kevin Doell	Chicago Wolves (AHL)		Free agency	[7]
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Jaroslav Modry	Los Angeles Kings	3-year	Free agency	[8]
July 14, 2004 (2004-07-14)	Cory Larose	New York Rangers		Free agency	[9]
	Travis Roche	Minnesota Wild		Free agency	[9]
July 26, 2004 (2004-07-26)	Scott Mellanby	St. Louis Blues		Free agency	[10]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[b]	Ref
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)	Byron Dafoe[c]		Contract expiration (III)	[11]
	Chris Tamer[d]		Contract expiration (III)	[11]
July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09)	Eric Healey	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	[14]
July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15)	Frantisek Kaberle	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency (UFA)	[15]
July 16, 2004 (2004-07-16)	Shawn Heins	Eisbaren Berlin (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	[16]
	Mike Weaver	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (VI)	[17]
August 7, 2004 (2004-08-07)	Daniel Corso	Kassel Huskies (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	[18]
August 19, 2004 (2004-08-19)	Joe DiPenta	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (VI)	[19]
September 24, 2004 (2004-09-24)	David Kaczowka	Peoria Rivermen (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[20]
September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)	Frederic Cassivi	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[21]
November 19, 2004 (2004-11-19)	Zdenek Blatny	Lahti Pelicans (Liiga)	Free agency (UFA)	[22]
December 10, 2004 (2004-12-10)	Bill Lindsay	Long Beach Ice Dogs (ECHL)	Free agency (III)	[23]
January 13, 2005 (2005-01-13)	Yannick Tremblay	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	[24]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 18, 2004 (2004-06-18)	Jeff Dwyer		Entry-level	[25]
	Colin Stuart		Entry-level	[25]
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)	Serge Aubin		Re-signing	[7]
	Brad Larsen		Re-signing	[7]
	Ben Simon		Re-signing	[7]
July 14, 2004 (2004-07-14)	Adam Berkhoel		Entry-level	[9]
July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15)	Francis Lessard		Re-signing	[26]
	Tommi Santala		Re-signing	[26]
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)	Patrik Stefan		Re-signing	[27]
July 29, 2004 (2004-07-29)	Braydon Coburn		Entry-level	[28]
August 2, 2004 (2004-08-02)	Tomas Kloucek		Re-signing	[29]
	Derek MacKenzie		Re-signing	[29]
	Brian Maloney		Re-signing	[29]
	Kyle Rossiter		Re-signing	[29]
	Marc Savard	2-year	Re-signing	[29][30]
	Luke Sellars		Re-signing	[29]
August 4, 2004 (2004-08-04)	Ronald Petrovicky	2-year	Re-signing	[31][30]
August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05)	Garnet Exelby		Re-signing	[32]
September 1, 2004 (2004-09-01)	Kip Brennan		Re-signing	[33]

Draft picks

Atlanta's picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.^[34]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	10	Boris Valabik	Defense	Slovakia	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	40	Grant Lewis	Defense	United States	Dartmouth Big Green (ECAC Hockey)
3	76	Scott Lehman	Defense	Canada	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
4	106	Chad Painchaud	Right wing	Canada	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
5	142	Juraj Gracik	Right wing	Slovakia	Topolcany (Slovakia)
6	186	Dan Turple	Goaltender	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	204	Miikka Tuomainen	Left wing	Finland	TuTo (Mestis)
8	237	Mitch Carefoot	Center	Canada	Cornell Big Red (ECAC Hockey)
9	270	Matt Siddall	Right wing	Canada	Powell River Kings (BCHL)

Notes

1. 7th-round pick in 2005.
2. In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[11]
3. Dafoe was inactive during the 2004–05 season.^[12]
4. Tamer was inactive during the 2004–05 season.^[13]

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