2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers season

The 2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers season was the 19th season of play for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 26th season for the organization overall. The Thrashers finished fourth in the Southeast Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Division4th Southeast

Conference13th Eastern

2000–01 record23–45–12–2

Home record10–23–6–2

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2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	13th Eastern
2000–01 record	23–45–12–2
Home record	10–23–6–2
Road record	13–22–6–0
Goals for	211
Goals against	289
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Curt Fraser
Captain	Steve Staios
Alternate captains	Ray Ferraro Gord Murphy Jeff Odgers
Arena	Philips Arena
Average attendance	15,262
Minor league affiliate	Orlando Solar Bears
Team leaders
Goals	Donald Audette (32)
Assists	Ray Ferraro (47)
Points	Ray Ferraro (76)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Odgers (226)
Plus/minus	Frantisek Kaberle (+11)
Wins	Milan Hnilicka (12)
Goals against average	Milan Hnilicka (3.35)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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Offseason

Steve Staios was named team captain on October 6.^[1]

Regular season

The Thrashers struggled on the penalty kill during the regular season, allowing a league-high 90 power-play goals, and finishing 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.94%.^[2]

Final standings

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Southeast Division^[3]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Washington Capitals	82	41	27	10	4	233	211	96
2	8	Carolina Hurricanes	82	38	32	9	3	212	225	88
3	12	Florida Panthers	82	22	38	13	9	200	246	66
4	13	Atlanta Thrashers	82	23	45	12	2	211	289	60
5	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	24	47	6	5	201	280	59

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Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

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Eastern Conference^[4]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	19	12	3	295	195	111
2	Y- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	21	9	4	274	205	109
3	Y- Washington Capitals	SE	82	41	27	10	4	233	211	96
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	43	25	11	3	240	207	100
5	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	46	30	5	1	218	184	98
6	X- Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	42	28	9	3	281	256	96
7	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	37	29	11	5	232	207	90
8	X- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	38	32	9	3	212	225	88
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9	Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	30	8	8	227	249	88
10	New York Rangers	AT	82	33	43	5	1	250	290	72
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	28	40	8	6	206	232	70
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	38	13	9	200	246	66
13	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	23	45	12	2	211	289	60
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	24	47	6	5	201	280	59
15	New York Islanders	AT	82	21	51	7	3	185	268	52

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Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched conference; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

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2000–01 regular season^[5]

October: 1–3–5–0 (home: 0–2–2–0; road: 1–1–3–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	October 7, 2000	1–2	New York Rangers (2000–01)	0–1–0–0	L
2	October 11, 2000	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (2000–01)	0–1–1–0	T
3	October 15, 2000	2–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	0–2–1–0	L
4	October 17, 2000	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	0–2–2–0	T
5	October 20, 2000	3–5	New York Islanders (2000–01)	0–3–2–0	L
6	October 21, 2000	6–6 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	0–3–3–0	T
7	October 25, 2000	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	1–3–3–0	W
8	October 27, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	1–3–4–0	T
9	October 28, 2000	2–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	1–3–5–0	T

November: 4–7–1–1 (home: 2–4–0–1; road: 2–3–1–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
10	November 2, 2000	2–5	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	1–4–5–0	L
11	November 4, 2000	8–3	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)	2–4–5–0	W
12	November 6, 2000	2–3	Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	2–5–5–0	L
13	November 12, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)	2–5–6–0	T
14	November 13, 2000	4–1	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)	3–5–6–0	W
15	November 15, 2000	1–0	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	4–5–6–0	W
16	November 17, 2000	2–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	4–5–6–1	OTL
17	November 18, 2000	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	4–6–6–1	L
18	November 22, 2000	2–8	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	4–7–6–1	L
19	November 23, 2000	0–6	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	4–8–6–1	L
20	November 25, 2000	2–1	Washington Capitals (2000–01)	5–8–6–1	W
21	November 27, 2000	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	5–9–6–1	L
22	November 29, 2000	4–6	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	5–10–6–1	L

December: 10–5–0–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 5–3–0–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
23	December 1, 2000	5–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	6–10–6–1	W
24	December 2, 2000	2–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	7–10–6–1	W
25	December 4, 2000	5–4	Boston Bruins (2000–01)	8–10–6–1	W
26	December 6, 2000	3–5	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	8–11–6–1	L
27	December 8, 2000	4–3 OT	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	9–11–6–1	W
28	December 9, 2000	5–2	@ New York Islanders (2000–01)	10–11–6–1	W
29	December 11, 2000	0–4	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	10–12–6–1	L
30	December 13, 2000	3–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	11–12–6–1	W
31	December 15, 2000	3–6	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	11–13–6–1	L
32	December 19, 2000	7–6 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	12–13–6–1	W
33	December 20, 2000	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	13–13–6–1	W
34	December 22, 2000	1–5	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	13–14–6–1	L
35	December 26, 2000	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	14–14–6–1	W
36	December 28, 2000	4–1	@ New York Rangers (2000–01)	15–14–6–1	W
37	December 29, 2000	2–5	@ New York Islanders (2000–01)	15–15–6–1	L

January: 1–10–3–1 (home: 0–5–1–1; road: 1–5–2–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
38	January 1, 2001	2–4	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)	15–16–6–1	L
39	January 3, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	15–16–7–1	T
40	January 5, 2001	4–6	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	15–17–7–1	L
41	January 6, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	15–17–8–1	T
42	January 10, 2001	2–3	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	15–18–8–1	L
43	January 12, 2001	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	15–19–8–1	L
44	January 13, 2001	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)	15–20–8–1	L
45	January 17, 2001	2–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	15–21–8–1	L
46	January 20, 2001	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	15–22–8–1	L
47	January 21, 2001	4–4 OT	New York Islanders (2000–01)	15–22–9–1	T
48	January 23, 2001	3–4	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	15–23–9–1	L
49	January 25, 2001	1–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	15–23–9–2	OTL
50	January 27, 2001	1–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	15–24–9–2	L
51	January 29, 2001	7–2	@ New York Rangers (2000–01)	16–24–9–2	W
52	January 30, 2001	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	16–25–9–2	L

February: 2–8–1–0 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 0–6–0–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
53	February 1, 2001	1–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	16–26–9–2	L
54	February 7, 2001	1–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	16–27–9–2	L
55	February 9, 2001	5–1	Boston Bruins (2000–01)	17–27–9–2	W
56	February 10, 2001	3–7	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	17–28–9–2	L
57	February 13, 2001	5–4	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	18–28–9–2	W
58	February 15, 2001	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	18–29–9–2	L
59	February 17, 2001	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	18–30–9–2	L
60	February 21, 2001	3–6	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	18–31–9–2	L
61	February 23, 2001	0–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	18–32–9–2	L
62	February 25, 2001	2–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	18–33–9–2	L
63	February 27, 2001	1–1 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	18–33–10–2	T

March: 4–9–2–0 (home: 0–7–2–0; road: 4–2–0–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
64	March 2, 2001	4–3	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)	19–33–10–2	W
65	March 3, 2001	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	19–33–11–2	T
66	March 6, 2001	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	19–34–11–2	L
67	March 8, 2001	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	19–35–11–2	L
68	March 10, 2001	7–5	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)	20–35–11–2	W
69	March 11, 2001	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	20–35–12–2	T
70	March 14, 2001	1–8	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	20–36–12–2	L
71	March 16, 2001	0–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	20–37–12–2	L
72	March 18, 2001	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	20–38–12–2	L
73	March 21, 2001	3–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	20–39–12–2	L
74	March 22, 2001	2–0	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	21–39–12–2	W
75	March 24, 2001	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	22–39–12–2	W
76	March 26, 2001	0–4	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	22–40–12–2	L
77	March 28, 2001	2–4	New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	22–41–12–2	L
78	March 30, 2001	0–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	22–42–12–2	L

April: 1–3–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 0–2–0–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
79	April 1, 2001	2–4	New York Rangers (2000–01)	22–43–12–2	L
80	April 3, 2001	5–2	Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	23–43–12–2	W
81	April 5, 2001	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	23–44–12–2	L
82	April 6, 2001	2–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	23–45–12–2	L

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.

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No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
21	Ray Ferraro	C	81	29	47	76	−11	91
28	Donald Audette‡	RW	64	32	39	71	−3	64
15	Andrew Brunette	LW	77	15	44	59	−5	26
13	Patrik Stefan	C	66	10	21	31	−3	22
12	Steve Guolla	C	63	12	16	28	−6	23
9	Hnat Domenichelli	LW	63	15	12	27	−9	18
14	Tomi Kallio	LW	56	14	13	27	−3	22
22	Shean Donovan	RW	63	12	11	23	−14	47
25	Steve Staios	D	70	9	13	22	−23	137
39	Per Svartvadet	C	69	10	11	21	−6	20
71	Jiri Slegr†	D	33	3	16	19	−1	36
4	Chris Tamer	D	82	4	13	17	−1	128
24	Andreas Karlsson	C	60	5	11	16	−2	16
8	Frantisek Kaberle	D	51	4	11	15	11	18
5	Gord Murphy	D	27	3	11	14	−11	12
20	Jeff Odgers	RW	82	6	7	13	−8	226
38	Yannick Tremblay	D	46	4	8	12	−6	30
11	Dean Sylvester	RW	43	5	6	11	−16	8
32	Yves Sarault	LW	20	5	4	9	−9	26
37	Herbert Vasiljevs	RW	21	4	5	9	−11	14
27	Denny Lambert	LW	67	1	7	8	−5	215
17	Ladislav Kohn†	RW	26	3	4	7	−12	44
19	Brad Tapper	RW	16	2	3	5	1	6
41	Andrei Skopintsev	D	17	1	3	4	−7	16
23	Brett Clark	D	28	1	2	3	−12	14
18	Jarrod Skalde	C	19	1	2	3	−8	20
3	Sergei Vyshedkevich‡	D	23	1	2	3	−7	14
3	Chris Joseph†	D	19	0	3	3	−7	20
7	Adam Burt	D	27	0	2	2	2	27
26	Bryan Adams	C	9	0	1	1	−4	2
6	David Harlock	D	65	0	1	1	−28	62
2	Petr Buzek	D	5	0	0	0	2	8
30	Scott Fankhouser	G	7	0	0	0		2
33	Milan Hnilicka	G	36	0	0	0		4
10	Darcy Hordichuk	LW	11	0	0	0	−3	38
34	Norm Maracle	G	13	0	0	0		0
29	Brian Pothier	D	3	0	0	0	4	2
1	Damian Rhodes	G	38	0	0	0		16
26	Dan Snyder	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
29	J. P. Vigier	RW	2	0	0	0	−2	0

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Goaltending

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No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
33	Milan Hnilicka	36	12	19	2	951	105	3.35	.890	2	1879
1	Damian Rhodes	38	7	19	7	1129	116	3.36	.897	0	2072
30	Scott Fankhouser	7	2	1	0	160	16	3.69	.900	0	260
34	Norm Maracle	13	2	8	3	406	43	3.43	.894	0	753

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Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Donald Audette	^[6]
League (in-season)	NHL Player of the Month	Donald Audette (December)	^[7]
Team	Community Service Award	Damian Rhodes	^[8]
	Players' Player Award	Jeff Odgers	^[8]
	Players' Player Award	Chris Tamer	^[8]
	Team MVP	Ray Ferraro	^[8]
	Three Stars of the Game Award	Ray Ferraro	^[8]

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Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Tomi Kallio	October 7, 2000	^[9]
	Brad Tapper	October 7, 2000
	Darcy Hordichuk	January 12, 2001
	J. P. Vigier	February 7, 2001
	Brian Pothier	April 3, 2001
	Dan Snyder	April 3, 2001

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Transactions

The Thrashers were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Final, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Final.^[10]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 12, 2000 (2000-06-12)	To Atlanta Thrashers 9th-round pick in 2000	To New Jersey Devils Steve Staios	^[11]
June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24)	To Atlanta Thrashers 2nd-round pick in 2000 3rd-round pick in 2001	To Vancouver Canucks 2nd-round pick in 2001 3rd-round pick in 2001	^[10]
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25)	To Atlanta Thrashers Anaheim's 4th-round pick in 2000 5th-round pick in 2000 8th-round pick in 2000	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2000	^[12]
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25)	To Atlanta Thrashers Rights to Ben Simon	To Chicago Blackhawks 9th-round pick in 2000	^[13]
July 10, 2000 (2000-07-10)	To Atlanta Thrashers Steve Staios	To New Jersey Devils Future considerations	^[14]
September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29)	To Atlanta Thrashers 3rd-round pick in 2001	To Minnesota Wild Matt Johnson	^[15]
November 6, 2000 (2000-11-06)	To Atlanta Thrashers Future considerations	To New Jersey Devils Geordie Kinnear	^[16]
January 14, 2001 (2001-01-14)	To Atlanta Thrashers Jiri Slegr	To Pittsburgh Penguins 3rd-round pick in 2001	^[17]
February 9, 2001 (2001-02-09)	To Atlanta Thrashers Ladislav Kohn	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Scott Langkow Sergei Vyshedkevich	^[18]
March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13)	To Atlanta Thrashers Rights to Kamil Piros 4th-round pick in 2001	To Buffalo Sabres Donald Audette	^[19]

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Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
June 15, 2000 (2000-06-15)	Mike Weaver	Michigan State University (CCHA)	Free agency	^[20]
July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14)	Adam Burt	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency	^[21]
July 19, 2000 (2000-07-19)	Sean McCann	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency	^[22]
July 20, 2000 (2000-07-20)	Yves Sarault	Ottawa Senators	Free agency	^[23]
July 21, 2000 (2000-07-21)	Jarrod Skalde	San Jose Sharks	Free agency	^[24]
July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)	Milan Hnilicka	New York Rangers	Free agency	^[25]
September 7, 2000 (2000-09-07)	Andrei Skopintsev	Tampa Bay Lightning	Free agency	^[26]
September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29)	Jeff Odgers	Minnesota Wild	Waiver draft	^[27]
February 14, 2001 (2001-02-14)	Chris Joseph	Phoenix Coyotes	Waivers	^[28]

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Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^[a]	Ref
N/A	Bob Lachance	Milano Vipers (Serie A)	Free agency (VI)	^[30]
July 3, 2000 (2000-07-03)	Mike Stapleton	New York Islanders	Free agency (III)	^[31]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27)	Chris McAlpine	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (UFA)	^[32]
August 10, 2000 (2000-08-10)	Johan Garpenlov	Djurgardens IF (SHL)	Free agency (III)	^[33]
September 28, 2000 (2000-09-28)	Bill Huard	London Knights (BISL)	Free agency (III)	^[34]
October 2000 (2000-10)	Joel Irving	Rochester Americans (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[35]
October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07)	Maxim Galanov	Florida Panthers	Free agency (UFA)	^[36]

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Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 15, 2000 (2000-06-15)	Ray Ferraro	1-year	Option exercised	^[20]
July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14)	Denny Lambert		Re-signing	^[21]
July 17, 2000 (2000-07-17)	Donald Audette		Re-signing	^[37]
July 17, 2000 (2000-07-17)	Andreas Karlsson		Re-signing	^[37]
July 18, 2000 (2000-07-18)	David Harlock	2-year	Re-signing	^[38]
July 26, 2000 (2000-07-26)	Norm Maracle	1-year	Re-signing	^[39]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27)	Shean Donovan	1-year	Re-signing	^[40]
July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)	Hnat Domenichelli		Re-signing	^[25]
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31)	Brett Clark		Re-signing	^[41]
	Scott Fankhouser		Re-signing	^[41]
	Brian Wesenberg		Re-signing	^[41]
August 11, 2000 (2000-08-11)	Steve Guolla		Re-signing	^[42]
August 11, 2000 (2000-08-11)	Yannick Tremblay		Re-signing	^[43]
August 15, 2000 (2000-08-15)	Ben Simon		Entry-level	^[44]
September 6, 2000 (2000-09-06)	Petr Buzek	3-year	Re-signing	^[45]
September 7, 2000 (2000-09-07)	Herbert Vasiljevs		Re-signing	^[46]
October 3, 2000 (2000-10-03)	Darcy Hordichuk		Entry-level	^[47]
March 6, 2001 (2001-03-06)	Zdenek Blatny		Entry-level	^[48]
March 15, 2001 (2001-03-15)	Chris Tamer	3-year	Extension	^[49]
April 1, 2001 (2001-04-01)	Ray Ferraro	1-year	Extension	^[50]
April 3, 2001 (2001-04-03)	Dany Heatley	3-year	Entry-level	^[51]
April 30, 2001 (2001-04-30)	Kamil Piros		Entry-level	^[52]
June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01)	Garnet Exelby		Entry-level	^[53]
	David Kaczowka		Entry-level	^[53]
	Derek MacKenzie		Entry-level	^[53]
	Luke Sellars		Entry-level	^[53]
	Rob Zepp		Entry-level	^[53]
June 8, 2001 (2001-06-08)	Jeff Odgers	1-year	Extension	^[54]

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Draft picks

Atlanta's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.^[55]

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Dany Heatley	Canada	University of Wisconsin-Madison (WCHA)
2	31	Ilya Nikulin	Russia	HC MVD Tver (Russia)
2	42	Libor Ustrnul	Czech Republic	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
4	107	Carl Mallette	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
4	108	Blake Robson	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
5	147	Matt McRae	United States	Cornell University (ECAC)
6	168	Zdenek Smid	Czech Republic	Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic)
6	178	Jeff Dwyer	United States	Choate Rosemary Hall (USHS-CT)
6	180	Darcy Hordichuk	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
8	230	Samu Isosalo	Finland	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
8	242	Evan Nielsen	United States	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
8	244	Eric Bowen	United States	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
9	288	Mark McRae	Canada	Cornell University (ECAC)
9	290	Simon Gamache	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)