2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers season

The 2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' third season of competition. For the second time in three seasons, the team finished the season with the worst record in the whole NHL, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

Division5th Southeast

Conference15th Eastern

2001–02 record19–47–11–5

Home record11–21–9–0

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2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	5th Southeast
Conference	15th Eastern
2001–02 record	19–47–11–5
Home record	11–21–9–0
Road record	8–26–2–5
Goals for	187
Goals against	288
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Curt Fraser
Captain	Ray Ferraro (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr)
Alternate captains	Jeff Odgers Chris Tamer
Arena	Philips Arena
Average attendance	13,668
Minor league affiliates	Chicago Wolves Greenville Grrrowl
Team leaders
Goals	Ilya Kovalchuk (29)
Assists	Dany Heatley (41)
Points	Dany Heatley (67)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Odgers (135)
Plus/minus	Andy Sutton (0)
Wins	Milan Hnilicka (13)
Goals against average	Norm Maracle (3.00)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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Off-season

With Steve Staios departing to the Edmonton Oilers via free agency, Ray Ferraro was named the team’s new captain.^[1]

Regular season

The Thrashers struggled defensively, finishing 30th overall in goaltending, with 288 goals allowed, and on the power play, with only 37 power-play goals scored. They also allowed the most-short-handed goals of all 30 teams, with 12.^[2]

Final standings

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Southeast Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
2	9	Washington Capitals	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
3	13	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
4	14	Florida Panthers	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

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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^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Boston Bruins	NE	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
3	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
5	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
7	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
8	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
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9	Washington Capitals	SE	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

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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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2001–02 regular season^[4]

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

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	October, 4, 2001	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001-02)	1–0–0–0	W
2	October, 6, 2001	3–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2001-02)	1–0–0–1	OTL
3	October 13, 2001	5–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2001-02)	1–1–0–1	L
4	October 16, 2001	3–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2001-02)	1–1–1–1	T
5	October 19, 2001	3–4	New York Rangers (2001–02)	1–2–1–1	L
6	October 20, 2001	1–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	1–2–1–2	OTL
7	October 23, 2001	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	1–3–1–2	L
8	October 26, 2001	1–0	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	2–3–1–2	W
9	October 27, 2001	4–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	3–3–1–2	W
10	October 30, 2001	3–6	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	3–4–1–2	L

November: 2–11–1–0 (home: 1–1–1–0; road: 1–10–0–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
11	November 1, 2001	2–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	3–5–1–2	L
12	November 3, 2001	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	3–6–1–2	L
13	November 4, 2001	0–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	3–7–1–2	L
14	November 7, 2001	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	3–8–1–2	L
15	November 8, 2001	0–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	3–9–1–2	L
16	November 10, 2001	0–3	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	3–10–1–2	L
17	November 13, 2001	2–4	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	3–11–1–2	L
18	November 16, 2001	4–4 OT	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	3–11–2–2	T
19	November 18, 2001	2–6	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	3–12–2–2	L
20	November 19, 2001	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	4–12–2–2	W
21	November 22, 2001	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	4–13–2–2	L
22	November 24, 2001	6–3	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	5–13–2–2	W
23	November 27, 2001	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	5–14–2–2	L
24	November 29, 2001	2–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	5–15–2–2	L

December: 3–8–3–1 (home: 1–5–3–0; road: 2–3–0–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
25	December 1, 2001	5–2	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	6–15–2–2	W
26	December 4, 2001	2–3	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	6–16–2–2	L
27	December 6, 2001	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	6–16–3–2	T
28	December 8, 2001	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	6–17–3–2	L
29	December 10, 2001	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	6–18–3–2	L
30	December 12, 2001	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	6–18–4–2	T
31	December 14, 2001	1–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	6–19–4–2	L
32	December 15, 2001	2–5	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	6–20–4–2	L
33	December 18, 2001	3–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	7–20–4–2	W
34	December 19, 2001	2–4	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	7–21–4–2	L
35	December 21, 2001	4–5 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	7–21–4–3	OTL
36	December 23, 2001	1–4	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	7–22–4–3	L
37	December 26, 2001	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	7–22–5–3	T
38	December 28, 2001	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	8–22–5–3	W
39	December 31, 2001	3–4	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	8–23–5–3	L

January: 5–8–1–1 (home: 3–4–1–0; road: 2–4–0–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
40	January 2, 2002	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	8–24–5–3	L
41	January 3, 2002	1–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	8–25–5–3	L
42	January 6, 2002	2–3	New York Islanders (2001–02)	8–26–5–3	L
43	January 8, 2002	4–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	8–27–5–3	L
44	January 9, 2002	4–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	9–27–5–3	W
45	January 11, 2002	1–0	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	10–27–5–3	W
46	January 13, 2002	2–2 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	10–27–6–3	T
47	January 15, 2002	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	11–27–6–3	W
48	January 17, 2002	3–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	11–28–6–3	L
49	January 19, 2002	6–1	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	12–28–6–3	W
50	January 22, 2002	0–3	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	12–29–6–3	L
51	January 24, 2002	4–2	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	13–29–6–3	W
52	January 26, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	13–29–6–4	OTL
53	January 28, 2002	2–4	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	13–30–6–4	L
54	January 30, 2002	0–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	13–31–6–4	L

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

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
55	February 5, 2002	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	14–31–6–4	W
56	February 7, 2002	3–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	14–31–7–4	T
57	February 8, 2002	1–2	New York Rangers (2001–02)	14–32–7–4	L
58	February 11, 2002	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	14–33–7–4	L
59	February 12, 2002	0–3	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	14–34–7–4	L
60	February 26, 2002	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	15–34–7–4	W

March: 4–10–1–0 (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 2–5–0–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
61	March 1, 2002	4–3	New York Islanders (2001–02)	16–34–7–4	W
62	March 2, 2002	1–4	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	16–35–7–4	L
63	March 4, 2002	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	16–36–7–4	L
64	March 6, 2002	1–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	16–37–7–4	L
65	March 8, 2002	0–3	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	16–38–7–4	L
66	March 10, 2002	1–6	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	16–39–7–4	L
67	March 12, 2002	4–4 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	16–39–8–4	T
68	March 14, 2002	2–0	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	17–39–8–4	W
69	March 16, 2002	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	17–40–8–4	L
70	March 18, 2002	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	17–41–8–4	L
71	March 20, 2002	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	17–42–8–4	L
72	March 22, 2002	5–2	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	18–42–8–4	W
73	March 23, 2002	3–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	19–42–8–4	W
74	March 27, 2002	2–4	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	19–43–8–4	L
75	March 30, 2002	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	19–44–8–4	L

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

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
76	April 2, 2002	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	19–45–8–4	L
77	April 3, 2002	0–6	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	19–46–8–4	L
78	April 5, 2002	1–3	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	19–47–8–4	L
79	April 7, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	19–47–9–4	T
80	April 10, 2002	4–4 OT	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	19–47–10–4	T
81	April 12, 2002	4–5 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	19–47–10–5	OTL
82	April 14, 2002	2–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	19–47–11–5	T

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
15	Dany Heatley	LW	82	26	41	67	−19	56
17	Ilya Kovalchuk	LW	65	29	22	51	−19	28
12	Tony Hrkac	C	80	18	26	44	−12	12
18	Lubos Bartecko	LW	71	13	14	27	−15	30
21	Ray Ferraro‡	C	61	8	19	27	−32	66
8	Frantisek Kaberle	D	61	5	20	25	−11	24
38	Yannick Tremblay	D	66	9	15	24	−15	47
13	Patrik Stefan	C	59	7	16	23	−4	22
14	Tomi Kallio	LW	60	8	14	22	−8	12
26	Pascal Rheaume†	C	42	11	9	20	−3	25
9	Hnat Domenichelli‡	LW	40	8	11	19	−18	34
36	Daniel Tjarnqvist	D	75	2	16	18	−22	14
39	Per Svartvadet	C	78	3	12	15	−12	24
22	Shean Donovan‡	RW	48	6	6	12	−16	40
3	Brian Pothier	D	33	3	6	9	−19	22
20	Jeff Odgers	RW	46	4	4	8	−3	135
28	Todd Reirden	D	65	3	5	8	−25	82
71	Jiri Slegr‡	D	38	3	5	8	−21	51
24	Andreas Karlsson	C	42	1	7	8	−8	20
27	Bob Corkum‡	C	65	3	4	7	−30	16
4	Chris Tamer	D	78	3	3	6	−11	111
19	Brad Tapper	RW	20	2	4	6	−3	43
16	Jeff Cowan†	LW	38	4	1	5	−11	50
47	J. P. Vigier	RW	15	4	1	5	−5	4
25	Andy Sutton†	D	24	0	4	4	0	46
10	Yuri Butsayev†	LW	8	2	0	2	1	4
29	Darcy Hordichuk‡	LW	33	1	1	2	−5	127
37	Dan Snyder	C	11	1	1	2	−3	30
33	Milan Hnilicka	G	60	0	2	2		8
6	David Harlock‡	D	19	0	1	1	−2	18
22^[a]	Kamil Piros	C	8	0	1	1	−2	4
43	Mike Weaver	D	16	0	1	1	0	10
2	Petr Buzek‡	D	9	0	0	0	−4	13
35	Frederic Cassivi†	G	6	0	0	0		0
23	Brett Clark‡	D	2	0	0	0	−3	0
9	Mark Hartigan†	C	2	0	0	0	−2	2
6	Francis Lessard†	RW	5	0	0	0	0	26
23	Derek MacKenzie	C	1	0	0	0	−1	2
34	Norm Maracle	G	1	0	0	0		0
31	Pasi Nurminen	G	9	0	0	0		0
1	Damian Rhodes	G	15	0	0	0		0
29	Kirill Safronov†	D	2	0	0	0	−3	2
40	Luke Sellars	D	1	0	0	0	0	2
45	Ben Simon	LW	6	0	0	0	1	6

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Goaltending

† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.

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No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
33	Milan Hnilicka	60	13	33	10	1956	179	3.19	.908	3	3367
35	Frederic Cassivi†	6	2	3	0	207	17	3.32	.918	0	307
31	Pasi Nurminen	9	2	5	0	275	28	3.61	.898	0	465
1	Damian Rhodes	15	2	10	1	439	47	3.67	.893	0	769
34	Norm Maracle	1	0	1	0	20	3	3.00	.850	0	60

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Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Calder Memorial Trophy	Dany Heatley	^[5]
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Dany Heatley (Forward)	^[6]
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Ilya Kovalchuk (Forward)	^[6]
League (in-season)	NHL Rookie of the Month	Dany Heatley & Ilya Kovalchuk (December)	^[7]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Ilya Kovalchuk (January)	^[8]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Dany Heatley	^[9]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Ilya Kovalchuk	^[9]
Team	Community Service Award	Jeff Odgers	^[10]
	Players' Player Award	Jeff Odgers	^[10]
	Team MVP	Dany Heatley	^[10]
	Team MVP	Ilya Kovalchuk	^[10]
	Three Stars of the Game Award	Dany Heatley	^[10]
	Three Stars of the Game Award	Milan Hnilicka	^[10]

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Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Dany Heatley	October 4, 2001	^[11]
	Ilya Kovalchuk
	Kamil Piros
	Daniel Tjarnqvist
	Ben Simon	November 10, 2001
	Mike Weaver	November 27, 2001
	Pasi Nurminen	January 30, 2002
	Frederic Cassivi	March 20, 2002
	Luke Sellars	March 23, 2002
	Francis Lessard	March 27, 2002
	Mark Hartigan	April 2, 2002
	Derek MacKenzie	April 12, 2002
400th goal scored	Ray Ferraro	December 28, 2001	^[12]

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Transactions

The Thrashers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Final, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Final.^[13]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24)	To Atlanta Thrashers 4th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2002	To New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 2002	^[13]
	To Atlanta Thrashers Lubos Bartecko	To St. Louis Blues 4th-round pick in 2001	^[14]
	To Atlanta Thrashers Jeff Dessner	To New York Rangers 8th-round pick in 2001	^[15]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	To Atlanta Thrashers Future considerations	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Denny Lambert	^[16]
December 18, 2001 (2001-12-18)	To Atlanta Thrashers Jeff Cowan Rights to Kurtis Foster	To Calgary Flames Petr Buzek Conditional draft pick in 2003^[b]	^[17]
January 22, 2002 (2002-01-22)	To Atlanta Thrashers Andy Sutton	To Minnesota Wild Hnat Domenichelli	^[18]
January 24, 2002 (2002-01-24)	To Atlanta Thrashers Frederic Cassivi	To Colorado Avalanche Brett Clark	^[19]
March 6, 2002 (2002-03-06)	To Atlanta Thrashers Joe DiPenta	To Philadelphia Flyers Jarrod Skalde	^[20]
March 16, 2002 (2002-03-16)	To Atlanta Thrashers Francis Lessard	To Philadelphia Flyers David Harlock 3rd-round pick in 2003 7th-round pick in 2003	^[21]
March 18, 2002 (2002-03-18)	To Atlanta Thrashers 4th-round pick in 2002	To St. Louis Blues Ray Ferraro	^[22]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	To Atlanta Thrashers 5th-round pick in 2002	To Buffalo Sabres Bob Corkum	^[23]
	To Atlanta Thrashers Kirill Safronov Rights to Ruslan Zainullin 4th-round pick in 2002	To Phoenix Coyotes Darcy Hordichuk 4th-round pick in 2002 5th round pick in 2002	^[23]^[24]
	To Atlanta Thrashers Yuri Butsayev 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Detroit Red Wings Jiri Slegr	^[23]

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Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Bob Corkum	New Jersey Devils	Free agency	^[25]
	Tony Hrkac	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Free agency	^[25]
	Todd Reirden	St. Louis Blues	Free agency	^[25]
September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)	Karl Stewart	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)	Free agency	^[26]
November 14, 2001 (2001-11-14)	Pascal Rheaume	Chicago Blackhawks	Waivers	^[27]
March 27, 2002 (2002-03-27)	Mark Hartigan	St. Cloud State University (WCHA)	Free agency	^[28]

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Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^[c]	Ref
June 19, 2001 (2001-06-19)	Yves Sarault	Nashville Predators	Waivers	^[30]
June 25, 2001 (2001-06-25)	Dean Sylvester		Retirement (UFA)	^[31]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Brian Wesenberg^[d]		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[29]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Andrei Skopintsev	HC Dynamo Moscow (RSL)	Free agency (VI)	^[33]
July 6, 2001 (2001-07-06)	Andrew Brunette	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (UFA)	^[34]
July 12, 2001 (2001-07-12)	Steve Staios	Edmonton Oilers	Free agency (UFA)	^[35]
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)	Rumun Ndur	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (VI)	^[36]
August 10, 2001 (2001-08-10)	Herbert Vasiljevs	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (VI)	^[37]
August 23, 2001 (2001-08-23)	Wes Mason	Augusta Lynx (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[38]
August 29, 2001 (2001-08-29)	Hugo Boisvert	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[39]
September 8, 2001 (2001-09-08)	Sean Ritchlin	Reading Royals (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[40]
October 10, 2001 (2001-10-10)	Ladislav Kohn	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (UFA)	^[41]
October 18, 2001 (2001-10-18)	Chris Joseph	HC TPS (Liiga)	Free agency (III)	^[42]
October 21, 2001 (2001-10-21)	Steve Guolla	New Jersey Devils	Free agency (UFA)	^[43]
January 29, 2002 (2002-01-29)	Gord Murphy	Boston Bruins	Free agency (III)	^[44]
March 15, 2002 (2002-03-15)	Shean Donovan	Pittsburgh Penguins	Waivers	^[45]

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Signings

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Date	Player	Contract type	Ref
June 19, 2001 (2001-06-19)	J. P. Vigier	Re-signing	^[30]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Hnat Domenichelli	Re-signing	^[46]
July 3, 2001 (2001-07-03)	Jeff Dessner	Entry-level	^[47]
July 3, 2001 (2001-07-03)	Libor Ustrnul	Entry-level	^[47]
July 12, 2001 (2001-07-12)	Norm Maracle	Re-signing	^[48]
July 12, 2001 (2001-07-12)	Pasi Nurminen	Entry-level	^[48]
July 17, 2001 (2001-07-17)	Frantisek Kaberle	Re-signing	^[49]
July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)	Brett Clark	Re-signing	^[50]
July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)	Per Svartvadet	Re-signing	^[50]
July 27, 2001 (2001-07-27)	Jiri Slegr	Re-signing	^[51]
July 30, 2001 (2001-07-30)	Bryan Adams	Re-signing	^[52]
	Lubos Bartecko	Re-signing	^[52]
	Daniel Tjarnqvist	Entry-level	^[52]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Shean Donovan	Re-signing	^[53]
August 14, 2001 (2001-08-14)	Ilya Kovalchuk	Entry-level	^[54]
August 27, 2001 (2001-08-27)	Simon Gamache	Entry-level	^[55]
December 19, 2001 (2001-12-19)	Kurtis Foster	Entry-level	^[56]
May 6, 2002 (2002-05-06)	Jeff Odgers	Extension	^[57]
May 23, 2002 (2002-05-23)	Frederic Cassivi	Extension	^[58]

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Draft picks

Atlanta's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[59]

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	1	Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
3	80	Michael Garnett	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4	100	Brian Sipotz	United States	Miami University (NCAA)
4	112	Milan Gajic	Canada	Burnaby Express (BCJHL)
5	135	Colin Stuart	United States	Colorado College (NCAA)
6	189	Pasi Nurminen	Finland	Jokerit (Finland)
7	199	Matt Suderman	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
7	201	Colin FitzRandolph	United States	Phillips Exeter Academy (NH)
9	262	Mario Cartelli	Czech Republic	Ocelari Trinec (Czech Republic)

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Notes

[a]
Piros wore number 25 in his first five games.
[b]
6th-round pick in 2004
[c]
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[29]
[d]
Wesenberg retired.^[32]

2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers season

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