Stop giving this guy energy drinks and helium before filming. 🤣

Why does this guy talk like he’s announcing cartoons on Nickelodeon

Why are you yelling at us? We hear you bro

Atlanta Spirit will go down as one of the worst ownership groups in NHL, and pro sports history.

THANK YOU for pointing out the real reasons. Nobody seems to acknowledge the fact that the Atlanta spirit sabotaged it. Going to my first NHL game since the last thrashers game in 2011 to see the stars vs avalanche game 4. I finally get to experience a playoff game

Kovalchuk was a beauty! Fast, strong and magic hands.

This is a painful watch. Nothing personal, but the host's fake radio voice killed this video.

AOL Time Warner merger also killed WCW wrestling

Ok. I don't want to be rude but buddy here has great energy as well as delivery. He needs to take his voice down an octave though. Something about it is just not working for me.

Hockey is bigger than I imagined in the Deep South. I moved to Alabama from California and was pleasantly surprised to find out the South has their own league; The Southern Professional Hockey League. Alabama has 2 teams, one being active since 2004.

Who knew SpongeBob knew so much about hockey?

Winnipeg loses Jets to Arizona, then gains it back, buying the Thrashers....now Arizona loses the Coyotes to Salt Lake City....

The fans actually liked it, the problem was.... There was no winning and The dysfunction was obvious.

“We have a billionaire owner! Everything is fine now” - Thrashers “We have a billionaire owner! Everything is fine now” - Coyotes

Hope the Thrashers return somehow. That logo was just awesome

I dig this style of doc-especially with the new set!

Now you have to do the Hartford Whalers. Best logo in American sports. Best theme song in American sports. Worst management in American sports. One year they drafted Sylvain Turgeon. The next two picks were Pat LaFontaine and Steve Yzerman.

Love these deep dives, keep doing these

Now vegas can buy a Stanley cup just by forming a franchise. Disgusting what the nhl has become

I think most Atlanta fans, to this day, still blame Gary Bettman. He lied to our faces.

Heatley’s accident was the beginning of the end for the Thrashers in Atlanta.

People who are complaining on how he talks never adjust the volume on their phone. Mute button works for a reason

It’s weird to see a grown man try to sound like an 11 year old.. just talk regular bro 😭

I have a feeling Atlanta will get a NHL team back in 2028

I don’t think the city of Atlanta is ever going to get a hockey team again considering the fact that they lost two NHL teams to Canadian cities.

The Thrashers name also fit in with the other bird teams (Falcons, Hawks) *and* was a nod to one of Atlanta's founders, John Thrasher (although it was never an official name, early Atlanta was sometimes called Thrasherville: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thrasher

When your nickname can be reduced to trashers, it's not a good look.

The Thrashers certainly had the pieces, but could never complete the puzzle. Hossa and Dupuis were able to jump straight into Pittsburgh and challenge for the Stanley Cup after the trade in 2008. Same when Kovalchuk went, New Jersey made the finals two years later. Still got my Thrashers jerseys, and wear them with pride.

11:00 Every instance, the Aol-Time Warner acquisition is discussed, a WCW fan sheads a tiny tear and then swears, NON-STOP for the next 45 minutes!!! I've seen it...and I've done it. Cheers to WCW,

Fun fact: Ovechkin lost his tooth playing in Atlanta.

TheScore has a set now 😮

very well done video! someone who knows the Truth about the fate of Thrashers! it was very unfortunate when Atlanta Spirit took over and literally sabotaged the team. Now with the ownership groups interested in bringing the NHL back to Atlanta in Northern Suburbs, it will thrive up there wayyyy more than it ever did in downtown! While ownership was the main reason why 2 Atlanta NHL teams failed, I also think a big factor on why the NHL didn't work in Atlanta was that downtown was NOT a good location for Hockey. Downtown Atlanta is great for Hawks and Falcons, since most of those fans live in that area but with the Braves and Thrashers fans, a great majority of them live in the northern suburbs of Atlanta. Hence, that is why they moved the Braves stadium from downtown to The Battery in Symrna, GA and the attendance improved significantly prior to their World Series Win. this is the exact same approach the these ATL ownership groups are trying to do to bring NHL back. Building a brand new arena the Georgia's Largest Hockey Hub and if the ownership can put a good product on the ice, it will 100% work in Atlanta and will never relocate again. Now could they relocate again, if granted a franchise? Yes, just like any other sports team can if mismanaged

One very important thing to note about the Atlanta Spirit fiasco- Steve Belkin, the owner pushed out by the Joe Johnson Hawks move wasn't simply one of the members in the ownership group- he was the main single investor and by himself individually represented one third of the initial investment (the original conglomerate consisted of three different regionalized sub-groups/factions- Belkin by himself as the Boston faction, a Washington DC based group led by Bruce Levenson and a local Atlanta group led by Michael Gearon along with Ted Turner's son-in-law). Again, Belkin was the original main money man so his being pushed out significantly hampered the group's ability to actually operate two franchises even if they had wanted to.

2:20 It was also one of the filming locations for a early 80's movie called, 'The Visitor', A movie with Lance Henrickson, John Huston, Shelly Winters, Franco Nero, the guy who played Jango, not to be Confussed with the poor homage, Jango Fett. Glenn Ford is in there and makes it just as far as he did in Superman. The Movie is about a Little girl, who is filled with the Devil and is the Daughter of the Owner of The Atlanta Basketball team. So there's some jabs at Wrastlin' Ted, in the movie. And this is the first 5 minutes or so!!! You must see this movie at least once!! You will be the Star of all parties, while you recount this insane Italian/American Spaghetti-Devil-War. It makes The first two Exorcist films look like Sesame street :)

Absolutely ELITE jerseys though. I really hope they come back as the Thrashers and have a modern take on those uniforms.

Great content

This is W content. Well done.

14:02 because Bruce Levenson told STH’s to “deal with it” when it came to raising ticket prices despite having a poor product

Bro hit a line before this video and was like yea tight tight that’s what I’m talkin about baby

god Atlanta late 90s early 2000s was brutal especially for turner WCW crumbling and being bought out Atlanta Thrashers failing

This video still doesn’t adequately acknowledge one of the biggest reasons the thrashers struggled with attendance: arena location. It’s in downtown Atlanta, where NO ONE with money lives. Atlanta is a commuter city with terrible public transit, so putting the stadium there was practically begging for them to struggle with attendance, especially on weeknights.

I would love to watch this whole video, but I can't take this blues clues sounding narrator anymore 😂

I used to love watching these guys. Kovalchuk and Hossa were a sight to behold. If they got here today they’d be a success, the city is primed and ready to burst.

The Thrashers got screwed over by the ownership from the get go. I worked on building the arena and lived a few blocks away from where Heatley's car crash happened before I moved to Little 5 Points a month later. There have been rumors since early this year Atlanta might get a 3rd try, but one of the interested groups wants to build a stadium 41 miles away from downtown Atlanta. WTF? Atlanta Thrashers were my away from home hockey team. I'm a NY Rangers fan who moved to Atlanta 2 years before their 1st season and oddly enough when I moved to Sweden in 2011 they also moved. Now in Gothenburg, Sweden I rout not only for my Rangers, but Frölunda HC formally known as the Frölunda Indians of the Swedish Hockey League. Their jersey use to look like the Blackhawks.

How, how is this guy talking for a living

I will say, probably the best part about that franchise was their jerseys. Those are one of the bests jerseys I’ve ever seen in sports. If they come back I hope they re-adopt those jerseys and logos and team name. So good, but not so much on the ice.

8:35 You did say'....considerable depth,' Right? I thought you left the P silent. That would have been troublesome.

yet people blame the fans

The funny part is that this video came out after the Yotes moved to Utah and Waddell is a quality GM in Carolina.

I have that Gretzky book. Good read

Flames, Thrashers. Two Canadian cities thank the inept people in Atlanta 😂

I'd rather have a third attempt in Atlanta, rather than yet another bottom of the league money losing small canadian market team.

If South Park narrated a hockey video.

7:09 Looking at that collection of unsupported teams, the only surprise seems to be the Islanders. The rest are not exactly in areas where the native barbarians know anything about hockey other than the fights.

It's surprising how close so many franchises have been to bankruptcy

This guy is incredibly annoying way to phoney

You mean hockey failed not once but twice in Atlanta hard to imagine

Dude. Its the Dan Snyder tragedy. Not Heatleys. Heatley is still alive

Also the fact that they essentially got kicked out of Phillips Arena didn't help things either

such nice jerseys

I’m sorry, but listening to this guy is a grating experience. Made it to 4:07 before tapping out.

I wonder in any North American city has a big four team leave twice from the same league.

Want to watch but can't finish because I stopped watching nickelodeon 30 years ago

Why do I have a feeling this was made just because the odds of Atlanta getting another NHL team are MUCH better than Canada getting another one?

6:18 Don’t forget Donald Audette..until he got traded

And then they drafted patrick Stefan

Why does this guy remind me of Charlie Day? Giving that type of energy for no reason lol

One could argue that Patrik Stefan is the Bill Buckner of hockey.

Sickest name and logo in all sports

Before bashing Thrashers attendance too much, keep in mind the Thrashers drew more fans than the Hawks in every season until they were sold to Atlanta Spirt. Telling.

Finally someone who gets it the fans weren’t the reason why they moved it was ownership that didn’t care

Atlanta was just an all-around shit show. I had season tix, and it's the only rink that always sounded like the Away's home rink.

Atlanta hockey fans will just have to be happy with the Gladiators.

Thank God they moved and became a playoff juggernaut.

Why does everybody seem to pretend that the Atlanta Knights never existed?

All this Patrick Stefan talk is giving me PTSD as a Stars fan

I hope the NHL tries one more time and puts another team in Atlanta. Since they keep relocating to Canadian cities, this would probably be the only way Quebec City will ever get a team again.

shoutout Colby Armstrong, he's the man

Just ask the wpg jets why, No Heart. please take them back

so AOL TIME WARNER destroyed WCW and the THRASHERS

Bring back a nhl team in Atlanta and call them the Firebirds!

Kovalchuk was disgusting find my comments on all his old highlights lol

Surely Atlanta Thrashers is bigger club than Montreal Canadiens.

Didn't help that the demographic that would've gone to games, attendance being a major part of team revenue, lived away from downtown Atlanta. Among other issues with the city, there is a reason the Braves left Atlanta too and the Falcons Arthur had to be bribed to keep the his team in that area. The 2008 recession was the final straw Notice where the potential third team would be located, in the suburbs an hour North of downtown Atlanta

Winnipeg Jets generated more revenue for the NHL than the Atlanta Thrashers - In 2010 the Atlanta Thrashers were valued at $135 million USD - Between 2005 to 2010 the Atlanta Thrashers lost $130 million ($26 million a year in losses) - In 2011 the Atlanta Thrashers (5,729,304 people in 2010) relocated to Winnipeg (730,018 people in 2011) they relocated to a city with 5 million less people... - In 2011 the team's value went from only 135 million in Atlanta to 164 million in Winnipeg - an increase of $29 million in one year - In 2012 the team's value went from 164 million to 200 million in Winnipeg - an increase of $36 million So Atlanta lost $52 million between 2008 to 2010 - Winnipeg gained $65 million for the NHL So Atlanta had 5,729,304 people - but generated less money than a city with 730,000 people who are PAYING in Canadian currency 🤣that is SO PATHETIC - Between 2011 and 2020 the Winnipeg Jets set the NHL record for the most consecutive sellouts in history - Jets soldout 41 games a year for 10 straight years (from 2011 to 2020 until covid 19 hit)...that is a record that Atlanta could NEVER accomplish. Imagine being a billionaire and not understanding how economics work. It turns out 6 million people in Atlanta NOT GOING to hockey games is still ZERO. Atlanta (population of 5.7 million) was loosing $26 million a year Winnipeg (population of 700 thousand) was generating $32 million a year Atlanta Thrashers had no fans, had terrible attendances, had terrible valuations and bled money. The EXACT SAME TEAM - SAME ROSTER - DIFFERENT JERSEYS - moved to Winnipeg (a population of 730,000 people) and suddenly the fans started showing up to games - no excuses like in Atlanta and it was the SAME ROSTER - suddenly like magic the team started generating revenue for the NHL Fun Fact: - Quebec City 839,311 (2020) is larger than Winnipeg 834,678 (2020) So if Winnipeg generated WAY more money than Atlanta; it would be reasonable to assume Quebec City which is larger than Winnipeg would ALSO DO BETTER THAN ATLANTA

sens better use this vid as a reminder what can happen if they keep being ass

The mismanagement of the team, rosters, and draft picks were also a huge downfall for them.

Atlanta spirit

Is that Gary V?

wow this guy's delivery is unwatchable. unfortunate too since it's the type of content I'd like to watch all day

You're high if you don't think the NHL can't work in Atlanta. The attendance was never the problem. The OWNERSHIP was. Both times. Listen kids. Atlanta has a pop. of @ 6 mil people. The NHL WORKS in TAMPA AND NASHVILLE. You REALLY think it can't in Atlanta!? Get off the crack.

My god, this guy’s voice

Guy talking so loud, and his tone during the heatly crash explanation was super weird. Should have at least toned it down a little when talking about something so serious.

7:06 The topic is interesting, but i couldn't make it any further. I feel terrible saying, but also respectfully, It's too uncomfortable and irritating to listen to.

NOTHING sums up NHL incompetence in regards to growing the fanbase like trading in a big rich market like Atlanta for a small poor market like Winnipeg.

The Sens are going to fold for sure because they can’t afford good coaches. Win loss record is going to be munch worse in 2024-25. There is only going to be 10-15 wins and 72 losses. Road and home record will drop substantially.

Yeah he from Saskachatoon, eh?

My favorite bird is the large breasted mattress thrasher

Failure owners, failure management and failure fans

Atlanta teams fail and then move to canada