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The Atlanta Thrashers held their camp from July 8 – July 13, 2010.  Participants:

Forwards:
John Albert

Akim Aliu

Jimmy Bubnick
Alexander Burmistrov (previous gallery)
Patrice Cormier

Mike Forney

Ryan Garbutt
Carl Klingberg

Levko Koper
Nicklas Lasu (previous gallery)

Daultan Leveille
Jesse Martin

Danick Paquette
Jordan Samuels
Vinny Saponari (previous gallery)

Ivan Telegin

Defensemen:
Ben Chiarot
Kendall McFaull
Julian Melchiori
Will O’Neill (previous galleries:  one     two)

Sebastien Owuya
Jody Pederson

Paul Postma
Zach Redmond
Cody Sol
Karl Stollery

Goaltenders:
Chris Carrozzi
Alex Kangas

Ed Pasquale

Alexander Burmistrov taken eighth overall by Atlanta Thrashers:

It’s been a while since I did a birthday inspired post and I thought it had been a while since I did one on a Swede, but that was just my continued being bummed they weren’t in Lake Placid this year (no offense Russia).  So Happy 20th Birthday to Nicklas Lasu :-).

Came across this article on the Atlanta Thrashers site about Zach Bogosian.    A little piece:  “…How has this summer differed from what you went through last year after being drafted?  I’m not running around as much. The guys that went through the draft this year know what it’s like. With the Team USA camp and media appearances and everything,  it was pretty draining. That camp was two weeks towards the end of the summer so put with everything else it took a lot of of you. I went from the OHL playoffs to the NHL Combine to the draft. Then there was the Thrashers development camp and world junior camp, and then I came to camp early for rookie camp, main camp, Traverse City, preseason- it never stopped. …”

Some images from the world junior camp:
 

Assumed I’d get to shoot him again in Ottawa at the tournament, but he made the Atlanta Thrashers instead.  Still managed to play for Team USA last year as he was named to the World Championship team.

The Thrashers have an official blog and it has several entries on/by Bogosian:

• 6/12/09 – on playing for Team USA
• 02/16/09 – Armenian heritage
• 12/9/08 – first blog on injury
• 12/15/08 – while out w/ broken leg
• 1/1/09 - Christmas
• 1/14/09 – time w/ Chicago Wolves
• 4/6/09 – still a teenager
• 4/15/09 – recap of first pro season

2009 first round pick Evander Kane led the Thrashers in goal-scoring during camp.

Other participants included second round pick Jeremy Morin

and invitee Josh Unice who will help lead the Windsor Spitfires in their Memorial Cup defense this year.