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So much has changed for the Winnipeg Jets since the 2009 NHL Draft: general managers, names, cities (countries, for that matter), organizational philosophies, and expectations.
The draft was the franchise’s penultimate draft as the Atlanta Thrashers, and the franchise was already in danger of moving out of Georgia, though the news would not be official until 2011.
Certainties abounded when it came to Atlanta and the NHL draft. In all but three seasons, they picked in the top 10, and they nearly always hit with their top pick, even if that pick did not flourish as a Thrasher/Jet. Of the eleven first round picks the Thrashers made, only two have played less than 100 games in the NHL, and the franchise brought top picks like Dany Heatley, Ilya Kovalchuk, Kari Lehtonen and Brayden Coburn into the league.… read more
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