In today’s #short we’ll take a look back to 2011, when the Thrashers final win came on April 7, where they beat the New York Rangers 4-0 at Madison Square Garden. Three days later, just over 16,000 fans came to see the Thrashers final home game, when they were defeated by the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2. On June 21, 2011 the team made the official move to Winnipeg, and planned to play at the MTS Centre (now known as the Canada Life Centre). With the city now having two NHL teams come and go, the potential future of the NHL returning to Atlanta at this point is pretty bleak. The Thrashers legacy does live on a few ways though, as of the 2020-2021 season there are just four active former Thrashers still playing, Zach Bogosian (BAH-GO-SHUN), Braydon Coburn, Evander Kane, and Blake Wheeler. Also, up until recently the banner for the one and only division title that the Trashers won was still hanging at their old home, Philips Arena (now known today as State Farm Arena). But it appears when State Farm took over the naming rights to the arena they may have moved the banner elsewhere, but I could be wrong on that so as always feel free to correct me in the comments.
WHY ATLANTA PROBABLY WILL NEVER GET ANOTHER NHL TEAM
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Guess again, there's a new arena proposal with the idea and help from the Atlanta Gladiators' CEO to build a new, $2 billion arena district called "The Gathering at South Forsyth"
Baltimore lost two versions of the NFL Colts and Washington lost 2 baseball teams before the Expos moved to DC, so there’s always some hope