There have been many changes to the sports scene in Atlanta since the end of the NHL regular season. However, for the area's disappointed hockey fans, none of those changes involve the Thrashers.

The Hawks made the NBA playoffs and extended the top-seeded Boston Celtics to seven games. The Falcons drafted Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan as part of what team owner Arthur Blank called the start of a "new book, not a new chapter." Blank's honesty and dedication to improving his team was a refreshing change for the city's sports fans.

The same can't be said for the Thrashers' ownership group, which has hardly conveyed any sort of definitive plan for the hockey team's future. ...More