Gallery: Atlanta Thrashers

Now, just because you won't see pictures of Thrashers stars Ilya Kovalchuk or Kari Lehtonen, it doesn't mean we didn't cross paths yesterday before Atlanta's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Your patience, as always, is appreciated. I won't make you wait too long.

Until then, I hope these suffice:

Though he stopped to sign, it doesn't look like Slava Kozlov is having much fun, does he? It was odd, too, that Kovalchuk, his usual walking buddy, wasn't with Kozlov when he left the hotel.

Want to know how to recognize Garnet Exelby? Look for the guy wearing a fedora. He's worn one every time I've seen him. That's Boris Valabik, just over Exelby's shoulder.

Eric Perrin, a fan favorite and member of the Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup championship team, signed for this hound, but wanted to know why he had only blank pieces of photo paper.

From what I've heard, images can be printed over the signatures, often in better spots than some players place them on a photo.