Max to get shot in Atlanta

September 17, 2009 - 12:35 PM

Maxim Afinogenov with Ilya Kovalchuk? Could happen.The Atlanta Thrashers have brought in Afinogenov for a tryout so he can dipsy-doodle his way around Philips Arena and make nothing happen. Update: Just remembered Randy Cunneyworth is on the Atlanta staff. He was in the Buffalo organization as the coach at Rochester for nine years so he would know Afinogenov from training camps and such.

The Wild and Penguins are among those also believed to have kicked the can on Max.

---Mike Harrington

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