Editing Atlanta Thrashers (section)

===2010–11: The final season in Atlanta===
On April 14, 2010, three days after the finish of the [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10 season]] and after two unsuccessful attempts at making the playoffs, the contracts of head coach John Anderson and his coaching staff were not renewed. General manager Don Waddell was promoted to president of hockey operations, while former assistant general manager [[Rick Dudley]] took Waddell's place as general manager. This was the only general manager change in Thrashers history.

Dudley made his first trade on June 23, 2010, involving nine players and draft picks, with the [[Chicago Blackhawks]]. The Thrashers received [[Dustin Byfuglien]], [[Ben Eager]], [[Brent Sopel]] and [[Akim Aliu]] in exchange for [[Marty Reasoner]], [[Joey Crabb]], [[Jeremy Morin]], the Devils' first-round pick ([[Kevin Hayes (ice hockey)|24th overall]]) in 2010 and the Devils' second-round pick (54th overall) in 2010. Later, the Thrashers also traded for Blackhawk [[Andrew Ladd]] while sending prospect [[Ivan Vishnevskiy (ice hockey)|Ivan Vishnevskiy]] and a [[Adam Clendening|draft pick]] to Chicago. The Blackhawks, the [[2010 Stanley Cup Finals|2010 Stanley Cup champions]], found it necessary to trade players for prospects and picks as they were in difficulty with the [[salary cap]].

The next day, the team named [[Craig Ramsay]] as the team's new head coach. Ramsay, who had been an assistant coach for the Boston Bruins for the previous three seasons, was a former NHL player who had been a teammate of Rick Dudley's on the [[Buffalo Sabres]]. In the following weeks, the Thrashers hired an associate coach, [[John Torchetti]], and an [[assistant coach]], [[Mike Stothers]]. The team also hired [[Clint Malarchuk]] as a goaltending consultant.

The Thrashers' last win came against the New York Rangers, 3–0 at [[Madison Square Garden]] on April 7, 2011. On April 10, 2011, the Thrashers played their last game in Atlanta against the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]. [[Tim Stapleton]] scored the last goal in Thrashers history in a 5–2 loss to Pittsburgh. The final NHL goal scored in Philips Arena was tallied by the Penguins' [[Mike Comrie]], an empty net goal and his first of the season.