Editing Atlanta Thrashers (section)

{{Short description|Former National Hockey League team (1999–2011)}}
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{{Infobox NHL team
| team_name = Atlanta Thrashers
| bg_color = background:#FFFFFF !important; border-top:#041E42 5px solid !important; border-bottom:#FFA300 5px solid !important;
| text_color = #000000
| logo_image = Atlanta Thrashers.svg
| logo_size = 500px
| conference = Eastern
| division = [[Southeast Division (NHL)|Southeast]]
| founded = 1999
| history = '''Atlanta Thrashers'''<br />[[1999–2000 NHL season|1999]]–[[2010–11 NHL season|2011]]<br />'''[[Winnipeg Jets]]'''<br />[[2011–12 NHL season|2011]]–present
| city = [[Atlanta]], Georgia
| arena = '''[[State Farm Arena|Philips Arena]]'''
| uniform_image = ECS-Uniform-ATL.PNG
| team_colors = Atlanta midnight blue, Thrasher ice blue, Georgia bronze, Capitol copper, Peachtree gold, white<br />{{color box|#041E42}} {{color box|#5C88DA}} {{color box|#862633}} {{color box|#B86125}} {{color box|#FFA300}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| stanley_cups = '''0'''
| conf_titles = '''0'''
| presidents'_trophies = '''0'''
| division_titles = '''1''' ([[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]])
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20101216013905/http://www.nhl.com/thrashers/ www.nhl.com/thrashers] (2010 archive)
}}
The '''Atlanta Thrashers''' were a professional [[ice hockey]] team based in [[Atlanta]]. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) on June 25, 1997, and became the League's 28th franchise when it began play in the [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000 season]]. They were members of the [[Southeast Division (NHL)|Southeast Division]] of the NHL's [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|Eastern Conference]], and played their home games at what is now known as [[Philips Arena|State Farm Arena]] in [[downtown Atlanta]]. Despite several high-level draft picks and some high-profile player acquisitions, including two first-overall selections, the Thrashers were futile for the majority of their existence. They qualified for the [[Stanley Cup playoffs]] only once, after winning the Southeast Division in the [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07 season]], but were swept in the [[2007 Stanley Cup playoffs|first round]] by the [[New York Rangers]].

In May 2011, the Thrashers were sold to [[Canada|Canadian]]-based ownership group [[True North Sports & Entertainment]]. The group moved the franchise to [[Winnipeg]], which became the second incarnation of the [[Winnipeg Jets]] (the first incarnation of the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996)|Winnipeg Jets]] relocated to [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] in 1996 to become the [[Arizona Coyotes|Coyotes]]). The sale and relocation were approved by the NHL on June 21, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=566567&navid=mod-rr-headlines|title=NHL Board unanimous on Winnipeg sale, relocation|publisher=National Hockey League|date=June 21, 2011|access-date=June 21, 2011}}</ref> With the sale and relocation of the team, Atlanta became the first city in the NHL's modern era to have two ice hockey teams [[relocation of professional sports teams|relocate]] to different cities. In both cases, the team moved from Atlanta to a Western Canadian city; the city's previous NHL team, the [[Atlanta Flames]], moved to [[Calgary]] in 1980 to become the [[Calgary Flames]].