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Atlanta Thrashers on X: "Thrashers have claimed F Ilya Kovalchuk from waivers https://t.co/7QZscCrvQ6" / X
![Atlanta Thrashers left winger Ilya Kovalchuk, of Russia, warms up before facing the Colorado Avalanche in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. (AP Atlanta Thrashers left winger Ilya Kovalchuk, of Russia, warms up before facing the Colorado Avalanche in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. (AP](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2NF6YAN/atlanta-thrashers-left-winger-ilya-kovalchuk-of-russia-warms-up-before-facing-the-colorado-avalanche-in-the-first-period-of-an-nhl-hockey-game-in-denver-on-tuesday-march-10-2009-ap-photodavid-zalubowski-2NF6YAN.jpg)
Atlanta Thrashers left winger Ilya Kovalchuk, of Russia, warms up before facing the Colorado Avalanche in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. (AP
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