1. There are such discounts, but since I am not a student, I know nothing about them.

2. Yes, but you mean “re-sign” and not “resign” (not the same thing).

3. Neither. He’ll be a very good player in the future, but if he manages to score 20+ goals this season, I’ll be amazed. The jump between juniors and the NHL is huge. Ask Bryan Little.

4. 70% chance no, 30% chance yes. While I think that every now and then he may have a healthy season, I no longer believe he will ever have 2 healthy seasons back to back and he’ll be hurt a significant portion of his time in the league.

5. I guess Bogosian in that the rest of the league will finally figure out exactly how great he is. His late season play didn’t get noticed much outside of Atlanta and caused him to fly under the radar. I’m not expecting anyone else on the roster to do anything far above what they’ve done before, so I don’t see Peverley scoring 30 goals or anything like that.

The official message boards at http://www.atlantathrashers.com might be of interest to you. Do note that there’s an awful lot kool aid drinking going on there. And a lot of people get angry if you dare say anything negative (they don’t like the truth). The Rangers are probably the most hated NHL team by a majority of Thrashers fans. Personally I have no problems with the Rangers other than disliking Sean Avery a lot, but I seem to be in the minority on that. Buffalo Sabres fans are the worst I’ve ever dealt with by far. Some jerk fans of the Rangers do come to the games, but I think that most fans are OK and Buffalo has a lot more ill-manned fans that come.