Great post by Custance interviewing Levenson: http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/The_Grinder/entry/view/52076/thrashers_owner_no_frustration_yet_over_lack_of_kovalchuk_deal

Very satisfying to hear Levenson admit they made "rookie mistakes."  It's hard for a leader in his position to admit he's been wrong and helps everyone heal from those mistakes.

“The patience we showed on the basketball side, we didn’t have on the hockey side. You can call it impatience or you can call it trying to seize an opportunity with the All-Star game coming. We made some mistakes,” he said. “We’ve learned from those mistakes and think we have an interesting core of young players.”

Let's just not make another mistake by overpaying Kovy long term.

Will the Thrashers and Kovalchuk get a deal done before the March 3 trade deadline? 

“No idea. I have no idea,” Levenson said. “We have put offers on the table that make sense for our team going forward and that we think are fair with the reality that Kovy is one of the great, great players in the game.”

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/The_Grinder/entry/view/52076/thrashers_owner_no_frustration_yet_over_lack_of_kovalchuk_deal