--- author: Eric Wagoner date: '2000-12-15T01:05:26' draft: false title: The Atlanta Thrashers host the --- [The Atlanta Thrashers host the St. Louis Blues tonight](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/matchups/blues-thrashers.html), and I'll be there. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to get tickets, so a few people's Christmas presents might be late this year (once a month paydays mean budgets get juggled sometimes).