| Power Rankings |
| Date | Ranking | Previous |
| 11/17/2008 | 23 | 27 |
| So much for the sophomore slump. Bryan Little has scored as many points in his first 16 games as he did in 48 last season. |
| 11/10/2008 | 27 | 27 |
| The Thrashers are getting some balanced scoring from the top end of the lineup and with four wins in a row, handling the absence of Kari Lehtonen nicely. |
| 11/09/2008 | 27 | 27 |
| The Thrashers are getting balanced scoring from the top end of the lineup and with four wins in a row, handling the absence of Kari Lehtonen nicely. |
| 11/10/2008 | 27 | 27 |
| An ugly six-game losing streak ended against the Panthers, but the Thrashers need more from Ilya Kovalchuk, who should be their leading scorer and isn't. |
| 10/27/2008 | 27 | 25 |
| Still winless on the road and getting beaten up badly everywhere in second periods when the Thrashers have been outscored 12-4. |
| 10/20/2008 | 25 | 25 |
| Hard to win without a good power play and Atlanta has squandered its past 21 chances with the man advantage. |
| 10/13/2008 | 25 | 29 |
| The Thrashers look much improved along the blue line at both ends of the ice. Their defensemen have been involved in the scoring play on eight of Atlanta's nine goals so far. |
| 10/03/2008 | 29 | - |
| With last week's addition of Mathieu Schneider to a defensive corps that has Tobias Enstrom and newcomer Ron Hainsey, the blue line might not be as bad as some think. But there's nothing up front aside from Ilya Kovalchuk. |
| 04/07/2008 | 29 | 30 |
| If things weren't bad enough for the Thrashers, the season ended with superstar Ilya Kovalchuk hinting loudly that he's getting tired of being in Atlanta. |
| 03/31/2008 | 30 | 30 |
| With nothing to lose, vets like Bobby Holik and Niclas Havelid have each taken to describing the Thrashers in simple terms: "We're a bad team." |
