The Atlanta Thrashers' sale and move to Winnipeg is not yet official, but Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed talked on Tuesday as if losing the team is inevitable. "I think anytime we lose a major sports franchise, it is tough," Reed said. "It is going to hurt the city but we will withstand it just fine and we will get through it. We have a lot of positive things going on in the sports franchise space that I think we'll be announcing pretty soon that will offset it a bit." An announcement about a Thrashers' sale and move to Winnipeg will have to wait. "No agreement has been reached," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday night. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6584810
