KEEP THE PUCK THERE!
While one can argue that the latest Sean Avery incident is not his worst, Colin Campbell gave him a clear warning after the Darcy Tucker fireworks last year not to show up for disciplinary action again.
Avery’s long laundry list of incidents include: Comments about Jason Blake’s cancer, calling George Laraque a Monkey, the aforementioned pregame scrum with Tucker, and antics versus the Devils last year forcing the NHL to create a new rule.
The question that remains is what the stars are going to do with him. It is known that professional players like Madano and Morrow hate him. At least when he was on the Rangers he was very productive on the ice. No one can argue the difference he made in the Rangers’ lineup last year and especially versus Brodeur. Even though I suspect players last year were getting sick of Avery’s baggage they were at least winning because of him. But now the Stars are sputtering and Avery has only 10 points (3-7). So if the players hate him and he’s not helping on the ice why keep him around?
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I thought this was written by u yaros and i got exited that u wrote a hockey comment then i realized who it was written by. Good piece.
ReplyDeleteWhat they might do is buy him out at 80% and spread the cap hit over twice the remaining length of the contract. No one will take him, he is a good player though and does bring intangibles as a 3rd lineer