5 Reasons the New York Rangers Plucked Sean Avery Off Waivers

Today is the official return of Sean Avery to the New York Hockey Rangers. Tex’s Rangers went out, and found themselves a Texas sized exile to fill a hole, that may or may not exist. Since the change of scenery on the bench, the Rangers have been playing a much more energetic game, but with Avery added to the mix, any number of chemical reactions can take place. To understand this move, I decided to break it down from Glen “the Gm” Sather’s perspective, to bring you….

5 Reasons Why He’s back

1.) Glen Sather needs someone to redesign the Rangers’ Alternate jerseys, and with the economy the way it is, Sather had to take the buy one forward half off, get a designer free, deal.

2.) Glen Sather’s OCD requires that a player with a last name beginning with “A,” be on the roster at all times. He tried to wait on Anisimov, but for now this will have to do.

3.) Avery has all of the Dallas Stars’ secrets, and now the Rangers will be able to… Ice old players, and not make the Playoffs?

4.) James Dolan is trying to get Glen Sather suspended for slipping up, and calling Avery, Dallas’ sloppy seconds.

5.) No one else wants him.

Avery Coming Home to the Garden?

Larry Brooks wrote an article for the NY Post today discussing the Rangers/Dallas having meetings regarding Avery. Read that Here. As far as I’m concerned, Sean Avery is a welcome addition to this bland forward corps that the Rangers have been icing. This team has no identity, and Tom Renney is a big reason why, but Sean Avery could lead another outburst of great play like he did his first year and a half playing for the Rangers. Only time will tell if Brooks’ article is anything more than just a rumor to sell papers, but I desperately cling to the hope that Sean Avery will return to the Blue Shirts.

Sean Avery can be seen in EA Sports’ new NHL 3-on-3, which has already been released on PSN, and is coming to Xbox Live on Feb 11th.

NHL Serving Up the Most Broken League Since 1993

In the last week the NHL has found two players guilty of multiple game suspensions. These players committed two of the more heinous infractions this side of the Chris Simon incidents. The first came on Tuesday night, when Ottawa’s Jarkko Ruutu bit Buffalo Sabres’ Andrew Peters’ hand. The NHL saw fit to suspend Ruutu two games without pay. The next infraction came on Thursday when Mikhail Grabvoski of the Maple Leafs shoved an NHL referee during a skirmish with Montreal. This commanded a suspension of three games. Now without any perspective, these suspensions seem reasonable, but now take into account that Sean Avery was suspended for the mystical “indefinitely,” when he uttered the term “Sloppy seconds.” This means the NHL had to actually suspend Avery, and then take their sweet time deciding how to punish him, they landed on six games.

Sean Avery’s incident, if that’s what you wish to call it, happened in an NHL locker room, and was merely a snide comment at worst. Ruutu and Grabvorski basically took a page out of professional wrestling, on the ice, and were suspended for half the time, or less. The NHL rules with an inconsistent hand in these matters it would seem, and things don’t seem to be getting any better. What kind of a message does this send to NHL players? Don’t do interviews because you may get suspended forever, but feel free to goon it up out there boys! If this isn’t proof that the NHL is trying to become a joke, here’s more.

The NHL All Star game will have four teams represented in the starting lineups. There are thirty teams in the NHL (too many as is), and now only 2/15 of the NHL fan base will have any interest in the first period of the All-Star game. Whoever came up with the idea of voting entire teams into the game with merely one text should be fired. It’s an outrageous idea, and now one of the most disappointing teams in this year’s NHL (Penguins), will be hogging the spotlight in the NHL’s least inclusive game. Who runs the shop over there at NHL Headquarters? Are his initials G.B? Perhaps it’s time for a change before this league becomes any more of a laughing stock in this country. The only thing the NHL can boast about this year is that they have defibrillators on scene at every game… That’s it.

Grabvorski suspension

Ruutu Suspended

All-Star Rosters

Avery calls out NHL brotherhood for skeezing, Plaxico gets a doctor suspended, and Pierce likely to play

Sean Avery suspended for calling it like it is: I know people say the NFL is the “No Fun League,” and that it’s becoming a softer sport due to hits being policed heavily, but the NHL is ten times less fun and bad ass as the NFL. I cannot believe that the NHL finds the term “sloppy seconds,” ban-worthy, and that the Dallas Stars support the ban. I know we’re talking about the biggest mouth in ice hockey (history?), and most likely the least liked player in the league, but to suspend him indefinitely for being detrimental to the game of hockey, while Gary Bettman still gets to keep his job, is a joke. F you NHL, and everyone who supports this outrageous decision.

Doctor who treated Plaxico’s gun wound has been suspended: Can’t find a link, but I saw it on ESPN’s bottom line this afternoon. Apparently the doctor tried to the help Plax keep the wound under wraps, and is now getting suspended (like Sean Avery). With Pierce and Bradshaw possibly being caught up in the suspensions, and Plaxico already kicked off the team for the year, this mess is aiming to ruin the Giants’ repeat.

Antonio Pierce to captain the D on sunday: Antonio Pierce will not be suspended before Sunday, if at all, and that’s good news for Big Blue. For the sake of everyone involved, I hope the last suspensions have already been given out…

Suspension Week continues…

A(very) Quiet Game

Rangers 1, Stars 2: Sean Avery’s return to the Garden was a bust. The game was boring, the Rangers played bad, Avery was a non-factor, and Marty Turco pretended to know how to play goal again. It really made me sick seeing Avery talking pre-game smack to The King and his former linemate Brandon Dubinsky, I guess he was just trying to make up for the way Dubi’s line was going to shut down Avery’s (which they did). Markus Naslund got a power play goal early, but the rest of the game the Rangers drug their skates around the ice hoping to squeeze a point out of this stinker.  If Sean Avery falls in the woods does anybody hear him, and if they hear him, do they just ignore his cries for help?

What Would Jeter Do: Joba gets a DUI, gives a half-hearted apology, and now has to spend his holidays worrying about, and attending court. I can’t imagine the kind of shit Joba is going to be hearing from his Dad and Jete, but I sure hope he pulls it together, and stays away from this kind of garbage. The Yankees don’t need another Boomer Wells (who we all loved in his tenure).