Updated 12/03/08

As recently as October after Avery’s altercation with MSG’s John Giannone I was willing to rip Avery a new one. I also said I would never want him back on the Rangers. I still stand by those sentiments. I wrote my rant of yesterday not to defend the behavior of Sean Avery but to hold a mirror up to the duplicitousness of the NHL. I also said if Avery were a defenseman, I would want to trade Redden for him. That was a little hyperbole. It was more of a reflection on the poor play of Redden, not a real desire to have Avery back. Without Shanahan to keep Avery in check, Avery would be a problem.

I just want to be clear on these points.

 

Talk about your tempests in teapots, the National Hypocrites League is suspending Sean Avery in a war over words.

Apparently, Avery made a somewhat disparaging remark about his ex-girlfriends being “sloppy seconds” (the slang term for when a man has intercourse with another person who already has received another man’s semen in the relevant  orifice) for other players in the league.

This remark was made in advent of the Dallas/Flames game tonight, so the assumption was that he was speaking about Dion Phaneuf and Elisha Cuthbert. Cuthbert was allegedly also involved with Mike Komisarek of the Canadiens. Another ex-girlfriend of Avery, Rachel Hunter is engaged to Jarrett Stoll of the LA Kings. Sean was just calling it as he sees it. Sloppy seconds? If the shoe fits….

While his terminology was indelicate to say the least, this joke of a league has once again made up a new rule to stymie the irrepressable pest/free spirit that is Sean Avery. Avery has been suspended and will not be allowed to play in tonight’s game. To add insult to injury, the gutless owner of the Stars is backing the league. 

This is the same league that has let a criminal like Todd Bertuzzi play again after he criminally assaulted and ended the career of Steve Moore. This is the same league that will not recind the instigator rule. The goons of the league can get away with all the cheap crap they pull because they haven’t got talent. They are playing because the talent pool has been diluted with over expansion.This is the same league that made up the “Avery Rule” last playoffs to assuaged the whining of Marty “CryBaby” Brodeur.

Why wasn’t Brodeur suspended when his personal life was bringing bad publicity to the league. (Least we forget, Marty was carrying on an illicit affair with his sister in law, while his then wife taunted him that she was “doing’ players on opposing teams to get back at Marty). I’d say that was pretty unseemly behavior. Uncle Daddy got a pass. Guess there’s only a morals clause with respect to what a player says, not what one does. 

John Torterella on TSN during the intermission of the Montreal game tonight said something to the effect, and I paraphrase: It’s a tough call as to whether I’d want him on my team. He’s a good player, but I’d ask him, “Do you want to play, or make a fool of yourself.

Is this guy kidding me? He publicly called out his best player in the press (LeCavalier) and made disparaging remarks about him. I recall that Mr Tortorella used to slam and throw things behind the bench. Kind of the pot calling the kettle black, eh. 

Gary Bettman and his whole hierarchy disgust me.  Brett Hull and the owners of the Stars should have known exactly what they were getting in Sean Avery. Now these pussies aren’t backing up their player. We all know Sean Avery isn’t a saint but he is being made a scapegoat here by a league lead by a disingenuous pair of hypocrites like Gary Bettman and Bill Daly. They make me sick. They are ruining this league and the sport. They should go, not Avery.

PS. If Avery were a defenseman, I’d trade Redden to Dallas for Avery in a heartbeat and eat the difference in the contract.

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