Goal Line Report
Giving Some Love to Sean Avery
by Patrick Hoffman on 01/07/10 at 01:06 PM ET
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From friend of the blog Scotty over at Scotty Hockey:
In an interesting turn of events, Sean Avery ended up with sloppy seconds for once and, pardon the lewd metaphor, he nailed them proper. Unlike half of the NHL falling in love with his exes, Sean Avery took a Dallas team that was broken in by the New Jersey Devils and put them over a barrel. Nicklas Grossman roughed Avery up in the opening minutes of the match and unleashed the beast as Avery went on to take Dallas for all they were worth - one goal, three assists and one victory.
He slapped them around and sent them home with their third straight loss.
And the best part of it? The Stars paid him to do it. Seeing as they are on the hook for half his salary after buying him out last year, the same Dallas team that openly loathed him when he was signed by their side - Marty Turco, Mike Modano, Brendan Morrow especially - were whipped like the gimp in Pulp Fiction. This was a performance by the Sean Avery of old, the one prior to the Tortorella playoff castration last season. It was a work of art from Mr. Avery, who was still hit by the officiating for 12 minutes in penalties (one an undeserved misconduct, the other a deserved cross check). Hopefully Grossman’s aggression not only unleashed his team’s demise, but that of the remainder of the Ranger opponents. With Sean Avery playing as he did and with Marian Gaborik and Henrik Lundqvist playing as they always do, this Blueshirt squad is that much more difficult to beat, despite all of it’s flaws.
Click here for more from our good pal Scotty. It was certainly great to see Avery have this kind of performance but like Avery said in the post-game scrum with Stan Fischler, he needs to do it on a consistent basis.
Let’s see if he can play the same against the Atlanta Thrashers tonight!
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