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Avery Officially on Waivers
by Paul on 02/07/09 at 12:30 PM ET
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from Mike Heika of the Dallas Stars Blog,
The NHL does not make a big deal about this stuff, so he sort of snuck on there this morning.
That means the suspended winger has completed his anger management therapy and is cleared to resume his NHL season. The Stars own his rights, so he has to go back on their roster, where he will take up a roster spot and salary cap space.
However, Avery has already been placed on waivers by the Stars and will clear at 11 a.m. on Monday.
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Memories of Dallas Drake are romanticized a little too much, IMO.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 02/07/09 at 01:52 PM ET
Memories of Dallas Drake are romanticized a little too much, IMO.
I would agree that he wasn’t a top performer during the regular season, HD, but I thought he was fantastic during the playoffs. He hit everything in sight and provided energy every time he was on the ice. Right now, I don’t see anyone on the team that can provide that during the playoffs. But maybe Kopecky will surprise us all and elevate his physical game once the playoffs start.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 02/07/09 at 02:03 PM ET
Right now, I don’t see anyone on the team that can provide that during the playoffs.
Filppula, Cleary, Samuelsson, Maltby, Draper, Kopecky, Helm (if he comes up), Abdelkader (ditto).
Like you said, Drake didn’t do much during the regular season. The role of ‘skate around and hit stuff’ isn’t exactly one with a high bar to entry. Detroit’s got a ton of guys who can do all that Drake did, and way more.
The question now is the same question as last year: will anyone actually do it?
Posted by HockeyinHD on 02/07/09 at 05:16 PM ET
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If there’s room in the league for Todd Bertuzzi and cheap-shot artists like Chrissy Pronger and Dion P-enough, then there should be a place for the petulant Sean Avery. Heck, if he really has learned to control his anger (and his mouth), I’d love to see him in the Winged Wheel banging opposing players around in this year’s playoffs. It ain’t gonna happen (for a boatload of reasons), but Sean’s energy would sure make up for the loss of Dallas Drake from last year’s squad.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 02/07/09 at 01:42 PM ET