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How To Handle Avery
by Paul on 04/15/09 at 02:15 PM ET
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from Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post,
The Capitals are expecting some antics from Avery, prepared for it, actually. “Wouldn’t you do what you do best?” asked Coach Bruce Boudreau. Avery’s role in the first-round series between the Capitals and the New York Rangers will be to agitate Ovechkin if he can, and in general to be “a really good thorn in our side,” Boudreau predicts. They’re braced for his irritating act, the swaggering belligerence clad in a high-fashion wardrobe—will he wear Dries van Noten to the game, or Alexander McQueen?—and the combination of raw knuckles and condescension.
Avery’s tactics are all about control; it’s as if his hand is on a dial manipulating the temperatures of others. He upsets his victims with crudeness, but what should bother them most is his calculation. It’s all a set-up, he goads others by questioning their toughness, gets the best of them by honing in on their insecurities, then leaves them regretting the loss of self-control, and often walks away the winner.
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Sheesh, I never would’ve thought so many NHL players to be so mentally insecure to the point that Avery’s antics actually continue to be effective. It’s one then when he’s a punk rookie with a new schtick that you’ve never seen, but I would hope by now that most NHL players are mentally tough enough that his garbage game just goes right in one ear and out the other, and they just plain do their jobs.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 04/15/09 at 02:19 PM ET