Avery's antics still generating buzz (AP)

 
Steve Valiquette had a great view of Sean Avery's rule-changing attempt to get Martin Brodeur off his game, and didn't like it. "He asked me when he came off the ice if I'd ever seen that," the New York Rangers backup goalie said after practice Tuesday. "He said, 'I don't even know why I did that. I just came up with it.' He just invented it at the moment. [link]

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