Resurfacing the Ice: Legein’s Return and Avery’s Antics

Two major announcements were made yesterday, breaking news, if you will, in the NHL.  Dallas Stars’ pest Sean Avery would be suspended indefinitely from the NHL, pending a meeting with Commissioner Gary Bettman, for conduct “detrimental to the League or game of hockey” ( www.nhl.com ).  Second, TSN reported that Stefan Legein, that nineteen year old Columbus Blue Jacket prospect who quit hockey last summer, is now coming back. A month ago, in an interview with Scott Howson, I was told, “that’s a hypothetical question [if Stefan Legein wanted to return to hockey]…I think we would want to understand the process of how he got to wanting to play again, and if it was genuine, then it could possibly be something we could talk about.” Now, a month later, GM Howson repeated his words to the media, by saying, “We have no problem with that so long as he's fully committed. It's got to be all in for Stef. It can't be because he's running out of ... (link)