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Published 7/4/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
The Dallas News's Jean-Jacques Taylor proffers a unique take on the Dallas Stars' signing of the player who once lived over their co-GM's garage, one Sean Avery. He believes that Avery is exactly the kind of player the Stars need to counter the Detroit Red Wings' latest free agent signing: July 4, Dallas News : The Stars couldn't match Detroit's talent, even before the Red Wings signed talented forward Marian Hossa the other day, so they did the next best thing. They signed nasty, irritating Sean Avery, a player full of the intangibles the Stars need to beat the sweet-skating, ...

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Published 7/4/2008 by Sturminator (noreply@blogger.com) at Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville
... believes Avery can fit in. "We have a good room, and I think he can add to that," Ott said. Avery said Wednesday he likes to "manipulate the line" between good and bad and said he feels he has matured and grown in understanding how far he can push things. "Maybe that's not always proper for the hockey gods or the traditionalists," Avery said Wednesday, "but I like to play hard, and I don't think that's going to change. That's what makes me me." JJT Talks to Avery … You need players who will battle for space in ...