NHL right to suspend Avery
From The Rink —
In the end, suspending Avery proves Avery correct that this League is disinterested in creating a compelling product to which fans want to pay attention.
Once again, Sean Avery is the biggest story in sports tonight. Once again, the NHL was squandered the moment.
— Greg Wyshynski, Yahoo! Sports
It's fully understandable that many of those in the media are calling for a sideshow given the great copy it would produce, but I absolutely endorse what the NHL's done here. Promoting the game is one thing; childish, and ...
HANG ON, SLOPPY
The Pensblog - A Pittsburgh Penguin Site Managed By A Bunch Of Jokes That Can Barely Run Their Own Lives —
... Sean Avery has been suspended indefinitely by the NHL. PUCK DADDY Why? The YouTube below has the comments he made that brought the punishment. The background of the story is that Avery used to date Elisha Cuthbert. Since breaking up with Avery, she has dated Canadien Mike Komisarek and currently Calgary's Dion Phaneuf. He called an impromptu press conference in the locker room in Calgary after the morning skate. Hell, even TMZ is all over it. ...
Avery Suspended for "Sloppy Seconds" Comment
Sean Leahy's Going Five Hole —
... that is eventually doled out will be interesting. Dallas plays Wednesday night so Avery will sit at least one game and to me, if he's out for more (the Stars play Friday and then next Wednesday), the NHL needs to get it's priorities straight. With the amount of debatable head shots in the news during the first two months of the season, a careless comment which is deemed "detrimental to the League or game of hockey" is not more serious than a guy with a scrambled brain. Wyshynski put it perfectly tonight: "We know this because ...
I’ll Take Sean Avery’s Sloppy Seconds
Larry Brown Sports —
... That’s what Avery said to the media the morning before the Stars’ game against the Flames — the team for which Dion Phaneuf plays. Phaneuf also happens to be dating hottie Elisha Cuthbert, one of Avery’s ex-girlfriends. Another one of his exes is former SI cover girl Rachel Hunter, who’s currently engaged to Kings defenseman Jarret Stoll. Wyshinski over at Puck Daddy says the NHL is making fools of themselves by suspending a guy for merely making a silly remark. I agree. I even ...
Shanoff's Wake-Up Call: ND Keeps Weis, Really?
The Sporting Blog —
... Sean Avery! Suspended indefinitely. You know what is "sloppy?" Indulging the NHL's (heavily) self-styled "bad boy" by giving him any attention for his comments about Elisha Cuthbert, who is dating Dion Phaneuf. Odd: You would think a former Vogue intern would be less of a misogynist.
(Here's the YouTube clip, so the moment can be preserved forever. Two Must-Reads: From Craig Custance and from Greg Wyshynski.)
NBA Instant History: It is big news when the ...
Shanoff's Wake-Up Call: Weis Keeps Job? LOL
The Sporting Blog —
... Sean Avery! Suspended indefinitely. You know what is "sloppy?" Indulging the NHL's (heavily) self-styled "bad boy" by giving him any attention for his comments about Elisha Cuthbert, who is dating Dion Phaneuf. Odd: You would think a former Vogue intern would be less of a misogynist.
(Here's the YouTube clip, so the moment can be preserved forever. Two Must-Reads: From Craig Custance and from Greg Wyshynski.)
NBA Instant History: It is big news when the ...
Sean Avery's 'Sloppy Seconds' Suspension Raises New Punishment Questions for the NHL
The Sporting Blog —
... Acting with breathtaking speed, it only took a couple of hours for the league to suspend Avery indefinitely, an action that met with the approval of everyone in Dallas. Since the announcement, head coach Dave Tippett to co-GM Brett Hull and owner Tom Hicks have all issued statements signaling their approval.
Avery will now wait for a call from NHL HQ in New York, when he'll find out when he's scheduled to appear before the commissioner, or whoever else is going to be detailed with making an example out of him.
Which leads to ...
Lost Time Is Not Found Again: Dec. 3, 2008
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... Once again, Sean Avery is the biggest story in sports tonight. Once again, the NHL was squandered the moment. As Tapeleg put it: “NHL Renders Flames - Stars Unwatchable by Suspending Avery.” – Greg Wyshynski on Sean Avery’s “sloppy seconds” comments ...
The Morning Skate: The Self-Destruction of Sean Avery
Slap Shot —
... and especially here ). He embedded video of Avery’s unprompted statement and asked, “Did you crack a smile? Did you roll your eyes? Did you see anything that would warrant swift punishment from the National Hockey League?” He called the suspension a “farce” but then variously argued a) for Avery’s right of free speech, b) against the N.H.L. squandering another chance for wider exposure, c) in favor of the suspension on the grounds of player safety (”there was every chance that Dion Phaneuf was going to knock Avery into British Columbia”), d) against Avery’s grandstanding, and ...
Two cents worth on Sean Avery
Chuqui 3.0 —
... for further suspensions for pre-game trash talk, that will lead to more suspensions for relatively minor offences. If there are no further suspensions for pre-game comments, then it shows that Avery is being unfairly treated as he is being punished when others in the same situation would not be.
On the "pro suspension" side is James Mirtle, while Puck Daddy falls more on the "what do you expect from people who need help dressing" view of the NHL (here and here).
My view on this situation is frankly mixed; Avery definitely ...
Sean Avery is an idiot pt II (or is it pt 2,000,000?)
Fear The Fin —
... This post from Yahoo's Greg Wyshynski was, I thought, a massive overreaction. He drops some nice cheap shots at the NHL and at Gary Bettman probably because thats just the easiest thing to do in order to get readers. He also says the NHL didn't do anything when Ian White commented that Ilya Kovalchuk would "get what's coming to him". This has to be the dumbest comment ever to compare to what Avery said, not only was it not sexist in any way, it wasn't even inappropriate. And the "rendering the game unwatchable" part? Well, come on, my guess is it would only have been watched by ...
The Sean Avery File
Ranger Pundit —
... ticket holders can hear taunts about what one player's mother did or did not swallow (true story)? Have they ever laughed at well-told tales of junior hockey hazing or sexual exploits that leaves you wondering if young players will grow up to be in the NHL or a state penitentiary? Or we going to actually believe that the NHL's image has somehow been irrevocably damaged because of Sean Avery's choice of words? On a Chris Simon or Todd Bertuzzi level? Greg Wyshynski / ESPN Puck Daddy: Sean Avery, indefinite suspensions and NHL gullibility -- The League suspending Avery for ...
