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Ray Emery, Ready To Blow Town [NHL Closer]
Published 1/30/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... -- a freelance sportswriter, with a weekly Sunday column in the Ottawa Sun -- has danced around the specifics of Emery's alleged personal problems, but shimmies a hell of a lot closer to what she views as the real story behind his erratic behavior than anyone else in the Ottawa hockey media has. They're what she calls "The Pink Elephant sitting in the room." In a recent post, she offers a slew of anonymous quotes, some pointing to the same conclusion, and writes: ...

The Rayzor Chronicles: What Happens In Vegas...Gets Your Ass Traded To Outer Mongolia
Published 1/31/2008 by Senators Lost Cojones at Five For Smiting
... Then there's the off ice stuff. Everybody knows about the tats, and the cockroach and the road rage. But there are also some nasty rumours floating around these here interwebs, children. Darker rumours about Ray and his possible off ice "pursuits". I'll let someone with a bigger readership and deeper lawyer-paying pockets break that little story (that said, I encourage everyone to read Erin's post at the Universal Cynic. Cough, indeed). And now this...again. It's too much Ray. Here's the rub, Sens fans. He can't stay here, but neither can we ship him anywhere else. ...

The Pink Elephant
Published 2/5/2008 by Tom at Tom Benjamin's NHL Weblog
... February 04, 2008 The Pink Elephant Granted, Ray [Emery's] latest truancy (on the surface) had nothing to do with The Pink Elephant sitting in the room that no one would (or could) discuss openly. But given his history of difficulties and general problematic behaviour, this latest incident, which could serve as the straw that broke the camel's back, has given many in the media carte blanche to begin dancing ever so carefully around the subject. - Erin Nicks Ms. Nicks does Mr. Bojangles proud in this extraordinary post. She tap dances her way to making it clear that she ...

And thus ended the Ray Emery era in Ottawa
Published 4/18/2008 at Puck Daddy
... the finals and you're the guy until you play bad enough not to be that guy," said Emery. "And I shouldn't have treated it that way. I've worked for everything I've got and I should have worked to get back in there. "I didn't. I approached it the wrong way and it just snowballed. They got mad at me and I was playing once every two weeks and I really can't play that way. I was like a time bomb." "It just snowballed?" Depending on what you believe, that's one hell of a choice of words right there.

The Gossip in Ottawa Must be Good
Published 6/26/2008 at Kuklas Korner
... His “character” is a favorite target (though I’ve yet to read a word about his crimes being any more interesting than being late for two (three?) practices, bad driving skills and a snotty attitude.) And while I realize there’s likely a lot more to it, no one is really saying what it is. ...

Goalie Ray Emery's fall from grace lands him in Russia
Published 7/9/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
... I had a completely different Emery article: One that chronicled the off-ice issues that had alienated him from his team, including some rather startling innuendo from blogger Erin Nicks on The Universal Cynic that pointed to Emery being completely out of control. ...

Video: Ray Emery may now just vomit at the sight of Spartans
Published 9/12/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
... to get away from the bad memories he had playing in Ottawa. The photo here is from the pregame intro from a KHL home opener in which Emery's team, Atlant Mytishchi, appeared. As you can see, where Ray Emery goes, the uncomfortable introduction of Spartans into pregame entertainment follows. This one actually flew through the air. But you can totally see the wires. Lame. Emery, by the way, wears a jersey with the image of a polar bear, which incidentally also loves diving into the snow. James Gordon of the Ottawa Citizen has more screen shots ...