Being a Bruins fans I have to admit that I enjoy watching the Rangers fumble their current bad streak.
Here is one perspective by the NY Post writer Larry Brooks that says the Rangers need Sean Avery back. Ah yes; Sean Avery the gift that just keeps on giving. Personally, I think that Sean is great for the Rangers and that they are a match made in heaven. It gives the fans in the Eastern conference a villain to hate. The NHL needs Sean Avery because he sells tickets and gives the fans some drama/soap opera to follow. Think about it. The guys is a tough guy that is interested in fashion and wrote for Vogue magazine. I dare someone to call him a sissy, Avery will pop you in the face.
The Rangers have a negative-eight goal differential. They have been outscored in every period. They have been outscored at even-strength and are just even on the specialty teams. They are 1-6 in their last seven games decided in regulation, 2-8 in the last 10.
But they like each other! They really like each other!
The Rangers are smooth, like a snow globe. The best teams find the way to incorporate jagged edges into their room and into their equation, the way the Rangers were able to do with Avery.
What happened in Dallas, happened. It's clear that there's one team and one team only for which Avery can play; one city and one city only big enough for him to live; one coach and one coach only - the one behind the Rangers bench - for whom Avery can play.
The mechanics of making it happen are hazy. But those are mere details. The Rangers need an infusion of energy. The Rangers need someone who actually will be tough to play against. The Rangers need Avery almost as badly as he needs them, and if anybody doesn't like it, he should be playing better.
Because this is pretty much it was before Avery became a Ranger . . . the first time.
It would be nice except how does he take back what he said about Valiquette?
ReplyDeleteAfter the game, Avery called Valiquette a "minor leaguer."
ReplyDeleteOh, I don't if they are going to want him then. I personally think Avery is a punk but he give us a lot to talk about. Avery is a decent player if he could just keep his mouth shut. The thing is, Avery will make a lot of money after he is done playing hockey.