Avery Suspended

[mpare]

Bravo to the NHL for suspending Avery for his crass and callous 25 second utterance yesterday. Unfortunately, his suspension is unlikely to rehabilitate him as his mouth appears to operate one minute ahead of his brain.

[Colby]

I heard it on the Team. Stupid is as Stupid does...

[spackler]

I'd be more impressed if the league were so proactive in protecting their players from head checking and other cheap shots.

[mpare]

There's no reason why they couldn't and shouldn't do both.

I'd be more impressed if the league were so proactive in protecting their players from head checking and other cheap shots.

[atomic]

Well, word out of Dallas is this might have been Avery's last day in a Stars uniform. Good luck shopping that $4 million salary around...

He seems like a kid looking for attention...and he has to up the ante so people still give a damn...

[davevandyk]

the part that i found the worst was that the cameras weren't even rolling. He asked the media to key up the mics and cameras because he had something to say, then talked about his sloppy seconds.

All I can tell you is that avery is lucky that Dion didn't get a chance at him.

[Shivas Irons]

Well, word out of Dallas is this might have been Avery's last day in a Stars uniform. Good luck shopping that $4 million salary around...

He seems like a kid looking for attention...and he has to up the ante so people still give a damn...

I think the Stars will try to find a way to move him as well.
This dolt thinks he's pure Hollywood, and like Paris or Britney, he doesn't care if the attention he gets is good or bad, just as long as he keeps himself in the headlines.
I expect him to persue a singing/acting career after hockey ends for him. Which hopefully, will be soon.

[Chambokl]

Just to show that Brett Hull is incompetent to be a GM in the NHL. He gave him a 4 year 15,5 million dollars... and he is as useless as you can found.

He has 3 goals and 7 assists and keep disrupting the team... just a big mouth...

[mpare]

I can't imagine that any woman would want anything to do with him. Worse yet, I can only imagine that his mom and dad cringed with embarrassment at his public meanness.

[Chambokl]

Hey Mike,

Jacques Demers was just saying yesterday how he had supper with his mom and dad in Toronto a few years back and that they were the nicest people in the world. He actually fell bad for them...

On another note, how do you enjoy Toronto? Are you all set-up now? Must be nice to be close to your daughter...

[Pinshark]

Kick this guy to the curb The league does not need this.

[sharon.gmc]

Yeah, I think he should do something with his attitude. . .

[littlelefty]

send him to UFC
than lets see how tough he is

[davevandyk]

Just to show that Brett Hull is incompetent to be a GM in the NHL. He gave him a 4 year 15,5 million dollars... and he is as useless as you can found.

He has 3 goals and 7 assists and keep disrupting the team... just a big mouth...

wouldn't call him incompetent, there are many GM's in the league that have given far less productive players more money.... however when he starts disrupting his own team, its time for him to go ASAP

[Shivas Irons]

The 6 game suspension seems appropriate to me.
I think the fact that Averys teamates have been fairly vocal in saying they don't want him back is worse than any punishment the league can hand down. Losing the respect of your peers is a kick in the crotch, but hey, who better to kick in the crotch than Avery!

[Chambokl]

The Stars can't even send him in the minors because their affiliate team (Winnipeg Moose) has refuse to take him twice now... They don't want him at all.

I don't think anger management is his problem but he definitely has mental issues...

[golfott]

the stars do not have an affiliate minor team, i beleive then that they can send him to a team of their choice, but in soem cases he would have to agree to go (if soem team liek say in russia etc)

but they do use other AHL teams , manitoba is one of them, but they can go to others as well..

[EDSGOLF]

The Denis Rodman of basketball, it's all marketing.

[Golfbum]

He'll be in a Leafs sweater soon
Oh wait, Fergie is gone and they now have a real GM.
Maybe he will not become a member of the Leafs.
But they do need a "Village Idiot" now that Tucker is gone.

[Kiwi]

Heard there is a "morality" clause in the NHL PA standard contract which could give the Stars an out. Heard Hull on tv tonight saying that buddy is going to go to get help. That indicates to me they're giving him a chance. Maybe if buddy goes, so goes Brett...

[Chambokl]

Hey Golfbum, remember the real GM sign Bertuzzi last year in Anaheim... he could go get S.A. this year...

[justsomeguy]

Heard there is a "morality" clause in the NHL PA standard contract which could give the Stars an out. Heard Hull on tv tonight saying that buddy is going to go to get help. That indicates to me they're giving him a chance. Maybe if buddy goes, so goes Brett...

"Getting help" is a condition of his suspension/reinstatement, so I wouldn't read too much into it. He'll be going on waivers soon - whether an AHL team will accept him when he clears is another question entirely.

[mpare]

I hadn't realized there was a cure for foot-in-mouth disease.

If they can actually get him to reflect before he acts, then I'm all for it. However, he has to want to change. I'm not convinced that he does. Hope I'm wrong.

... Heard Hull on tv tonight saying that buddy is going to go to get help. That indicates to me they're giving him a chance. Maybe if buddy goes, so goes Brett...

[Baxter]

I'm sorry but what he said was stupid....But to lose his job over it....That is Stupid.....There has been many things that have been worse,,, said and done in the NHL...I do not like Avery but lets get real here. If you saw the tape you can see he is trying to make a joke...a very stupid joke and a joke that is not funny, but come on, the reaction has been over the top...

Cheers,

Dave

[davevandyk]

I'm sorry but what he said was stupid....But to lose his job over it....That is Stupid.....There has been many things that have been worse,,, said and done in the NHL...I do not like Avery but lets get real here. If you saw the tape you can see he is trying to make a joke...a very stupid joke and a joke that is not funny, but come on, the reaction has been over the top...

Cheers,

Dave

I totally agree, what he said was some of the dumbest things i have heard, but there have been many worse things in the NHL, stuff that disgraced the game ON THE ICE and players have still kept their jobs, Avery is a punk but that's it.

[Pinshark]

I totally agree, what he said was some of the dumbest things i have heard, but there have been many worse things in the NHL, stuff that disgraced the game ON THE ICE and players have still kept their jobs, Avery is a punk but that's it.

IMHO this act was far worse then anything that could happen on the ice. It was premeditated and he thought it through very well, much different then getting emotional on the ice and doing something dumb in the heat of the moment.

[Chambokl]

It is was he said and done in the last 4 years that has teams not wanting him... You can only go to the principal's office so many time before you really get it...

I don't think any team want him in their locker room... that is why his carreer might be over. Look at Emery last year, good enough to play in the NHL but his attitude is what got him to play in Russia and shortly Avery will be there too.

[Kiwi]

IMHO this act was far worse then anything that could happen on the ice. It was premeditated and he thought it through very well, much different then getting emotional on the ice and doing something dumb in the heat of the moment.

IMHO Bertuzzi's actions were inexcusable, and the consequences of Avery's action is miniscule by comparison. Whose life has he changed, whose livelihood has he destroyed? The people who support and condone Avery's acts are the ones who should be punished, Brett Hull take a bow.