Sean Avery - Moron

Here's a clip of Sean Avery from last night.



A 5 on 3 powerplay. Rangers have the puck, up 2-1. Avery goes to the net and proceeds to wave his arms and stick in front of Brodeur's face, in a 6-year-old's street hockey move. He does it for about a minute.

He wasn't the only jerkoff in the building. You already know how I feel about sportscasters, but the guy in the booth proved what a loser he is by declaring Avery's antics, "Great stuff." He said, "Avery's tactics are like nothing I've ever seen before."

Newsflash, idiot. The reason you haven't seen it before is because no self-respecting professional hockey player would act like that in order to try and get a goal.

I was listening to the radio today, where the usual crap came out. The DJ deplored Avery's methods, but said he'd love to have him on his team. The producer of the show agreed instantly. To their shame, Kelly Hrudey told them during a later interview that he wouldn't take Avery, and that, "If people want that guy on their team, they can have him."

The NHL came out with the following rule this morning:

"An unsportsmanlike conduct minor penalty (Rule 75) will be interpreted and applied, effective immediately, to a situation when an offensive player positions himself facing the opposition goaltender and engages in actions such as waving his arms or stick in front of the goaltender's face, for the purpose of improperly interfering with and/or distracting the goaltender as opposed to positioning himself to try to make a play."

How embarrassing is it to have to add a rule like that? With any luck, Avery gets a stick in the teeth and his ass booted right out of the playoffs. Go Devils.