Our ace commenter dr. kill pointed out the Sean Avery story and here it is:
ESPN NEWS December 4, 2008
DALLAS -- Of all the cajoling, snide remarks and other stunts Sean Avery pulled on the way to becoming the biggest pest in hockey, never had he gone so far that the NHL believed it had to suspend him -- until Tuesday.
Avery was punished indefinitely by commissioner Gary Bettman for using a crude term about his former girlfriends now dating other hockey players. Bettman acted within hours, in time to keep Avery out of the Dallas Stars' game against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.
Avery's inflammatory line came following a morning skate in Calgary, Alberta. Reporters were waiting to speak with Avery about disparaging remarks he'd made last month about Flames star Jarome Iginla when Avery walked over to the group and asked if there was a camera present. When told there was, he said, "I'm just going to say one thing."
"I'm really happy to be back in Calgary; I love Canada," the Ontario native said. "I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don't know what that's about, but enjoy the game tonight." He then walked out of the locker room.
Avery's ex-girlfriend, actress Elisha Cuthbert of the television show "24" and the movie "Old School," is dating Calgary defenseman Dion Phaneuf; she had been romantically linked to Mike Komisarek of the Montreal Canadiens. Avery also dated Rachel Hunter, the former Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model and actress who is now the girlfriend of Los Angeles Kings center Jarret Stoll.
"My thoughts were that it was a very disrespectful comment, and the league took action and I definitely agree with the way they took action," Phaneuf said after the Flames' 3-1 loss to the Stars.
Bettman said Avery made "inappropriate public comments, not pertaining to the game." Bettman and league disciplinarian Colin Campbell will hold a hearing with Avery at 10:30 a.m. ET Thursday in New York before the length of the suspension is determined.
"I completely support the league's decision to suspend Sean Avery," Stars owner Tom Hicks said in a statement. "Had the league not have suspended him, the Dallas Stars would have. This organization will not tolerate such behavior, especially from a member of our hockey team. We hold our team to a higher standard and will continue to do so."
This if freaking unbelievable. They suspend this guy for a fucking joke. I mean the two guys that he is busting on should settle this up on the ice. Not run to mommie likes pussy. What would Gordie Howe do? What would Gump Worsley do? WTF What would freakin' Dennis Potvin do for christsake?
Don't we have freedom of speech in this fucking country anymore? They can't even sue him for libel or slander because what he said is true. They are getting sloppy seconds. I thought the NHL was always lame anyway. The old school guys are all gone and you have these foreigners who don't want to mix it up. It started when the Rangers got those Swedes. Pussy pacifists that they were they infected the league. Now you can't even bust another guys balls without it going to the courts. What a load of bullshit.
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Wow, they actually suspended the guy for this?
I mean, it was kind of a dick move, as I understand it. He basically sought out the press to say this.
But still. If a hockey player can't be a dick, who can?
"But still. If a hockey player can't be a dick, who can?"
You're right. That leaves just lawyers, journalists, and movie assholes.
Thanks, Troop. That was my take, and I figured it would also be yours.
It used to take a special type of athlete to play hockey. And it took a really special type of hockey player to be the guy who stirred the shit. I have only been watching and playing hockey since 1967, but this is a quick list.
Stan Mikita, The Plager Brothers, Terry O'Reilly, Bobby Kelly, Tiger Williams, Garry Howatt, Claude Lemieux, even Darius Kasparaitis, these were the original bad boys. The players I loved to hate.
It's a sign of the metrosexual times that a stupid press conference ends up in a suspension. Shoulda left them settle it on the ice. Women love it when men fight over them.
Sissynavians, pussified Russkies, no check Czechs- No wonder no one goes to the NoHitLeague games anymore. Fuck them, and fuck Bettman. What a pussy.
I fart in their general direction.
My wife used to run a bar in Times Square and the front office guys from the NHL would come in every year for their holiday party. The big blow out was right before the strike. They laid everybody off. Can you imagine that. I mean the strike was going to be over eventually right? You lay off family men to save a few fucking bucks. I meant the cost of all of their salaries for two years is about as much as a back up goalie for crying out loud. I hate Bettman and his whole crew. What a fucking scumbag.
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