The newest Avery incident. Suspension worthy?
Posted Oct 16, 2010, 6:09 AM UTC
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What the fuck?
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If that's not intent to injure, I don't know what is. With his history, that should absolutely be a suspension.
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It's definitely intent to injure. Depending on the skate, there may a gap between the boot and the shin guard padding -- if there's no gap, then the padding is still pretty thin ... and that's exactly where Avery was aiming. And with the heel of his stick no less.
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Yes because Mike Cammalleri got one for the exact same type of thing And yes again because it was avery
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Cammalleri didn't instigate the whole confrontation like Avery did by slashing him in the calf and them when Komi turned around he slashed him again.
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Ok, regardless, Avery still deserves the suspension because it was worse than what Cammalleri did.
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That's what i was implying.
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League will NOT REVIEW this. Report
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This is absolutely ridiculous.
That's all I can really even say.
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it was a terribly officiated game overall. it was an awful play that was definitely suspension worthy.
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Got a penalty on the kill and no injury so doubt he gets the suspension. If he went down and stayed down, he'd 100% get suspended. But injuries determine suspensions in the NHL.. btw how does that act as a deterrent?? Hope I'm wrong though.
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He's a repeat offender and Cammalleri got a suspension for essentially the same play so he's definitely going to get a suspension.
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who's a repeat offender, Avery? he has NEVER been suspended for on-ice actions.
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Cammalleri is also a repeat offender ask Havlat.
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Was he suspended for that though? That's what constitutes a repeat offender in the league's eyes. But Even so that one other incident does not compare to all of Avery's shit.
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The instigator rule really has to go.
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Throw him out of the league. Fuck him.
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Basically, the NHL decided that James Wizniewski should've just slashed Avery twice.
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From Pierre Lebrun: "No suspension, no fine, no hearing for Sean Avery."
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enjoy the fashion world Avery. your hockey career is kaput.
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I only wish this were true.
This dirtbag will be back with his cheap antics in a game or two.
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no - he's been warn by the league. he'll be back, but itll be more like 5-10 games
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Cheap antics, and game tying sense of urgency.
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I'm probably the biggest Avery fan out there, but yeah, he should be suspended one game; it was a very similar to play to Cammalleri's slash that earned him one game.
EDIT: I'd be OK with 2 or 3 games, just so long as the NHL starts to set the precedent for stupid plays like this
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yo rangers fan here and i say yes too.
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The first one was for his teammate. The second one was for Elisha Cuthbert.
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He did it twice, making sure no refs were looking both times. Dude should get suspended. Not that he learns from it...
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Man for the most part I respect Avery and find he is just as important to a team as lets say someone who scores 20-25 goals a year. But holy shit man, there's a line where wtf is the point in shit like this.
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Holy hyperbole batman. Minor slashing, 2 minutes.
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Repeat offender. Time to make an example of this.
I'd say 6 games. Oh wait, I should think like Colin. 1 game.
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FUCK YES he should be suspended.
A few years ago, Mattias Ohlund did the exact same thing to Mikko Koivu, and caused Koivu to miss a good chunk of the season (24 games) with a broken leg. Ohlund only got four games. He should have been suspended for the entire length of Koivu's injury.
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Absolutely suspension worthy.
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Definitely, just absolutely unnecessary. Avery is a piece of shit hockey player and human being.
Why is he even still in the league? I don't mind antagonists (hell, I love Maxim Lapierre) but Avery's got no respect for the game at all. Send him packing so he can work in the fashion industry again where at least bitchiness is a requirement.
If Avery was "tough" instead of "insane" he would be a decent power forward. No one talks about his skill as a player: he's fast, skates well, and has good puck sense.
But, because he is "insane" I find him to be the most disagreeable player I can remember, and I have been watching hockey since the early seventies.
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Not sure the game turned around enough because of his antics. I think, for sure, the Leafs were put off by the incident. Who wouldn't be? Some random guy starts smashing his stick into someone.
Turned the game around? Looks like a loss to me and probably a well deserved suspension.
That ain't hockey.
Agreed. The guy is talented and without the attitude has a place in the league. But that's all irrelevant when he continues to spit in the face of the league.
Same reason Bertuzzi is still in the league. Who the fuck knows?
Bertuzzi hasn't done anything suspension worthy since that incident though has he? He's become a pretty good contributor over the4 years too. I've no problem with Bertuzzi being in the league.