Sean Avery, Again
Wearing the colours of the Hartford Wolf Pack, Sean Avery makes his American Hockey League debut against the Manitoba Moose tonight. With the New York Rangers (Hartford’s NHL parent) in a total free fall these days and looking for any spark to save the season, I can’t imagine Avery spending more than a few games in the AHL before the Rangers roll the dice on him.
If I had a time machine, the Moose-Wolf Pack would have been a game I’d make some time for tonight — and not for the obvious Winnipeg-Hartford, two former NHL sad sack sisters, match-up.
No doubt Avery will be looking to keep his nose clean, but if this was a few years ago, when the Moose had some real agitators like Mike Brown or Alex Burrows skating up and down the wing, methinks the super pest would have his hands full in that regard. Too bad. Nothing like seeing a guy on the edge jump at the first sign of trouble.
On a side note, Manitoba is the best club in the AHL this season but I wonder if that lack of sandpaper up front will hurt the Moose down the road.
