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Did Stars mistreat Avery?

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The four-year, $19.5 million contract Sean Avery signed with Dallas on July 2, 2008 quickly became more a sentence of solitary confinement than a deal to become a contributing member of the organization. Avery quickly was ostracized by his teammates, publicly scorned by alleged team leaders such as captain Brenden Morrow, Mike Modano and Marty Turco. Head coach Dave Tippet hardly helped matters.

New York Post

Sean Avery, AP Sean Avery, AP
November 3, 2009  06:19 AM ET

What's all this Avery Crap...Enough...I should be Aviary Crap.....he really is Bird Shyat

November 3, 2009  06:20 AM ET
QUOTE(#1):

What's all this Avery Crap...Enough...I should be Aviary Crap.....he really is Bird Shyat

I=IT...Freudian Slip

November 3, 2009  06:26 AM ET

Ok, so they treated a DB like a DB...and that's news?

November 3, 2009  07:35 AM ET

Never let it be said that the Stars players didn't see through this **** immediately.

Nice move, Brett - kinda derailed your GM aspirations, didn't it?

November 3, 2009  08:09 AM ET

The organization deserved to struggle last year for bringing in a guy like Avery without checking with the coaches & player leadership last year. I wouldn't say Avery was MIS-treated, but he got what he had coming. Its not like he put an awful lot of effort into endearing himself to his teammates after all: sitting at the end of the bench alone, listening to music by himself in the dressing room, mocking coaches behind their backs. I feel no pain for Avery whatsoever, and the Stars are a better team without him.

November 3, 2009  08:17 AM ET

T&R must have their bimonthly Sean Avery hardon this week.....first a story about how Avery is a big DB, then a story about how poor Sean was mistreated. What's next?

November 3, 2009  08:20 AM ET

Why is this news anyway? He's with the Rangers now. And from what I heard, Chara taught him a lesson about pregame chirping...

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November 3, 2009  08:29 AM ET

Who cares....Sean Avery is a piece of ****. Brett Hull had no freaking clue what he was doing as "co-GM". Of course, that whole "co-GM" thing in itself goes to show that Tom Hicks doesn't have a clue what he's doing either. HEY TOM - DO ALL THE DALLAS SPORTS FANS A FAVOR AND GET OUT OF THE BUSINESS!

November 3, 2009  09:15 AM ET

Whah - poor Avery. Let me understand this... he mistreats and disrespects anyone in the NHL but he gets mistreated by class players and we care why? Only the Rags will pay for a guy like him ONLY because for some twisted reason, they play better with him in the line-up than without him. Go figure. They deserve each other.

November 3, 2009  09:28 AM ET

Yet another awful pointless poorly written article by the NY Post today (see the MLB T&R article about the Phillies stealing signs). Avery mistreated by the Stars, are you kidding me? They didnt care to mention what he did to them though. Also no mention of how basically every player/team that he's played with/on has hated him for how he's acted.

November 3, 2009  09:29 AM ET

In other news...we landed on the moon

November 3, 2009  09:35 AM ET

He was ostracized by his teammates for not paying attention in practice, wearing headphones in the dressing room and rarely attending team functions. I wonder why no one talked to him?!?

November 3, 2009  09:37 AM ET

Is it even possible to treat Avery as poorly as he deserves?

November 3, 2009  09:55 AM ET

I used to like Dallas before all that horse hooey.

Last year's stinkeroo looked good on them.

November 3, 2009  10:08 AM ET
QUOTE(#12):

In other news...we landed on the moon

And now time for the weather!

November 3, 2009  10:48 AM ET
QUOTE(#12):

In other news...we landed on the moon

Better than the moon landing on us!

November 3, 2009  10:52 AM ET
QUOTE(#2):

I=IT...Freudian Slip

Come down, Ted! Inhale! Breathe deeply, think good thoughts and count to ten. OK! Now .... ENOUGH OF THIS AVIARY SHEYET!!! HOW MANY TIMES ARE THEY GOING TO RECYCLE THE SAME BIRD CRAP? THE LUNATIC DOESN'T DESRVE THAT MUCH ATTENTION!! Aggggghhhh!!!

November 3, 2009  11:23 AM ET
QUOTE(#10):

Whah - poor Avery. Let me understand this... he mistreats and disrespects anyone in the NHL but he gets mistreated by class players and we care why? Only the Rags will pay for a guy like him ONLY because for some twisted reason, they play better with him in the line-up than without him. Go figure. They deserve each other.

The Rangers let him walk as a FA b/c he wanted too much. Dallas signed him for almost twice what the Rangers were willing to give him. Now Dallas is still paying half of his salary, so to say only the Rangers would pay for a guy like him is inaccurate. Hull paid him way more.

 
November 3, 2009  11:27 AM ET
QUOTE(#11):

Yet another awful pointless poorly written article by the NY Post today (see the MLB T&R article about the Phillies stealing signs). Avery mistreated by the Stars, are you kidding me? They didnt care to mention what he did to them though. Also no mention of how basically every player/team that he's played with/on has hated him for how he's acted.

The Post is worse than a supermarket tabloid. Was he mistreated by the Stars? boooHooo , who cares, should we feel sorry for him. He is without a doubt the most disliked player in the league by players and coaches, no has respect for him.

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