I don’t know the first thing about hockey, because it’s, y’know, hockey. But I do know that Dallas Stars, er, star Sean Avery is in trouble today because he used to date Elisha Cuthbert, and now some other hockey player’s going out with her, and he said this about it:
“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.”
The NHL has now suspended him for it. Okay, yeah, it’s a jerky thing to say. He was getting ready to play against the guy and was trying to get inside his head in just about the least honorable way possible. But is it worth suspending him over? My knowledge of him begins and ends with his Wikipedia page, but it sounds like he’s done worse and gotten away with it:
During an April 13, 2008 first round playoff game against the New Jersey Devils, Avery used a controversial tactic to screen the opposing goaltender. While essentially ignoring the play on the ice when his team had a two-man advantage, Avery faced Martin Brodeur and waved his hands and stick in front of Brodeur in an attempt to distract him and block his view. Although not illegal, many NHL commentators and players described Avery’s actions as unsportsmanlike.
(You can watch it here. Even the commentators are like, “What the hell was that?”) It was such a dick move that the NHL made a new rule against it the next day. Maybe if Brodeur made his living by taking his clothes off in front of a camera, the league would have suspended Avery back then. I mean, if they’re trying to protect Cuthbert’s honor, it’s a little late.
Update: Avery has now apologized, but the Stars don’t want him back. Sounds like there’s a lot more than just a fratty comment behind all this. Turns out that when you make a career of being hated, people tend to hate you. (Note to self!)
Related posts:
- Manny Ramirez Suspended for 50 Games Over Drug Use I’m not a true baseball fan; I go to the...
- Dear Dave: What’s Worse, “Knocked Up” or “Pimped Out”? David Letterman is still dealing with the controversy over those...
- A Belated Congratulations to Newlyweds David Letterman & Regina Lasko! Those two crazy kids got married last March, and I...
- Can-eh?-dian Olympics Ignite Snowball Fight? North of the border from here, things are different, from...
Suspended? It’s a guy thing…or…it’s a guy who has room temperature IQ
Suspend him, fine him, throw him off a cliff, who cares? He has the NHLPA if he’s got a problem. Though I wouldn’t have minded if he skated on the ice tonight and was then carted off in a stretcher. Suspension benefits him.
Suspended for trash talk? What is the world coming to?
Who is Elisha Cuthbert?
I hate soccer too.
Is ice hockey that game they played in the movie “Mighty Ducks”?
Man, Joshua Jackson was so phwoar in that movie and now he’s all weird and old.
He’s apologized:
That should make his Thursday morning meeting with the commissioner easier.
Elisha Cutherbert is on her third NHL player. Avery was off by 1.
“Elisha is currently dating her THIRD NHL player boyfriend, Dion Phaneuf of the Calgary Flames, and before Avery, she dated Mike Komisarek of the Montreal Canadiens.”
so in reality, Avery fell in love with this Mike Komisarek’s “sloppy seconds?” Ha! Ha. What a loser, this guy.
A Complete Idiot.
Can you believe that it’s 2008 and that men, or any man, would still find the phrase ‘’sloppy seconds” in his vocabulary? What little respect can you have for a former girlfriend to even say something like that in private, much less in public?
What a jerk.
This can get you suspended in the NHL now? Another sign of the apocolypse.
Rent Slap Shot. Best sports movie ever and it has Paul Newman in it.
At least he could have come up with a better dig.
You can trash talk in hockey but you can’t bring in your social lives like that. I honestly think he isn’t well liked and after that Brodeur crap they have just be looking for a reason to take him down a peg. A whole peg!
“it sounds like he’s done worse and gotten away with it”. That isn’t really a good standard. It means if you do something really bad and get away with it, you can’t be punished unless you do something even worse.
I’m not really a good person.
Ya big meanie.
So we have noticed Mr. Scowl
Oooooo, burn.
So….let me see if I get this
Break a man’s nose on national TV with your fists (on Purpose) – 2 minute penalty.
Break on Man’s spirit on National TV with out Swearing – Suspention.
I get the guy’s a jerk, but you really can’t justify suspending a guy because he is unlikeable.
Besides, what that sport needs again is a Hero like Gretsky and a Villian. Well, we found our Villian, let him go. People will show up to Boo him. Awesome!
In any case, this is the most I have thought about hockey in 10 years. Good Job NHL.
The blunt truth is that the Stars needed to draw more publicity, and even though everyone hated Avery they gambled that he’d be one of those “man you love to hate” players (like Red Wings fan favorite goon Darren McCarty, who was really taken down a peg and has since cleaned up and rejoined the team). The gamble didn’t pay off, people didn’t want to watch him, and this is a good excuse for them to dump a guy who not only plays badly but doesn’t even know how to properly insult someone. Everyone’s a winner except Avery, and good riddance. (And as far as Elisha Cuthbert dating hockey players? I’d say go for it, girl, as long as they’re nice to you. I grew up around good boys who were hockey players and I wish I’d had the guts to date a few.)
I like the comment some comedian made about hockey. He said there’s some guy in prison watching a hockey player get a 2 minute penalty for the same thing he got 5 years.