This comes after the NHL handed down a 6 game suspension for the forward. From AP-
Sean Avery's days with the Dallas Stars are done.In a way, I don't blame Dallas for wanting to be rid of this jerk. Then what is the uproar about the following?Although the combative forward was eligible to return from a six-game suspension Sunday, the Stars instead announced Avery will not rejoin the team -- ever.
"All parties said there is a clear understanding that a return to the Stars is not in the best interest of either the hockey club or Avery," the team said in a news release.
Details of his departure still must be worked out. He could be traded, sent to the minors or bought out next summer. The club said it will work with Avery to try making this an amicable divorce.
On December 2, 2008; during the morning skate prior to the Stars' game against the Calgary Flames, Avery approached a crowd of reporters in the dressing room and made the following comment about Flames defenceman Dion Phaneuf, who is dating Avery's ex-girlfriend Elisha Cuthbert:So far as trashtalking goes, this is pretty mild if not lame. People in the NHL want nothing to do with Avery, but Todd Bertuzzi is still allowed to play in the league. What is wrong with this picture?"I'm just going to say one thing. I'm really happy to be back in Calgary, I love Canada. I just wanted 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."
Avery, who has supposedly gone to get treatment for his behavior, I expect to be playing in the NHL again.
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