Sean Avery

Much like Spygate in the NFL, Sean Avery of the New York Rangers has crashed onto the scene, disrupted the success of the perennial favorites and provided simultaneous motivation and exasperation.  Both Avery and Spygate have a chance to be remembered for dismantling a dynasty, but will do so only by coincidence.  The window for the New Jersey Devils closes not because of the arrival of Avery, but rather the departure of Ken Daneyko and Scott Stevens.  Only the presence of Brodeur has held the Devils in contention for this long, but his contract expires after next season.  The Patriots can only expect to regress after a perfect 2007, and their aging linebacker corps is a likely starting point. 

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The “thanks for showing up” award goes to Sean Avery’s spleen, which ruptured along with the Rangers playoff hopes in Game 3 at the Garden.  In a series where the Rangers needed to find a way to get uberstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeny Malkin off their game, Avery was held in check.  Luckily, he all but wrapped up a new contract in the previous series against the New Jersey Devils.

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Sean Avery and Martin Brodeur are two of the NHL’s most important and divergent personalities.  If “NHL Marketing” weren’t such an oxymoronic concept, the two would already be featured in an offseason sitcom, let alone commercials.  Brodeur is often lauded with praise and at the same time, is somewhat underrated.  As for Avery, you can now add “game-changer” to the colorful list of adjectives used to describe the New York Rangers’ most maligned winger. 

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