How on earth a DICKHEAD who scores 9 goals a year can say he's underpaid and criticize other players' skills is beyond me.
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Vocal Avery joins UHL's Mechanics
TSN.ca Staff with AP files
2/11/2005
FRASER, Mich. (AP with files) - The United Hockey League's Motor City Mechanics signed forwards Bryan Smolinski and Sean Avery on Friday, and Avery - never one to shy away from offering his own opinions - had plenty to say on the 149th day of the NHL lockout.
Avery, who said he would play in all of the team's games, said he's all but lost hope on there being an NHL season.
"I'm just waiting for Gary (NHL commissioner Bettman) to do it (officially cancel the season)," Avery said. "I don't know what he's waiting for."
Avery added that the NHL Players' Association is firm in its position.
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"I think, when you look at it, the lockout is about guys like me," Avery said. "If I'm 24 and willing to sit out for two years, that's an indication of where the union stands."
Some UHL players aren't happy with NHL players taking playing time from minor league players already on the roster.
"In all businesses, there's always changes. I'm here to earn a spot," Avery said. "I haven't heard anything. If someone wants to talk to me about it, I'm sure they will. They know where to find me.
"If (a player) doesn't want me to take his job he should work harder," he added to Toronto's The Fan 590 radio station. "Work harder until he's good enough to make the NHL then I wont be able to take his job."
Avery also addressed the issue of the possibility of dropping NHL teams and jobs.
"I think they can eliminate a lot of Europeans who are mediocre and are taking a lot of jobs," Avery told Toronto's The Fan 590.
When told that the NHL Players' Association does a lot of things for the best interests of all players - regardless of background - Avery maintained that it was his own opinion.
"The Association does a lot of things," he said. "I'm just talking for me."
In parts of three NHL seasons with the Detroit Red Wings and Los Angeles Kings, Avery has 47 points.
Smolinski, 33, has played with the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings and Ottawa Senators. He has 231 goals and 534 points in his career.
"Just a chance to play hockey again and bring some respect to the league and especially this team," said Smolinski, who owns a house in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham.
The Mechanics said that no players will be cut from the roster to make room for NHL players. The team landed Detroit Red Wings defencemen Chris Chelios and Derian Hatcher and centre Kris Draper last week
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=114580
Vocal Avery joins UHL's Mechanics
TSN.ca Staff with AP files
2/11/2005
FRASER, Mich. (AP with files) - The United Hockey League's Motor City Mechanics signed forwards Bryan Smolinski and Sean Avery on Friday, and Avery - never one to shy away from offering his own opinions - had plenty to say on the 149th day of the NHL lockout.
Avery, who said he would play in all of the team's games, said he's all but lost hope on there being an NHL season.
"I'm just waiting for Gary (NHL commissioner Bettman) to do it (officially cancel the season)," Avery said. "I don't know what he's waiting for."
Avery added that the NHL Players' Association is firm in its position.
Related Info
Blues' Jackman, Johnson head to UHL
UHL veteran unimpressed with NHLers
"I think, when you look at it, the lockout is about guys like me," Avery said. "If I'm 24 and willing to sit out for two years, that's an indication of where the union stands."
Some UHL players aren't happy with NHL players taking playing time from minor league players already on the roster.
"In all businesses, there's always changes. I'm here to earn a spot," Avery said. "I haven't heard anything. If someone wants to talk to me about it, I'm sure they will. They know where to find me.
"If (a player) doesn't want me to take his job he should work harder," he added to Toronto's The Fan 590 radio station. "Work harder until he's good enough to make the NHL then I wont be able to take his job."
Avery also addressed the issue of the possibility of dropping NHL teams and jobs.
"I think they can eliminate a lot of Europeans who are mediocre and are taking a lot of jobs," Avery told Toronto's The Fan 590.
When told that the NHL Players' Association does a lot of things for the best interests of all players - regardless of background - Avery maintained that it was his own opinion.
"The Association does a lot of things," he said. "I'm just talking for me."
In parts of three NHL seasons with the Detroit Red Wings and Los Angeles Kings, Avery has 47 points.
Smolinski, 33, has played with the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings and Ottawa Senators. He has 231 goals and 534 points in his career.
"Just a chance to play hockey again and bring some respect to the league and especially this team," said Smolinski, who owns a house in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham.
The Mechanics said that no players will be cut from the roster to make room for NHL players. The team landed Detroit Red Wings defencemen Chris Chelios and Derian Hatcher and centre Kris Draper last week
