Sean Avery: Back to Business

Boy, it's been a while since Sean Avery made a fool of himself, hasn't it? He's been fairly quiet over the last few months; the one notable thing he had to say to the media was to talk about the pink sticks he and several other players are playing with, to promote breast cancer awareness.

But wait!

Mighty Ducks broadcaster Brian Hayward was visiting the Kings' dressing room on Friday, when Sean Avery confronted him about comments he had made accusing Avery of running away from a fight with Anaheim pugilist Todd Fedoruk. The full TSN.ca report can be seen here, but here are some of the highlights (as reported by the L.A. Times):


Avery: "You're an embarrassment."
Hayward: "You want to see an embarrassment? Look in the mirror, Sean."

Avery: "You're the reason the league doesn't have a national television deal. You're a (terrible) announcer and you were a (terrible) player."
Hayward: "How would you know? When I played, you were in your third year of eighth grade."

Oh boy. That's good times. From what I understand, Hayward is indeed a mediocre broadcaster, and was a career backup goaltender - he shared the Jennings Trophy (for goalies of the team with the least goals against) with Patrick Roy in three consecutive years (1986-87 to 1988-89), but many would argue that a trained monkey could share the Jennings if your number one is Patrick Roy. On the other hand, he seems to have a quick wit, and if he's going to trade verbal blows with Sean Avery, that makes him my hero for the day.

It wouldn't have been the first time that Avery ran from a fight, and certainly will not be the last - he's not big on backing up that mouth of his - but apparently he felt the need to defend himself. I'm not sure why, because by now his reputation is so far down the toilet that the only people who like him are the ones who like everybody that "speaks their mind," which the monkey doesn't even need to be trained to do, he just needs the power of speech (although I guess flinging feces is a form of expression).