Players Tribute - Sean Avery

[Axeman33]

I remember a few months ago, someone shared a link to other articles written by NHL players. Here's one written by former NHL bad boy, Sean Avery. Pretty good reads actually.

This one was written in Jan 2015

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/the-new-avery-rule/

Here's the lastest one written about why he retired.

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/sea...-after-hockey/

[The Comish]

Thanks for the links Axe! For the most part I liked Avery. Sure he acted like a clown sometimes, but I was pretty sure that it was mostly an act. He's a different character, not your typical hockey player, which I found refreshing.

[Moses]

I read this the other day and my initial though was that it sounded like revisionist history.

[Nights]

I had posted the ones by Shattenkirk about top level defencemen, but someone else posted the Couture one about elite centers.

Half-way through reading this one and it's another great one.

[YzermansLegacy]

Had read the old one a long time ago but hadn't seen the new one yet. Once again, another terrific read. Thanks for posting Axe.

[Zorro]

I just like the fact that he had first dibs on Phaneuf's squeeze!!

After all his money talk, I really don't care how much money he has lost to be honest.. I pay to go to NHL games and in turn pay these players and get nothing more then a couple hours of entertainment in return.. So I don't care Mr. Avery that you spent $750 on a pair of pants or all your money on vehicles that you didn't need..

Love the find though Axe!!

[kevinsrangers]

I just like the fact that he had first dibs on Phaneuf's squeeze!!

After all his money talk, I really don't care how much money he has lost to be honest.. I pay to go to NHL games and in turn pay these players and get nothing more then a couple hours of entertainment in return.. So I don't care Mr. Avery that you spent $750 on a pair of pants or all your money on vehicles that you didn't need..

Love the find though Axe!!

Agreed. And I really liked avery as a player.

[Pengwin7]

Avery is an interesting guy, for certain.
I always thought he didn't fit with the "hockey guy"... but was a guy that was "playing hockey".

People often lump in Matt Cooke & Sean Avery as goons - they are - but they are completely different.
Avery always struck me as an intellectual introvert, somebody who did take a business-like approach to his "career as a hockey player" and did, as he says, put on a character for sake of the job.
Whereas Cooke IS a "hockey guy" (amongst the boys) but has always been too overly intense about trying - to the point where his endorphins turn him recklessly violent (occasionally).

re: Avery's philosophy on life...
I am a big fan of looking at your life in pieces ("second life")/ stages.
But it does make it a struggle for a guy like Avery where he sees being a "hockey guy" as one stop in his lifetime.
He talks about his struggle with motivation day-in, day-out... and this happens when you feel like you are not in a place where you WANT to be long-term.
Good for him to move on. Wouldn't surprise me if had some serious bouts of depression along his life, I get that feel from how he writes.

Good read.
I don't miss Avery as a hockey player, but it's a refreshing point-of-view.

[Laendarian]

Good read, I still think he sounds a bit pretentious but I was never a fan. I really like the players Tribune though, the Shattenkirk and Couture articles are great reads. I think it may have been posted already somewhere but the Dupuis article is amazing, best one in my opinion, the thought process and day to day of a hockey player on the fringe really come out in that article. Here's the link for those interested.

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/in-my-blood/