Ryan Dixon at The Hockey News offers this nightmare scenario when dreaming up possible free agent signings...Sean Avery to the New York Islanders
"The Isles could stick it to their cross-town rivals and Avery could continue interning at Vogue. It’s win-win!
What the Islanders desperately need is an infusion of talent so they can muster up more than the anemic 2.4 goals per game they averaged this year.
Avery can’t completely solve that situation, but he can address the fact the Isles play in a town with eight other big-league teams and are less popular than all of them.
The only buzz associated with hockey on Long Island for a long time is the one created by fans sawing off ties to the team en mass. Avery might be the anti-Mike Bossy, but he could bring in some butts.
And don’t underestimate his value on the ice, too. The Rangers were 50-20-16 with Avery in the lineup during the regular season since he joined them in February of ’07 and 9-13-3 without him.
His antics on the power play could also help the Isles put some distance between themselves and the St. Louis Blues, the only team that was less threatening with the man advantage this year.
Ready for that first game back at Madison Square Garden yet?"
...i think that I'd cancel my season tickets if this ever happened. Not to mention the riots outside MSG.
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