Monday, October 20, 2008

Dallas Teamates Not 100% Sold on Avery

Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants has some great quotes from Sean Avery's teammates in Dallas. Gross thinks that some of the language they used seemed to have some meaning in between the lines. Here's an excerpt from Gross' blog. You be the judge...

...in what I thought was the most telling moment, but one that can't be conveyed with underlines, Modano was asked for his reaction when he heard that Avery had been signed.

It was just a long pause.

Then Modano said, "We're excited about having him here. He's a great playoff guy. He's one of those guys that shows up in those hard games and comes out on top. We needed that down the stretch. We ran into a Detroit team that was just rolling. Hopefully as the season goes on, things will get bigger and better and we'll start playing some good hockey."

...not exactly a ringing endorsement from Modano. But in Modano's defense I'm sure no player would have been looking forward to what was perceived as a circus coming to town.

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