Friday, February 27, 2009

How Will Tortorella Handle Avery?

Jim Kelley at SI.com looks at how John Tortorella will handle the likely event of the Rangers claiming Sean Avery...

"Avery may be Sather's guy, but Tortorella controls his destiny. The coach may not like him -- and his on-the-record remarks made as a TV analyst in Canada make that abundantly clear -- but that doesn't mean he isn't willing to accept the challenge of having him on the bench.

In the end, Avery will bend to Tortorella's will or he won't be a Ranger."

...if Avery controls himself, I think he can fit perfectly in Tortorella's pressure system. If he doesn't, like Kelley says Avery will be gone.

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