One of the biggest stats proving Sean Avery's positive impact on the Rangers two years ago was the Blueshirts win/loss record of 33-14-10 with him in the line-up as opposed to 9-13-3 without him.According to TSN, that has flipped recently. As the Rangers went 29-30-10 with Avery in the line-up and 8-3 without this season.
...this all comes back to Torts putting the reigns on Avery this season. The real Avery only appeared once every few weeks. And I don't need to tell you guys that if Avery can't be Avery there's really no reason to have him out there. We talk about roster changes this off-season, but one of the biggest changes that needs to be made is Torts deciding to let Avery play his game.
On the flip side the Rangers were 33-25-9 with Brandon Dubinsky in the line-up and 4-8-1 without him.
4 comments:
This team needs Avery to be Avery & for Torts to put his ego in his back pocket on this one. Brian Engblom said it best last year: "without Avery this team is just plain vanilla."
Shouldn't other circumstances be looked at...those last games, Cally didn't play much either - does that mean they're better without him? The team wanted to make the playoffs...they played harder for that regardless of who was on the ice.
Torts making Avery tone down is definitely part of it...but they aren't better off without him.
I agree Elissa, I just thought it was interesting how the numbers have completely flipped from two years ago.
Sean is a great assest to Rangers and should be allowed to play 'HIS' game.
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