Guess Who's Baaaaack?

by Anne

The Dallas Stars are placing Avery on waivers Monday and the Rangers have committed to claiming him. He's playing on their AHL team, we all saw this coming.

This is so great for so many reasons:

• We get interviews with the "reformed" Avery

• John Tortorella is about to become Sean Avery's new coach. Tortorella was extremely vocal about his opinion that Avery should be out of the league forever and ever

• Shanahan and Jagr, both often credited with keeping Avery in check are gone from the Rangers line-up

• Last year the Rangers were a better team with Avery in the line-up. However, this is a different Rangers team.

• Glen Sather is a moron. If this helps the Rangers this season I'll be totally shocked

Welcome back you son of a B

What Do You Mean No One Disagrees?

by Anne

You've probably all heard by now about former Islanders GM and TV "analyst" Mike Millbury calling our beloved crash test dummy, Timmy Connolly, a "self-centered little dink" on a nationally televised broadcast last night. If not, crank the volume and listen up:

My favorite part about this non-controversy is that in all the places I've read about this, not a single soul has defended Timmy and said that he is not what he is accused of being: a "self-centered little dink." Everyone's main argument is that Mike Millbury was a terrible GM and somehow that's related because he drafted Timmers and then traded him to Buffalo.

So since no one has defended him I suppose it must be true. Tim Connolly is a "self-centered little dink." Yes, but he's our "self-centered little dink"... at least until March 4th. And, let's be honest, we've all called him much much worse.