02-11-2005, 11:19 PM
You've likely never heard of him, but Sean Avery of the LA Kings was asked what would happen if the NHL had to fold teams because of the lockout. He had this brilliant observation:
"I think they can eliminate a lot of Europeans who are mediocre and are taking a lot of jobs."
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For the record, Mr. Avery had a grand total of 28 points in 76 games last year. That put him 10th on the Kings in points, which was behind such "mediocre European" teammates Alexander Frolov, Zigmund Palffy (who only played 35 games), Jozef Stumpel, Jaroslav Modry (a d-man, no less) and Lubomir Visnovsky (ANOTHER d-man).
In fact, the only European on the Kings to play as many games as Avery and not get as many points was Mattias Norstrom - a d-man who happens to be the team's captain.
So, in Avery's world, contraction will cost "mediocre Europeans" their jobs, but there will still be jobs for less-than-mediocre bums from Pickering.
Solidarity brother! :roll:
"I think they can eliminate a lot of Europeans who are mediocre and are taking a lot of jobs."
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For the record, Mr. Avery had a grand total of 28 points in 76 games last year. That put him 10th on the Kings in points, which was behind such "mediocre European" teammates Alexander Frolov, Zigmund Palffy (who only played 35 games), Jozef Stumpel, Jaroslav Modry (a d-man, no less) and Lubomir Visnovsky (ANOTHER d-man).
In fact, the only European on the Kings to play as many games as Avery and not get as many points was Mattias Norstrom - a d-man who happens to be the team's captain.
So, in Avery's world, contraction will cost "mediocre Europeans" their jobs, but there will still be jobs for less-than-mediocre bums from Pickering.
Solidarity brother! :roll: