Sean Avery spent much of Thursday night in the face of Devils goalie Martin Brodeur and in the mind of right winger David Clarkson. Clarkson and Avery conducted an ongoing dialogue throughtout the Rangers' 4-3 shootout victory at the Prudential Center. However, Clarkson was unwilling to talk about it after the game. "If it's something to do with Avery, I don't have anything to say," Clarkson told reporters. "Sorry." Ilya Kovalchuk exchanged a big hit with Avery and had to endure hooks and pokes all night, but he laughed it all off. "I think we send too much time talking to him," Kovalchuk said. "He's that type of player you have to leave alone. He's not a factor in the game. He just walks around and talks."
He's not a factor in the game? Huh? Is that why you spend your postgame interview talking about how much of a non factor he is? Makes sense. This is Sean Avery we're still talking about right? The guy who had an assist last night and got in Brodeur's face all game which ended with him giving up the game tying goal with 15 seconds left. That Sean Avery? He's been the most important guy on the Rangers since the final stretch run to the playoffs started. And it's not even just his talking that is impacting games, instead his game is going the talking for him. He's had a point in last 5 games. That's what we in the biz, call production.
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