Last Night Was Not Good For People Named Sean Avery

They will take the point they got but did not earn here in last night's 3-2 overtime defeat to the 29th-overall Maple Leafs and pretend that it was a step in the right direction, even if they lost ground in the playoff hunt to two of the three teams directly in front of them. What's more, even as Boston and Atlanta won while Philadelphia lost, the Blueshirts saw Sean Avery go down to a left knee injury with 7:15 remaining in the second period. Avery hobbled out of the rink with a pronounced limp just minutes after Ryan Callahan, who could not play last night because of a right knee, did the same.

Not only just the knee injury but he also got the business delivered to him from Dion Phanuef. The guy who was stirring it up with Avery's sloppy seconds last year when the comment was made. Can't really defend him on that one. He deserved a bit of a cheap shot to the dome.