[BIRD33]

I never said suspending him was bad for the NHL. I think the NHL was actually trying to stop anything from being settled on the ice. It's one thing to take a shot at the guy who is dating your ex, but saying "sloppy seconds" is over the line.

Comparing hockey players and basketball players (or football players) is like comparing apples and oranges. I mean, like comparing blacks and whites. Doing stupid publicity stunts seems commonplace for football and basketball players, there's a bit more of an "elitist attitude" for hockey players. Not saying that is good, but that is the state of the Bettman administration. The assumption is that these guys love the game for the game, not for the money they get and they certainly don't need to have the sideshow for publicity sake.

thats exactly why your league is tanking in the US.Nobody has any personality.Every other guy is a walking corpse personality wise or a foreign guy who barely speaks english.It wasnt always like this.Hockey used to be more of a sport of the common man at least in Philly.Now it costs an arm and a league to see a game and the players walk out of the locker room dressed like stock brokers.Avery is what your game needs desperately.Bettman has been nothing but trouble for hockey.He came from the NBA where they specialized in not focusing on the players because a majority of them are crazy black guys.Hockey needs this buzz.

I'm sorry but neither the word sloppy or seconds is offensive to anyone and suspending him is one step towards enacting a grammar police.Hockey has fighting just for this reason.