Sean Avery: NHL's Fallen Star

Mike Modano did not want Sean Avery back. Neither did anyone else on the Stars' organization. (Wikimedia Images)"]
Sean Avery's days as a Dallas Star are officially over. While serving a six-game suspension by the NHL and currently undergoing counseling at an undisclosed treatment center (all for making a crude remark about ex-girlfriends dating other hockey players), Avery was told that he will never be allowed to re-join the team.

Apparently the decision was unanimous. No one on the Dallas Stars organization wanted the loud-mouth back, including teammates Mike Modano and Marty Turco.

“Their voice was heard loud and clear,” Dallas Stars' co-general manager Brett Hull said.

Only 23 games into a four-year, $15.5 million deal, Avery is on his fourth team in seven seasons. First, he was with Detroit, then he was traded to Los Angeles and then moved to the New York Rangers, who chose not to re-sign him when his contract expired. It was Brett Hull who fought hard to get Stars' owner Tom Hicks to sign Avery as a free agent.

“I thought Sean could bring a little bit of a change in our locker room and on the ice which I thought was missing,” Hull said. “Obviously, it went overboard and didn’t work out.”

If Avery is traded (and that's a big if), Avery could remain in the NHL. But it's looking like he'll be sent down to the minors and left to watch his career fizzle and fade.

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