Rangers Need Sean Avery NOW! Sports Writers, Pundits, Bloggers, And Fans Agree

The Rangers need Avery, says Larry Brooks of the New York Post and Fox Sports on MSN. "The Rangers need moxie. They need energy. They need personality. They need a hard-edged catalyst who will make opponents think twice. They need an agitator. They need a winger who is hard on the puck and has some talent around the net."

The Rangers need an infusion of energy. The Rangers need someone who actually will be tough to play against. The Rangers need Avery, according to the New York Post.
Avery's grit is something Rangers need, says Arthur Staple in Newsday, adding the Rangers are in need of the burst of wildness and unpredictability that Avery would bring back.

Staples goes further, saying, "The Rangers need Avery more than ever. And make no mistake, they need the bad boy, not the choirboy Gary Bettman and the NHL's thought police want Avery to turn into."

Rangers need Avery, now, says TheFourthPeriod.com.

Adding Avery to the mix might get the Rangers into the playoffs, says Peter Trinkle in Gothamist.

The Rangers came on so strong at the beginning of the year, many began thinking the Rangers could march all the way to the Stanley Cup. Since then, the Rangers have lost so much steam that analysts predict the only way to bring this New York team back from the brink is to bring back bad boy Sean Avery, claim Michael Traikos and Sarah Millar, writing in the National Post.

The Rangers want Sean Avery in their lineup because they are a team in need of a kick in the pants and an identity, according to Hockey Night In Canada Radio's Jeff Marek. Avery gives Rangers "a swagger," he claims in his blog on CBC.com.

They are widely perceived as a vanilla team that's a walk in the park as an opponent. They won't be either of those things once Avery comes back home again, says Larry Brooks.

It can't come soon enough for a team that is in need of shock treatment to avert a complete breakdown , Brooks adds. The last week of February, that's when you should expect to see Sean Avery in a Rangers uniform.

Brooks reminds us that Bob Baun gained immortality by once playing a Stanley Cup game with a broken ankle and Avery played his final game with the Rangers, Game 3 of last season's Penguins playoff series, with a lacerated spleen.

"Right now they need a spark. Avery provided it once already for the Rangers and it would be a good bet to say he can do it again," says 'The Manic Ranger Fan'.