Originally posted on Myspace/Facebook Decemeber 5th, 2008
OK! Sean Avery is the most *publically* hated guy in probably the entire sport of hockey. He is always saying and doing outrageous things both on and off the ice. Even I recall wagging my finger at him in a “game’s over there” kind of manner due to the freshness of the Jason Blake incident in Toronto last November. And for those of you that know me and my career past with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd, you’ll know that defending anything in the blue and white is not a common or an easy practice for me. So that’s saying a hell of a lot.
Avery has repeatedly made racist comments and comments that are *actually* detrimental to the league and other players, yet he has never received harsh punishment for his shocking actions. However, on Tuesday morning, Avery finally opened his mouth and said something that made me stand up and applaud! He referred to his former girlfriend, talentless actress and puck pig extraordinaire, Elisha Cuthbert, as his sloppy seconds making reference to the string of NHL (celebrity whores) players, that she has (screwed) dated since the two broke up. The league decided to respond claiming that these comments are detrimental to the league and game of hockey. YEAH, OK! Sure they were, Betsy. Avery was suspended for six games and must undergo an anger management evaluation, seems a bit steep considering he got nothing for his more off-colour commentary in the past.
At the heart of this sentence is proof that the players are not the only celebrity bunnies in the National Hockey League. Bettman seems very concerned with how Miss (i-have-an-ass-on-my-face) (i-can’t-act-i-was-playing-myself-in-The Girl-Next-Door) Cuthbert will retaliate to these comments. Do you think if Avery had made these comments about a non-shiny ex-girlfriend that he’d receive any kind of slap on the wrist? Not likely. He’d receive kudos from his teammates for calling that girl the puck bunny-pig that she is and that would be that.
TSN sports analysts, former hockey players with apparent newfound degrees in Women’s Studies, attempted to defend the Commissioner’s decision to suspended Avery by calling his comment “misogynistic” and abusive to women. As a woman, and as many women I have spoken to about this issue have agreed, this is not an offensive statement. AT ALL. Quite simply, this is not a term used exclusively for women, and, thus, not sexist. What I find offensive is that the league feels it is their duty to protect the interest of this hockey whore swine (for God’s sake the beast dates anyone: Avery [the reptile], Komisarek [the day walker], and Phaneuf [the lame special ed. mule]) over its own players. So Mr. Bettman has once again made a fool of himself by not acting on things that deserved to be punished, and being too severe with poor Avery in defense of she-man Cuthbert. Bravo! I’m sure Georges Laraque, Jason Blake, Jarome Iginla, and the many French-Canadian players in the league feel that justice has been served.
