New York Rangers’ Sean Avery linked to reports of retiring but nothing confirmed yet-NHL News
New York Rangers’ left wing, Sean Avery, has managed to trigger another debate in the National Hockey League (NHL) and this time it is around his controversial retirement announcement from the professional hockey league.
Following his statement during the "After Show" part of Bravo TV's "Watch What Happens Live" programme that he was calling it quits from the game, the market is abuzz with contradictory rumours and reports.
His agent, Pat Morris, has ruled out the possibility of his client being serious about announcing his retirement, which leaves a question mark on the credibility of his remarks during the TV programme.
It all started from a question of a viewer, which was posed to the player by the host of the show, Andy Cohen. He asked him:
"Sean, what are your thoughts about your hockey future?"
The player thought for a moment while leaning back in his chair and responded:
"I am officially retired; I threw my skates in the Hudson [River]."
Apparently, the wording of the reply do not reflect seriousness of the player’s plans of retiring from the professional league, and certain quarters rightly raised doubts about the worthiness of the remarks, since they first appeared on the screen.
However, the comment was further endorsed by tweets from the New York Post’s Larry Brooks that the player has told the newspaper “no joke, I am retiring.”
Since there is no word of confirmation or denial by the player himself in elaboration of the outburst, it remains unclear and yet debated if he is really leaving the league once and for all.
It is even more difficult to ascertain given the fact that his agent has denied the comment to be closer to seriousness.
The agent could be true due to the fact that he should be the first person to know the retirement plans of the player if they were there at all.
Also, following emergence of the debate on the media, the agent must have had checked with the player first before confirming or denying them.
So altogether, the comment remains as a mere speculation, leaving the player’s hockey future to both possibilities that either he is still an active player or has indeed become a history.
Former possibility could be truer given the controversial nature of the player’s statements he had made in the past. He has been often linked to controversies, which at the end proved to be nothing than mere rumours.
Interestingly, there is no word from the New York Rangers’ management either in support or against the remarks. It is not even clear if they are aware of the latest developments around the forward’s career.
Avery has played professional hockey for 10 consecutive seasons.
In total, he has played 580 games and has 90 goals, 157 assists and 1,533 penalty minutes to his record.
He has represented the Los Angeles Kings, Dallas Stars, New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings during the decade.
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