NHL Playoffs: Why I Love Avery and Ovechkin

Avery is more than a pest - the man is vermin. Avery is pestilence, he is Ebola on ice and there is no hockey shrink that can cure his ills. Avery will do everything in his evil bag of tricks to get under Varmalov's tender skin tonight at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers are severely offensively-challenged team and they will need every edge they can get when it comes to unnerving Washington's young netminder. To be blunt, the Rangers can't score. Sean Avery is the edge. For New York Rangers fans, Sean Avery personifies the hope for a new tomorrow.