Sean Avery Goes From Dallas Stars to New York Rangers

What is official is that as a Dallas Stars member he played 23 games, and had only 3 goals and 7 assists. At a price of 15.5 million over 4 years, this is not what you would call a good return on investment. This lack of production, comments about other players dating his ex-girlfriends, and poor behavior in the locker room have the Dallas Stars looking to get rid of Sean Avery.

At present it’s obvious the Dallas Stars are not missing Sean Avery. Sean Avery’s absence paired with the return of the Marty Turco that we remember from last year’s playoffs has the Dallas Stars moving towards the top of the standings again. Stars have gone 16-6-3 in their last 25 games, which has propelled them to 5th place in the Western Conference. They are now back in the playoff picture again instead of the Western Conference Cellar.

It is clear that Sean Avery will not be returning to the Stars lineup ever. There are several options for the Dallas Stars to dump Sean Avery, and the one that is being rumored now has him eventually ending up back with the New York Rangers, the team he skated with before becoming a Dallas Star. In this scenario Avery must pass through waivers and find an AHL team that is willing to put up with him. Hartford an AHL affiliate of the New York Rangers might just be that team, once he has played there for a while he will go through recall waivers. This is where the New York Rangers are rumored to plan on picking him up. During the recall waiver period they can grab him for half price, leaving the Stars paying the other half. Barring the very unlikely event of a trade, this is the best-case scenario.

The Stars last, and more expensive option is to buy Avery out. The price for a buyout is 11.5 million dollars, which can be spread out over 6 years. Either way the Dallas Stars end up paying around a million dollars a point. This makes Sean Avery’s signing a very high priced mistake for the Stars.