I guess the Stars aren’t getting their money’s worth out of him anyway. Three goals and seven assists. I haven’t watched all of their games this year but I have yet to see the “gritty” play that we were promised.
I thought for sure that Avery on the ice would make us forget how wonderfully obnoxious Steve Ott can be, but it just isn't happening. But I do think that he has played pretty well. He is never going to score much more than 15-20 goals a game anyway. The Stars' problems have much more to do with erratic goaltending and irresponsible defensive play by too many other forwards and defensemen (not including Avery) than with Avery's off-the-field comments.