Avery Most Likely Out for Whale Tonight

Update, 3:42 p.m.:
Andrew Gross reports that despite no longer wearing a no-contact jersey Avery is out for tonight’s game.

Original Post:
The CT Whale begins a three games in three days stretch tonight against the Manchester Monarchs. Here’s what Whale PR guru Brian Ring tweeted me about Sean Avery’s (shoulder) status for tonight…

#embedly_twitter_45882971{background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/194626582/800px-hartfordwhalersbannersjpg-929e02ff2c4ff935_large.jpg) #05079c; padding:20px;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} #embedly_twitter_45882971 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px; padding-bottom: 12px;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px} #embedly_twitter_45882971 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle} #embedly_twitter_45882971 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px} #embedly_twitter_45882971 p a {color: #b30012; text-decoration:none;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top: 5px;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top: 1px;line-height:12px} #embedly_twitter_45882971 a {color: #b30012; text-decoration:none;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 a:hover{text-decoration:underline} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-screen-name {font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-full-name {padding-left: 4px; color: #999; font-size: 12px;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-actions{margin-left: 10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .controls{line-height:12px!important} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-image {float: left; width: 40px;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-user-block-image {float: left; width: 48px; height: 48px} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-row {margin-left: 40px; margin-top: 3px;line-height: 17px;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-user-block {margin-left: -40px;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .stream-item {padding-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top: 4px;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .simple-tweet-content {margin: 0 0 13px 0px; font-size: 14px; min-height:48px;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .in-reply-to-border {border-color: #EBEBEB; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0 0;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left: 4px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 10px; color: #999; font-size: 12px;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-actions i {background: transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px -3px 3px;outline: none; text-indent:-99999px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;position:relative;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;} #embedly_twitter_45882971 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}

TheNYRBlogKevin DeLury

in reply to @TheNYRBlog

@TheNYRBlog I don’t think he’s quite ready yet, been skating a lot.
Oct 21 via TweetDeckFavoriteRetweetReply

Paul Doyle at the Hartford Courant adds that Avery could be a game time decision for games on Saturday and Sunday.

…if he’s still hurting, why even risk further injury. Not that it matters for the Rangers because it’s not like they plan on bringing him up at any point.

Remember to follow me on Twitter & Facebook or e-mail me at [email protected].

Arrow to top