Sean Avery News

According to Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News , the New York Rangers have reached an agreement for Vigneault to be their next head coach: No terms of Vigneault's agreement have been released to the press at this time, nor has there been an official announcement scheduled.

John Tortorella did a great job with the Rangers . The Rangers are, simply put, not a highly skilled team ala Boston, Vancouver, Chicago or even Toronto or Ottawa.

New York Rangers' Sean Avery draws blood as he fights with New York Islanders' Micheal Haley during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, March 31, 2011, in Uniondale, N.Y. AP-Kathy Kmonicek A new study by University of San Diego psychologist Nadav Goldschmied says that most of the fighting in the National Hockey League is calculated ... (more)

Getting out of the first round of the playoffs in any sport require some skill, some grit and not just being better at being average than a few other teams.

The first text Sean Avery received informing him John Tortorella had been fired as Rangers' coach came early Wednesday afternoon while he was in the back seat of a taxi, between business meetings in Manhattan.

Depending on how you look at it, the coaching market either just got a whole lot more open for the Dallas Stars , or a whole lot more competitive.

Sean Avery seemed quite please to see his former head coach fired from the New York Rangers on Wednesday.

You may recall back in March when former Rangers player Sean Avery took to Twitter and called for the firing of New York head coach John Tortorella.