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Sean Avery was suspended indefinitely for crude off-the-ice comments about his ex. But when it comes to words and thoughts and morality in pro sports, whose rules apply? Who are we protecting, exactly?

Elisha Cuthberts ex-boyfriend, Sean Avery of the Dallas Stars hockey team has been suspended indefinitely after calling Elisha Cuthert his sloppy seconds, reports the Toronto Sun. But to be fair, Elisha is currently dating her THIRD NHL player boyfriend,...

img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Elisha Cuthbert/post_image/post_image-1203_elisha_cuthbert_movie_00.jpg" border="0"br Sean Avery of the Dallas Stars has been suspended indefinitely from the National Hockey League after publicly referring to Elisha Cuthbert as "sloppy seconds." She's currently a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/05/elisha_cuthberts_last_day_in_a.php?bfm_index=11"dating Dion Phaneuf/a of the Calgary Flames. While talking to reporters yesterday, Sean made the following off-hand remarks, according to a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/news/sean-avery-suspended-for-calling-elisha-cuthbert-sloppy-seconds"Us Magazine/a: blockquote"I am really happy to be back in Calgary, I love Canada," he said. "I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don't know what that's about. Enjoy the game tonight."br After the National Hockey League suspended him for "inappropriate public comments," Avery -- who served as an intern at Vogue this past year -- now has to meet with Commissioner Gary Bettman, who will determine any additional penalty.br "I completely support the league's decision to suspend Sean Avery," Stars owner Tom Hicks said in a statement. "Had the league not have suspended him, the Dallas Stars would have. This organization will not tolerate such behavior, especially from a member of our hockey team. We hold our team to a higher standard and will continue to do so."/blockquote So, apparently hockey is a gentleman's sport now? Huh. I must be confused by all the punching and knocking out of teeth. Interesting. If that's the case, why not make the players wear tuxes and top hats? You know, keep things classy. Then, if your teammate makes unsavory comments about a former lover, you can slap them in the face with your gloves and demand satisfaction. Which is also why everybody gets a pistol. Hear, hear! Thanks to Ryan who's been known to seduce a young lady or two with the simple twist of his monocle. div style="width: 425px; margin: 0 0 0 30px; padding: 0;"ul style="list-style-type: none; display: block; width: 425px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"li style="display: block; float: left; width: 90px; height: 134px; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;"a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/elisha_cuthberts_ex_suspended.php" style="display: block; width: 90px; height: 134px; background: #CCC; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; padding: 0;"img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Elisha Cuthbert/gallery_thumb/gallery_thumb-1203_elisha_cuthbert_movie_00.jpg" style="display: block; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 88px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/a/lili style="display: block; float: left; width: 90px; height: 134px; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;"a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/elisha_cuthberts_ex_suspended.php?bfm_index=1" style="display: block; width: 90px; height: 134px; background: #CCC; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; padding: 0;"img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Elisha Cuthbert/gallery_thumb/gallery_thumb-1203_elisha_cuthbert_movie_01.jpg" style="display: block; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 88px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/a/lili style="display: block; float: left; width: 90px; height: 134px; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;"a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/elisha_cuthberts_ex_suspended.php?bfm_index=2" style="display: block; width: 90px; height: 134px; background: #CCC; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; padding: 0;"img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Elisha Cuthbert/gallery_thumb/gallery_thumb-1203_elisha_cuthbert_movie_02.jpg" style="display: block; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 88px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/a/lili style="display: block; float: left; width: 90px; height: 134px; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;"a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/elisha_cuthberts_ex_suspended.php?bfm_index=3" style="display: block; width: 90px; height: 134px; background: #CCC; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; padding: 0;"img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Elisha Cuthbert/gallery_thumb/gallery_thumb-1203_elisha_cuthbert_movie_03.jpg" style="display: block; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 88px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/a/li/uldiv style="clear: left;"/div/div div class = "credit"Photos: a href="http://www.pacificcoastnewsonline.com"Pacific Coast News/a/div pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/d2THdwhkMdYGCcCA2b3jNsfbPIE/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/d2THdwhkMdYGCcCA2b3jNsfbPIE/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thesuperficial/SNxk/~4/CC23fTcS_9g" height="1" width="1"/

The NHL has suspended Dallas Stars' left wing, Sean Avery, indefinitely after he called Elisha Cuthbert (his ex-girlfriend) his "sloppy seconds." Awww, how sweet. Us Magazine reports: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]

You guys know I’m a huge Hockey fan, right? And if you’ve paid attention to my Elisha Cuthbert posts, you’ve probably noticed that the guy I despise the most in the NHL is Dallas Stars forward/uber-pest Sean Avery, who just happens to be Elisha Cuthbert’s ex-boyfriend (Cuthbert is now dating Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf). Anyways, here’s what Avery had to say to reporters yesterday before the Stars/Flames game:

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“I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don’t know what that’s about. Enjoy the game tonight.”

Not very classy to say the least, and the NHL agrees; Avery has been suspended indefinitely.

Now I know there are a ton of you out there who think what Avery said isn’t that big of a deal, but you have to understand that this is the straw that broke the camel’s back. The guy has a long, long list of idiotic, uncalled for, and disrespectful stunts that have no place in the Hockey world (what does he think this is? The NBA/NFL?). And the fact that it was all premeditated just goes to show you what kind of a guy he is. Plus I really, really hate him. But you know what? Forget about suspending the prick; I want him to stay in the NHL just because maybe someday we’ll get the chance to see him get pummelled by George LaRaque. Then it’ll all be worth it.

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The NHL has suspended Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery indefinitely, pending a hearing with commissioner Gary Bettman. The Stars' super-pest is being suspended for disparaging remarks he made this morning in reference to Flames defenceman Dion Phaneuf and Phaneuf's girlfriend, actress Elisha Cuthbert, who previously had a relationship with Avery. "I am really happy to be back in Calgary, I love Canada," Avery said on camera this morning in Calgary. "I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don't know what that's about. Enjoy the game tonight." Avery's hearing will take place in accordance with the NHL Constitution, for conduct "detrimental to the League or game of hockey," the NHL announced.

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The NHL has suspended Stars forward Sean Avery indefinitely pending a hearing with commissioner Gary Bettman.