Pest or Performer?

Sean Avery, you either hate him or you love him.  If you are a New York Rangers fan you love him, if you are any other hockey fan you hate him.  His latest action has drawn a lot of ridicule from around the league, especially within the Oilers organization.  If you don't know what he did check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjZF1Cdx7Eo.  Now for those of you who follow hockey very closely you know this isn't out of the ordinary for Sean Avery.  Just last year Avery was cut from the Dallas Stars when he made a comment about Dion Phaneuf's girlfriend Elisha Cuthbert, referring to her as his "sloppy seconds".  Avery has always had an edge to him, but is this such a bad thing?  It gets people talking about hockey even if you don't watch hockey.  I for one think he is a complete douche, with no balls.  He often walks away from fights he starts or gets the bigger guys on his team to finish his battles.  Some of Avery's other well documented incidents include his dance routine in front on Martin Brodeur during the Stanley Cup Playoffs a couple of years back (see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb4WaZMVtyE).  He also called Jason Blake a cancer patient, when in fact he had cancer.  Not a real top notch guy, but he is entertaining.  There are only a handful of guys like this in the NHL and probably for good reason.  You have Steve Downie, Daniel Carcillo and Sean Avery.  These are the guys who are always in the headlines.  To be fair, Steve Downie is a good hockey player when he focuses on hockey and not being some psycho running around on the ice trying to kill someone.  Daniel Carcillo was a healthy scratch during the 2010 playoffs a couple of times because his coach thought he was not focused enough on the team aspect and that he could be more of a problem then a solution for them to win a game and just the other night Carcillo at full speed left his feet and lunged at an opposing player, but missed and is now out with ligament damage in his knee.  But back to Sean Avery and his antics.  Do they belong in the NHL?  Probably not.  Do they make the game fun to watch?  Yes, at times.  Should something be done about Sean Avery?  No not by the NHL, but perhaps by other players.  No one has ever stepped up and beating the living piss out of him.  Does he deserve it?  HELL YES he does.  Sean Avery probably doesn't have too many friends, even on his own team.  In interviews and on the ice he comes off as a narcissistic, bipolar, out of control, unstable individual.  I tried to look up any community work he does (as most athletes do) and I couldn't do anything, not saying that he doesn't but I think parents and community groups would be hard pressed to sell someone like him to the community.  Sean Avery can be a good hockey player, but I think that sometimes he gets too caught up in his "bad boy" persona and spends all of his energy making people hate him instead of playing hockey.

Dear Sean Avery,
   Did you mother not love you?  Did you father tell you constantly that you were a mistake?  Did you brother/sister make out with your girlfriend in highschool?  Did you get pants by the school bully during a Christmas Concert where you played one of Santa's little elves?  Because you certainly act like it!!!  Tell you what Sean, I like you antics (when they don't lead to a concussion) but do the NHL and all it's fans a favour, keep them clean, fun and show people that you know how to score goals, not just annoy the piss out of everyone!