Sean Avery Hospitalized

Note: I have changed this article several times as news has developed in this situation. When people are presented with two different stories, it becomes confusing as to what is really the truth.

I was waiting for Sean's official statement before truly deciding what would be printed. Last week, when the story was released, myself, as well as many news outlets, were unsure which story to go with. We have been lied to many times. As a reporter, we tend to stick to the news outlet as being the factual basis over the statements from the NHL and the franchise. Why? Because they've lied to us so many times before to protect the truth. They do it because they are a business protecting their own self interests.

For a news publication to knowingly print such false information about someone, knowing that it will be repeated across the media world, is ill intended and wrong. The reputation and credibility of the NY Daily News has completely sunk in my book.

I will say this though (for those who read the original article last week before I began changing this article with updated information). Based on what I read in Avery's interview, he wasn't sure he was going to live. He mentioned that he was preparing his Will when all of this happened. I had originally spoken about my thoughts and feelings on the issue of Sean almost dying and surviving this scary episode. That feeling was very real. He was preparing for the worst.

The purpose of that original article was to realize our own mortalities. I have had some weird run-ins with the agitator over the past year and I thought I would write from that gray area that one of my editors always talks to me about (but to proceed with caution). It's very rare that I write from that gray area because there are some stories I usually do not like to tell, because those are my memories to what makes this game so special to me.

MK