Last week I put a call into Sean Avery's agent asking if I might get a few minutes with the unrestricted free agent to talk about his Summer internship with Men's Vogue. I didn't get a call back, and now I know why: The magazine was sitting on its own feature by Avery, detailing the ins and outs of his first month on the job.As it turns out, the story is as entertaining as Avery, which is something of a surprise considering I'm not much of a fan of fashion. One of the highlights -- how Avery accidentally dumped his lunch all over one of his co-workers -- a transgression that one would assume would have gotten just about any other intern shown the door on Day One:
[W]hile my stick-handling on the ice keeps getting better and better, my tray-handling leaves a bit to be desired. I still can't find the girl who fled the cafeteria with beef stroganoff spilled all over her, but just in case she's reading this: You can find me on the twelfth floor, and I owe you a new outfit.Either that, or you can find him idling in a closet half-naked. Along with the feature, the magazine has also posted a slide show of the erstwhile member of the New York Rangers puttering about in a closet someplace at the magazine wearing a Rangers t-shirt and pretending to rack clothes and shoes -- and as for some of those shoes, I could swear I've seen them before at a bowling alley.
After reading the piece, one thing ought to be clear: Avery is happy in New York with the Rangers. Unfortunately for Avery, it looks like GM Glen Sather may very well be willing to part with Avery if it means clearing enough cap space to land a player like free agent defenseman Brian Campbell. As to how Avery might feel about having to find a job someplace else, well, that's a question the Men's Vogue feature just doesn't answer.
POSTSCRIPT: Forgive me for not being up on my Manhattan gossip for missing this item.
