Avery winning over Torts!

Sean is showing what he can do as a player,” Tortorella said of Avery, who has four goals in the three games. “If he just keeps that concentration and continues to just worry about playing and not the other stuff, he can do the things he has been doing for the hockey club.

“He has been outstanding in trying to keep that concentration, but it has to be all of the time. We don’t want any cracks.”

“He holds everyone accountable, including myself,” Avery said of Tortorella, 5-3-1 since replacing fired coach Tom Renney. “I feel like he is on me a lot and trying to get the most out of me and get the most out of all the guys. We are starting to respond to him a lot more.”

“We’re starting to believe that we’re a good team,” Avery said. “I think that we kind of had a feeling that we didn’t really believe that or we don’t believe that as much as we should. We’ve got a good team.

Great news thus far as Torts was a tough critic on Avery in the past,but with his play so far how can you not love him.I think Avery has opened some eyes around the league,I always knew from watching him that he was underrated as a player but now it seems others are starting to see it also.Many of his offensive skills are underrated,epsecially his skating where he excels.This is where he wants to be and where he's played his best,hope it keeps up.