Hockey player Sean Avery has been suspended from the NHL after making "inappropriate public comments, not pertaining to the game." In an interview yesterday, the Dallas Star's left-winger threw a thinly veiled verbal jab at Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf , who is dating Avery's ex-girlfriend Elisha Cuthbert.

Avery's inflammatory comments came following a morning skate in Calgary, where the Stars play the Flames tonight.

Avery approached a group of reporters, asked if a camera was present, then said he wanted to say one thing: "I'm really happy to be back in Calgary; I love Canada," he said. "I just wanted 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. But, enjoy the game tonight."

I have to admit, as d-baggy as that statement is, I laughed. And not like a little chuckle but a wide mouthed guffaw followed by knee slap.

I guess that means that LA Kings center Jarrett Stoll is enjoying his "sloppy seconds" too.