Sean Avery was the type of hockey player who had more depth to him. You could tell he played hockey and enjoyed a lot of the elements the sport brought, but he never truly 100 percent bought into the culture.
Avery tried to explain why in his post on Players’ Tribune where he discusses his decision to retire in 2012 – at the age of 32 – and a lot of other elements of his career that just seemed off.
I decided to retire in 2012 because the game was no longer fun for me.