Grim news today out of New York as Rangers bad boy forward Sean Avery was rushed to a Manhattan hospital this morning unconscious and not breathing after what the New York Daily News called cardiac arrest hours after his team lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game Three of their Eastern Conference Semi-Final game.

TSN reports Avery suffered a lacerated spleen and is out for the rest of the playoffs but is expected to make a full recovery.

Regardless of what Avery's critics (of which I am one) may think of his on-ice actions and off-ice comments here's hoping that Avery does indeed make a full recovery and returns to action next season.

**UPDATE** Reports of Avery rushed to hospital unconscious and not breathing were not true, according to a Rangers spokesman.

As per The Globe & Mail:

"The spokesman said Avery went to St. Vincent's Medical Center in Lower Manahattan after the game with a team doctor in a town car. He walked into the hospital and was not on a stretcher, the spokesman said."

Regardless, best wishes to Avery for a speedy recovery.