Sean Avery's days of playing with the New York Rangers are likely over after he was placed on waivers by the club on Tuesday. "I think we have better players than Sean Avery, plain and simple," said coach John Tortorella. "I can dodge it 10 different ways without trying to run Sean over -- I thought he had a good camp, but I think the makeup of our team and some of the people we've added and some of the youth we've added ... put Sean in this spot. I wish him good luck in everything, but we've gone by that." Erik Christensen is a more versatile player, so he beat out Avery for the team's 13th forward spot. Avery is keeping his options open if he goes unclaimed by Wednesday afternoon's deadline.