Katie Strang of ESPNNY tweets that Sean Avery has cleared waivers.
Larry Brooks tweets that an assignment to Hartford should be coming soon, though there is the possibility of him signing a deal with a team in the KHL.
Update: 2:50PM
#NYR Avery has officially been assigned to (AHL) Connecticut according to the AHL web site’s transaction log
— Katie Strang (@KatieStrangESPN) December 31, 2011
