he's a dirty player, and what "skills" do you speak of? The guy came up with 33 points this season and 154 penalty minutes (in 57 games). I'll stick with players like Pavel Datsyuk who tally 97 points, with just 20 penalty minutes. That was in 82 games by the way.
People wonder why the NHL is always thought of big goons running around wacking each other with sticks, it's guy like Avery and Chris Simon that give the league it's bad rep.