Thursday, April 17, 2008

Cry Babies

FoxSports has another story on the Devils blaming everyone but themselves for being down 3-1 to the Rangers...

Brodeur said..."...The referees are not calling anything that isn't 100 percent interference. If it's in the 90s, they are going to think about it and let it play. It's fine with me. I don't have a problem with it. They are definitely pushing."

Most of Brodeur's teammates are not happy with either the Rangers' running of Brodeur or the officials lack of calls to protect him.

"You want to protect him but you don't want to put your team down either," defenseman Mike Mottau said. "If someone does something outside the rules, you have to take exception, but going to the net to score goals, there is going to be some incidental contact. But it seems to be happening a lot."

Brodeur fondly remembered the old times when Stevens and Ken Daneyko used to patrol the crease area before the NHL went to a more wide-open style.

If someone messed with the goalie, they would pay a price for it.

"It was a lot different when I had different players that were allowed to do different things out there," Brodeur said. It's a new game now."

...I don't think I've ever seen a team in the playoffs complain as much as the Devils do. They have completely become unraveled. They're talking about everything except winning. I love it. This series couldn't be going any better for the Rangers or Ranger fans.

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