That's it, one last insult aimed at him.
Two and a half weeks ago, the Rangers played the Penguins at MSG (Chris Drury OT game winner) and Jaromir Jagr got credit for a goal that hit off of Syosset's-own Rob Scuderi's glove, off M.A. Fluery's helmet and in the net. That's the goal that went to review for 7 minutes because at first it looked like Gomez batted it in with his stick above the crossbar. In post-game media interviews, Jagr joked that the Rangers had been working on that play.
My point being, you think the Devils worked on the awful-deflection shots?
In Game 1, Paul Martin had a real nice shot that beat Henrik Lundqvist. Good goals 1, Bad goals 0.
In Game 2, the Devils only had one goal as well, and it was a deflection. GG 2, BG 0.
Game 3 was the first game the Devils put more than one shot past Hank - kind of. Sergei Brylin got credit for a goal after his pass went off of Blair Betts' stick. Patrick Elias scored on a power play shot. Then Zach Parise's shot hit a sliding Shanahan, somehow hit Lundqvist, and dribbled - slowly - over his shorts and into the net. In overtime, John Madden threw the puck in front, hit Marc Staal's skate, and went five-hole on Henrik. GG 3, BG 3.
In Game 4, Elias scored 2 on regular shots. Mike Mottau (why did the Devils let him wear #27?) scored a shot when Henrik's stick was slashed away. That counts as a Bad Goal because of the penalty that should have been called on Parise, thus the goal never should have happened. GG 5, BG 3.
Tonight, Gionta scored cleanly. Then Bryce Salvador dumped it in from outside the blue line, Dubinsky went to knock it down, and it escaped Lundqvist and went in. On the Devil's final goal of the season, a very bad shot by Elias hit off of Fedor Tyutin and snuck in right past the goalpost. Final score: Good Goals 6, Bad Goals 5.
I guess it's a testament to the Eastern conference theory that if you throw the puck at (or in some cases, near) the net, something good can happen. In the Western conference, teams will have 10 shots on net and score twice or three times (Calgary in Game 4 versus San Jose), or 18 shots (Dallas versus the Rangers), or 20 shots (Dallas versus San Jose in Game 4). I'm sure there are other examples not including games played this week or against the Rangers, where 15 shots were fired and 3 goals went in. In the East, it's quantity. In the West, it's quality. Except Detroit, who are nearly a given to outshoot an opponent (they outshot Nashville 53-21 today and won 2-1).
In conclusion, 10 shots by Calgary?! Jagr had 10 shots himself in Game 4!
And 10 goaltender interference penalties? I want to know how many of those were called on the Isles or Rangers.
(That's it. No more Devils talk. They'll be talking about the Rangers all summer. Think Brodeur will forget about #16 anytime soon? We have bigger fish to fry, so no more Devils talk. They're old news now.)
No more Devils talk? As you wish. But I wanted to point one thing out that I thought of earlier on. Devils fans love to bitch and moan about Avery's dirty play. I guess they have short memories, because they sure didn't mind when Scott Stevens left his feet on every hit and drilled people with his elbows constantly.
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