Trying to stir **** up again. This guy is a moron and clearly doesn't understand the hockey culture. You handle this stuff on the ice not with talk off the ice.
I agree with that statement... But to be honest I'm not so sure that he is stirring it up as much as he may be reading things incorrectly.
There is also something where someone basically asks Hextall if he believes the players should take revenge next meeting -- Unberger pretty much said they would have done so had Rinaldo been allowed to stay in the Game -- and Hextall said something like 'you know better than to ask me that'... leaving ambiguity for the NHL on whether he doesn't believe they should... or that he cannot say that on record... Thus, covering his tail.
... From other accounts it does seem that Rinaldo was liked in the Room... But Umberger, who has less history playing with him, seems much less to be vocally forgiving.
I suppose that individually views can be stated, as Umby has... but as a whole, they will let things play out on the ice rather than biatch and moan to the Press... Seems also that Hakstol has directed the Team to move on and concentrate on the Game at hand tonight against the Rangers... As they always say, it is a long Season (and beyond), revenge may not be extracted immediately and certainly will be better served to be done when the time is right... when it doesn't hurt the Team. Agitators want nothing more than to throw off Opponents during the Game, and had the Flyers dwelt on what happened they very well would have two less valuable points at Season's end.
The thing is for Timmy and the other Bloggers to read between the lines with the Players and focus on the big picture... what they have to say to the Press and what they have to do, and not do, going forward. Timmy may just be getting bamboozled on this as opposed to trying to make trouble... Either way, he's not coming across very well with statements like that, IMO.