Pens Extend Atlantic Lead - Extremely Sour Grapes Emanating From NYC

From the NYC media:
I guess I get why Sidney Crosby gets the benefit of the doubt. On one level, I even believe it's somewhat deserved. After all, if there is anything that should be rewarded in hockey it's when the most talented player on the ice outhustles everybody else. And whatever you may say about Sid the Kid (and I'm sure you Rangers fans have plenty of choice words right about now), you must admit that he works as hard or harder than anybody on the sheet - including the guys who are only in the NHL because of their work ethic. That said, what I don't get is how the hard-working and utterly honest men who referee NHL games can repeatedly be duped by the same maneuver - you know, that fling back of the head in mock horror in reaction to an opponent's stick that didn't come close to striking it. Like, say, the tap to the hip that Scott Gomez gave Crosby, drawing that head flop and a high-sticking penalty in today's third period.

But even more mystifying is how Jaromir Jagr could have begun his career in Pittsburgh, developed into a superstar here and never learned the diving and face-clutching and horrified equipment shedding that has been part and parcel of Pens hockey ever since Mario Lemieux decided to shame the league into enforcing its obstruction penalties by embarrassing all officials who didn't do so.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/rangers/2008/03/jagr-failed-pens-acting-classe.html

This reaction is so outlandish and whiny, it's beyond dignifying a reaction to.