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by Paul on 06/06/08 at 02:42 PM ET
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This is a great atmosphere here in Detroit, much better than a parking lot.
-Brian Rafalski during the Stanley Cup Parade today.
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Not cool Brian, just because Lou wouldn’t give you a raise doesn’t you mean you can be an ass to the fans who showed up that day.
Posted by Steve from New Jersey on 06/06/08 at 03:31 PM ET
Rafalski is a very good player and a consistent arse.
Good riddance to bad rubbish
Posted by Bruha on 06/06/08 at 03:38 PM ET
it’s kinda a truncated statement..
he was basically taking about the size of the parade and he said that in Jersey it was smaller, and took place in a parking lot…
it certainly didn’t sound like he was trying to insult Jersey
Posted by Pharazon from England on 06/06/08 at 04:18 PM ET
How else could he compare them? Some passive cliche about both being good? How boring.
Posted by Heaton on 06/06/08 at 04:24 PM ET
I’m sure it is better than a parking lot - and so will and future NJD Cup parades through the streets of Newark instead of in a parking lot there.
You work with what you have, and if all you’ve got is a parking lot, you make it work out alright, but it isn’t optimal.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/06/08 at 04:31 PM ET
And here I thought it was just the Ducks that got served. Two for one.
Posted by Doogie2K from Calgary, AB on 06/06/08 at 04:35 PM ET
Detroit does know how to throw a parade - been doing it for 100 years down Woodward. Thanksgiving Day Parade second largest in the US. Not the fault of cities who have to hurry to arrange one after a Cup. In Detroit, the Parade Comission is set and ready to go, route pre-determined, plus 1,000 parade volunteers to call on for help.
So Rafalski’s comment, while seemingly flip, is not a dismissal of other cities. At least not in the eyes of the people in Michigan.
But on the other hand...we did have 1 million people show up.
Posted by Red Wing Fan from Michigan on 06/09/08 at 10:48 AM ET
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Pretty unclassy Brian… I don’t begrudge your exercising your free-agent rights, but isn’t it the Devils who gave you an opportunity out of the Swedish minor leagues..act a little more respectful towards fans who cheered you all those years.
Posted by Mike from New Jersey on 06/06/08 at 03:06 PM ET