Thanks for the link. What a twit. McLean insinuated and
assumed many things in that interview, obviously he came
there to 'fry' burrows, mcLean is a referee, and obviously
isn't going to see burrows point on 'anything', the examples he showed of burrow's past situations are put in
there to make mcLean look good, and burrows look bad, that's
what broadcasters and media do.
It has also been disclosed recently that Burrows told
Raycroft exactly what the ref said to him immediately after
it was said, before the anthem that night, and raycroft
has explained that.
I understand why burrows didn't make a big issue out of it
right away. He is ready to 'play', they are going to drop
the puck, his focus is on the game 'now', and also it is
before the incidents in the third period, so he cannot be
sure that the ref is going to follow up with his threat,
but obviously he did.
And, even if Burrows had of told vineault right away, 'he'
is also ready for puck drop, and probably would not have
addressed the problem until after game.
Sure Burrows is no angel, and many many players play on the edge similar to
him, but that is no reason for ref to threaten him, very poor judgement on
his part, and he will live with that memory now, and know that he should
have 'not' done that, and it doesn't matter how mcLean or anyone else cover
up for him, or, not believe burrows, he said it, I've seen burrows enough to
know that outburst after the game was 'him' venting, and everything came out
just as he remembered it, no making up anything.
That ref looks bad now, and it is only some people in the
east who have decided to come down on burrows, and that
is expected from toronto media.
