What other excuse could he have made? Of course he was gonna say that,
But it wasn't even close. Look at the tapes, I provided on the last page for proof of this. There were two breaks in the action after Detroit scored, where he could have gotten word that they were done, BEFORE he pulled the goalie.
I watch both games simultaneously, And I'm telling you it wasn't even close. And the concrete evidence is on page 301. Post # 7,511.
Everyone in hockey knows this happened. Everyone on Detroit, all the announcers, Ovechkin, everyone.... except you guys in this thread. I believe Torts knew as well and didn't give a rat's ass.
As he said in his press conference, "I was pulling him,...I'm pulling him" As if it didn't make a freaken difference. And if this was the case, he intentionally threw away a good chance at winning this game. Not to mention, costing another team a playoff berth.
I would have thought Rangers Fans would have paid close attention to this, cause who would you rather face Detroit or Wash? The Caps are much more stingy defensively.