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Originally Posted by Gaskal
Wasn't one of the biggest teammate gripes with Brouwer during end of season interviews the indifferent comments he made regarding Johnny getting slashed 21 times?
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This was a common complaint from a lot of posters on this board, and also in the media, but nothing that specific came out of the player post-season interviews themselves. We did hear some whispers that there were issues in the room, and insinuations that he was part of the problem, but that is about it.
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If people don't think post/pre-game interviews get attention from the other players on the team they're kidding themselves. Especially with how tight-knit this group is.
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I really don't think they care much. I have spoken to the press a fair bit in my own line of work, and collaborate regularly with colleagues who are also in the public eye. Stuff that gets said in the media is never taken very seriously at all, because we all understand how the media works. I assume that players are no different—Mike Smith is actually alluding to this by dryly dismissing outside criticism when he says:
"well that's important then."
I think players care much, MUCH more about the person they know in the Dressing Room, on the ice, and in private than they do about what they say to sports reporters.