Thursday, June 7, 2007

Traitormayer?

I can't believe what some Devils fans are saying about Scott Neidemayer. Calling him a traitor, saying he didn't deserve to win the Cup- everything imaginable. He did leave the Devils just to play with his brother, but that was a better reason than leaving for the number one reason UFA's leave: greed. More often than not, when a player signs with a team while he's a UFA, it's simply because if the pay. He could have waited until his brother was able to sign with the Devils, but he didn't want to. Or maybe he wanted to see what it was like to play on another team. What ever his reasons were, it's time to move on. Neidermayer is a Duck now. We have other players to fill the void. Yes, none of our defense men come even close to him, but we're still a good team. What I really don't get is why some people are blaming this all on his brother, Rob. Ok, so if it wasn't for Rob, there's a good chance he'd still be a Devil, but it's not guaranteed. People have to stop thinking about what could have happened and stop living in the past.

Another thing I don't quite understand? Why are people who didn't want Rob to have anything to do with the Devils wishing we had traded Gomez for him? Because there's a chance we could have obtained Scott, eventually? Because Gomez is ready to get as far away from New Jersey as possible? Like I said, people have to stop living in the past, and thinking about what might have been, and just think about what can be done to improve the team we have. Lose the hate for Neidermayer. He's a good player, who could have left just for greed. He did it for family, and, in my opinion, that's not a bad reason to do so. Is Scott Gomez going to go from 'Gomer' to 'Traitor'? Or will there be no hate for him, because he's leaving for the cash, instead of his family like Neidermayer, or to play where he wants to, like Brian Rafalski did, and will likely do again? I think leaving for a stupid reason like money makes you more of a traitor than leaving so you can be happier where you play.

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