'"That's the way he plays and the refs allow him to do whatever he wants to do. I can show you 100 games he's played in where he's tried to take somebody's knee out, where he's crosschecked them from behind, all those things. I could show you 100 game tapes of that guy playing — his No. 1 sole purpose to be on the ice is to hurt somebody."'
Rangers stand up for Eric
Source: New York Daily News