I went back and looked at it — Protas was offsides before he got his stick whacked. I wish he wasn’t — but he was. So his venom was warranted. Whistle should have blown before the penalty.I always felt like Bruce blowing a fuse in a big game/playoffs worked against the Caps. The team follows the personality of the coach. I think Rod going nuts hurts his team.
That said? Rod can go screw a donkey. His a-holeness contributed to the refs swallowing the whistle on the offsides.