Rangers enraged by Glencross's hit

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Not surprisingly, given the circumstances (blind side, no puck) and given the identity of the victim (captain Chris Drury), the New York Rangers were peeved by Curtis Glencross’s opening-minute belt Saturday.

Drury is out with a concussion. Presumably, a league review of the Calgary Flames winger's hit is ongoing.

Reaction is courtesy of the New York Post.

* Marc Staal: "I saw it and I thought it was a dirty hit. (Wade Redden) went cross-ice the other way, Dru wasn’t looking, and their guy hit him with an elbow right in the chin. It was brutal, just brutal; I don’t know what the refs were looking at. It should have been a major."

* Coach John Tortorella: "It’s a missed call and he’s concussed. It should have been a five-minute major. What the league does (regarding a review) is not up to me to discuss."

Sean Avery, a vapour on this night, insisted that the game was too close for any retaliation.

"You can’t, you can’t," said Avery. "If the game had become lopsided, there’s no question something would have been done. It (bleeps), it (bleeps) that’s what happens with the instigator rule. It protects guys who are cowards."