Watching the interviews, he was baited into making those comments.
But, he has also been around long enough to know not to take the bait.
He didn't do himself any favors.
As for Pommenville - there are two lines of thinking - the first is that we believe that he didn't see Weight (because his head was down - Jason, BTW should no longer have a head after this season - because he does occaisionally have his head down). Or you believe Weight, the kid saw him and turned.
All in all, there have been a lot of dives in this series. I have never seen so many people falling over from contact with sticks to the outside of skates.