the devils invented the trap, won a lot of games with it, the nhl changed the rules to try to stop it, the devils came up with a better version that was legal again. can't really blame them for the pace of the game, they jsut want to win and came up with a boring way to do it.
if you want more action out of a team running a trap defense you should start watching the flyers. they are so slow and bad that they can give up 50+shots attempting to use the same defense. lol
....and yes, i used to be a flyers fan when i watched hockey.