A Happy Ending for the Matteaus at the N.H.L. Draft PITTSBURGH - The biggest eyebrow-raiser of the N.H.L. entry draft here this weekend was the Devils choosing Stefan Matteau with the 29th pick Friday night after the Rangers had passed on him at No. Matteau was amusing in his comments to reporters, wryly asserting that "I'm in shock myself" about going to the Devils, the team his father beat with a Game 7 overtime goal at Madison Square Garden in 1994. On Saturday the elder Matteau, Stephane, spoke about his emotions upon hearing that the Devils, not the Rangers, had drafted his son. "It's a weird situation, but it's good," Stephane Matteau said. It's going to be weird to go to a Rangers game as a kind of ambassador for the team and be playing against the Devils, and my son might be on the other team. "But you know, there's enough pressure for all these kids getting drafted," Matteau added. If Stefan had gone to the Rangers, the spotlight and the pressure would have been on him all the time in New York because of his name. There's already enough pressure without that. Matteau said he was happy his son wound up with the Devils. "It's one of the classiest organizations in the league," he said. It's just kind of weird that he'll be with the Devils, and the Rangers are their No. 1 rivals.