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Crawford puts the blame on Bertuzzi

ERIC DUHATSCHEK

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 2:47 PM EST 20/08/08

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  1. g h from Canada writes: Whatever Crawford did or did not instruct Bertuzzi to do, it was still Bertuzzi alone that assaulted Moore and ended his career. But don't expect Bertuzzi to man-up anytime soon and accept responsibility for his actions.
    And Crawford's a career sleazeball, so he's not about to admit culpability either. The result? Mutual mud-slinging by their respective lawyers for $500 an hour.
  2. Dan H from Alta, Canada writes: You're right g h, its pathetic that neither of these men can take responsibility for their actions. And even if Crawford told Bertuzzi to get Moore, it doesn't mean he sanctioned a cowardly attack from behind or breaking the guys neck. Bertuzzi is an absolute disgrace and it bothers me that I'm going to have to deal with him playing here this year.
  3. Bill Weston from Grand Rapids, MI, United States writes: Dan H from Alta.. You have my sympathies Dan, I know exactly what you mean. I felt the same way during his brief stint with the Wings after he left the Panthers. It was the only time in my life I refused to follow them. His signing was a disgrace to the Winged Wheel.
  4. m d'ailleurs from Canada writes: Pre- Moore incident I was a big Bertuzzi fan. It's a disgrace that he's still allowed to play in the NHL. Even the UFA would've banned him.
  5. Brian Marto from Toronto, Canada writes: What people fail to realise is that the removal of the instegator rule that was imposed in the early 90's is partial the blame of this mess.
    If it was the old days Moore would still be playing, the issue would of been sorted. Today's Bettman NHL there is no respect for star player's,
    I am not going to say what Todd did was right but what I am saying if this was 25 years ago this probally would of never happened.
  6. Sev sevistan from Canada writes: BM you are right one. Also, this is simply legal wrangling (at more than $500 an hour), nothing more, nothing less. It was an on ice, hockey culture inspired thuggery; but unlike Dany Heatley and Craig McT, he did not kill anyone. The latter two have learned their lesson and contribute to the greatest game in the world, and Bert will too.
  7. f c from Canada writes: Enough of this already. Bertuzzi is a goon and a bully. He attacked this guy and almost killed him. He is a professional athlete and an adult(although I use that term loosely) and used his own bad judgement. Hindsight is 20/20....so this guy needs a thick pair of glasses. Even though the eveidnce was there, being a professional hockey player has its perks, so, the judge let him off. That's it, the end. Now drop it already, we know he's a bum!
  8. MIchael Hutz from Woodbridge, Canada writes: Of course Crawford is culpable in part for the incident as is the General Manager and team Owners. The owners hire a GM to build a team. The GM selects a specific mix of players that he thinks will make a winning team. He selects offensive players, defensive players, grinders, and one or two tough guys whose only purpose is to be utilized by the coach in certain situations to beat the snot out of an offending player on the opposite team. A Tie Domi or a Wade Belak knows exactly what he is put on the ice to do and he is not placed on the ice by accident. It is completely unnecessary for the coach to explain what is required at the time. It is unfortunate that Moore was seriously injured but vicious retaliatory hits from behind occur all the time in the game. If you find Crawford culpable you need to indite every GM and owner in the league for this.
  9. I_Hate_David Miller from Toronto, Canada writes: This happened how many years ago???? Leave it alone as nobody can prove what damage was done from the punch and what damage was done by both teams jumping onto Moore and Bertuzzi. I used to love the way Bertuzzi played and I really hope that his career is rejuvinated in Calgary. I'm a huge Leaf fan but knowing that they won't make the playoffs for several years I'll be jumping on the Flames bandwagon come playoff time.
  10. Gogh Forit from Canada writes: I Hate David Miller: We must have watching two different games. You allege that Moore's physical damage can't be determined by the punch that Bertuzzi threw and for you as long as you can watch Bertuzzi play hockey nothing else matters. Bertuzzi is a LOSER both by his actions on the ice and especially after the assault. He apologized with crocodile tears but has fought vehemently to not provide a settlement to Moore whose hockey career was over when the behemoth Bertuzzi sucker punched him from behind and then crashed down on top of Moore who was essentially knocked out from the initial blow, to be further pummelled by this sorry excuse of a human being let alone professional sportsman. The Ducks got rid of him after one season and the Flames will do the same because ultimately Bertuzzi isn't worth what he is paid and brings too much baggage to any team. Now whether or not Crawford sent Bertuzzi like an attack dog at Moore is the real debate but Crawford doesn't strike me as being particularly ethical but it was Bertuzzi and not Crawford who threw the punches and thus ended the hockey career of Steve Moore. Bertuzzi's contract is for only one year and that should be telling enough that no team is willing to invest in someone who has the capacity to again cripple another player and then act like nothing happened.
  11. Pliny the Elder from Canada writes: I sincerely hope that Bertuzzi gets taken to the cleaners. Seeing as he has pleaded guilty to criminal charges, I can't see how he can avoid liability.
  12. Moose Lion from Canada writes: For all of you saying Bertuzzi should be a man and "take responsibility for his actions"...its one thing to stand up and take responsibility for your actions, its another completely different thing to do so in the face of a $38 million lawsuit.
  13. Link Hogbrow from Canada writes:
    The score was something like 9 - 2 for Colorado.

    What was Bertuzzi doing on the ice ? What was Moore doing on the ice?

    Both coaches needed their heads read on that one.
  14. slapdash dapoint from trawna, Canada writes: IHateDavid Miller from Toronto, Canada writes: nobody can prove what damage was done from the punch and what damage was done by both teams jumping onto Moore and Bertuzzi.

    ----

    better than that: i don't think anyone HAS proven what damage was done at each interval between the initial shot, moore's own body weight hitting the ice, bertuzzi falling on top, and moore's team mates getting in on the fun.

    sure, all the boys who play ball-hockey always feel they're right in saying goontuzzi is solely responsible for everything wrong with hockey and the moore incident simply and brutally highlights that, rabble, rabble, angry, angry...

    but, that's like me commenting on gymnastics as an expert because i can roll out of bed.

    :|
  15. duxxgirl95 None from beijing, United States writes: Sick and tired of everyone jumping on Bertuzzi! Leave the guy alone! He paid his price already, out of the NHL for almost 2 years, probation and community service and now all of you people keep on nailing him to that cross. Fighting is a part of hockey and you take the risk of being seriously injured every time you step on the ice. In this case Crawford SHOULD be held liable because I can guarantee you that he did encourage Bertuzzi. It's what coaches do to win. They'll do just about anything it takes - including encourage someone to fight someone else. Even if you're losing you're going to do that to try to get a jump out of your players to try to change the momentum of the game. Common sense. And it happens with every team all across the league - the pity here is not what Bertuzzi did but the OUTCOME of the fight that left Moore severly injured. Can anyone understand that you can hit someone on the wrong spot and have something like that happen??

    Yes, Bert was looking for a fight. Yes, Crawford encouraged him to go after Moore. Yes, he jumped Moore. No, he did not intentionally hurt the guy. Yes, he already paid his price.

    NOW LEAVE HIM ALONE!
  16. Rob Ruttan from Canada writes: Bertuzzi to Judge: "Mommy, he made me do it..."
  17. John Douglas from Canada writes: Sure, Bertuzzi whacked Moore in broad daylight. But Moore's attack on Naslund was far more insidious, like a shiv in a dark alley. Hockey has always been about vigilante justice; that's why tough guys are known as 'policemen', or 'enforcers'. And that is one of the components of the game that makes men watch, and live and die with the fortunes of their teams and the character of their players. I agree with Brian Marto, that the instigator rule is an abomination, and partly to blame for the simmering quagmire this has become. I feel no sympathy for Moore, he's a rat. I actually feel no small measure of sympathy for Bertuzzi.
  18. Juan Valasquez from Scarborough, Canada writes: John Douglas: Not sure how you came to the conclusion that Moore's hit was insidious. Naslund was doing what people who get nailed normally do, and thats admire the pass.

    Moore took advantage of their star making a dumb move and BOOM!
    Bertuzzi doesnt have the skill to line up a fast skater like Moore so he opted to break his neck from behind.

    Bertuzzi is a goof that should retire.
  19. coming up on 55 from Canada writes: Jeese, I was hoping that I had heard the last of Bergoonzie.
  20. G MACK from Canada writes: You're all wrong...
    This issue is the intent!!!! Check video of Moore or ANY player for that matter who have taken a cheap shot, but have been lucky the end result was not to this magnitude.

    Bertuzzi is no worse then the rest, he just ended up with the worst result. Period.
  21. R A from Canada writes: G MACK - you hit the nail right on the head - Bertuzzi is singled out because his cheap shot resulted in a serious injury while others, fortunately, have not.

    Although I sympathize with Moore I don't consider him the innocent victim here. He took a nasty cheap shot of his own that could have just as easily ended someone’s career. If you play with fire, you just might get burned...
  22. A Guy In TO from Canada writes: Bertuzzi isn't a hockey player - he's nothing more than a hired thug on skates. If, in fact, he had been ordered to break Moore's neck, then he should have said "No" (and the law is on his side on that one.) He didn't and whether he was ordered to do it or not, he's the coward who attacked from behind and ended this innocent man's hockey career. His subsequent apology and tears - yes, tears - were patently phony and it is apparent now that he doesn't have the cajones to be a man and admit that he reacklessly attacked and grievously injured another man. He's nothing but a coward and a spineless goon. I hope he gets sued for every cent he has made as a hockey player - he doesn't deserve a dime.
  23. a m from Edmonton, Canada writes: I agree with the last two posts - I see cheap shots in every hockey game I watch. Stuff that would be considered despicable in any other sport.
  24. Y NOT from Canada writes: And what does this say about the Flames? A former beacon of a team, needs to go out and hire a washed up thug?
  25. Jimmy's Lunch from Canada writes: John Douglas from Canada writes: Sure, Bertuzzi whacked Moore in broad daylight. But Moore's attack on Naslund was far more insidious, like a shiv in a dark alley. Hockey has always been about vigilante justice; that's why tough guys are known as 'policemen', or 'enforcers'. And that is one of the components of the game that makes men watch, and live and die with the fortunes of their teams and the character of their players. I agree with Brian Marto, that the instigator rule is an abomination, and partly to blame for the simmering quagmire this has become. I feel no sympathy for Moore, he's a rat. I actually feel no small measure of sympathy for Bertuzzi. This is 100% correct. Moore had to pay for his attempt to seriously injure Nazzy, and he was close by fighting Cook earlier in the game. He won that fight so the debt was still outstanding. Now his mistake was not dropping the gloves against Bert(face to face), and taking a few lumps which would have closed the transaction. By forcing Bert to chase him around the rink and constantly turning his back to a guy determined to even the score, was the biggest mistake Moore had made in his life. What Bert did was also a big mistake on Bert's part and ruined his career. I look forward to seeing Bert 8 times this year against the lame Nucks, hope the Nucks get a good scrapper to knock him around a few times.... Jimmy likes a good fight!
  26. North of the Border from Canada writes: Who cares?!?! Let em rest. The Sundin news is tiring and that's not even years old, just months. Personally I think Bertuzzi is a nice guy. One incident like this and he's labelled a bigger goon than the guys swinging sticks and taking cheap shots every single night? Talk about media explosion.
  27. Brenton E. from Canada writes: I hope Moore gets the money and that Bertuzzi is in the news for good things happening on the ice, same for Crawford. The league should have given Todd a life time ban but they didn't so lets hope this guy becomes an elite power forward again.
  28. Paul Bayer from Calgary, Canada writes: Crawford is a sleaze . Bert's a bad boy. Moore will get some decent coin from the civil case. Time to move on. It's all been said already.
  29. D G from Canada writes: I Hate David Miller, it doesn't have to be proved that Bertuzzi's punch did all the damage. It was a result of his actions that lead to the injury. It's the same thing if I'm driving drunk on the wrong side of the road and you swerve to avoid me and crash into someone else. I am responsible for the damage since it was my actions that caused the damage, even though I didn't hit anyone.

    Bertuzzi has earned millions since the icident. Moore has not been able to play hockey. I don't think we should leave Bertuzzi alone at all! I love how the two rats Bertuzzi and Crawford are blaming each other! This is great! Ring up the legal fees boys! It looks good on ya!
  30. Big Cayman from South Toronto, Canada writes: slapdash dapoint from trawna, Canada writes: "HateDavid Miller from Toronto, Canada writes: nobody can prove what damage was done from the punch and what damage was done by both teams jumping onto Moore and Bertuzzi.

    ----

    better than that: i don't think anyone HAS proven what damage was done at each interval between the initial shot, moore's own body weight hitting the ice, bertuzzi falling on top, and moore's team mates getting in on the fun."

    Maybe a couple of you need to read a few scholarly legal articles before chiming in, start with 'chain of causation' then read 'eggshell skulls' and finish with 'vicarious liability' and 'But for' there are also a few cases and doctrine which can inform you with the extent or limit of liability where there is consent to harm such as Volenti non fit injuria, R v Coney, Budgen v Rodgers, Rootes v Shelton, R v Brown, Police v Osborne etc. After reading a few of these you will no doubt have a clearer understanding of the Bertuzzi-Moore.
  31. Duncan McCockenue from Canada writes: Who effin cares anymore? Geez, do we still talk about any other assault that happened 4 years ago? I mean... seriously folks! The guy more than paid his dues for it. Moore had some of it coming to him; obviously his neck breaking was more than unfortunate. But lets move on shall we? I'll be cheering for the Flames come October (and Sept preseason!)
  32. No Name Necessary from Canada writes: Bertuzzi should have been thrown out of the league. Only in hockey can someone criminally injure someone with intent and get away with it. I don't watch hockey regularly as I'm not a big fan but of all the terrible things players do on the ice the one that sticks out in my mind is not this one. It's the one where a player was hit from behind with the stick (may have been a junior league game) and fell to the ice convulsing. That was truly sick.
  33. Gawd Knows from Canada writes: And this is why Calgary fans will be leaving empty seats on game night.

    Who wants to watch a loser.
  34. slapdash dapoint from trawna, Canada writes: Big Cayman from South Toronto, Canada writes: Maybe a couple of you need to read a few scholarly legal articles before chiming in, start with 'chain of causation' then read 'eggshell skulls' and finish with 'vicarious liability' and 'But for' there are also a few cases and doctrine which can inform you with the extent or limit of liability where there is consent to harm such as Volenti non fit injuria, R v Coney, Budgen v Rodgers, Rootes v Shelton, R v Brown, Police v Osborne etc. After reading a few of these you will no doubt have a clearer understanding of the Bertuzzi-Moore. --- fine, be like that. the lawsuit reeks of p00ntangery. legal precidence aside, it doesn't make it a fact that bertuzzi snapped moore's neck or that he did it alone. law and fact don't always intersect. and i'm sure moore is only saving face until he looses this suit. that's when he'll go after his own team and players for not taking the appropriate measures to protect him. following that, the nhl... iihf... his agent... his parents... the zamboni driver... somebody will pay the imaginary salary he dreams he could have made. bertuzzi should sue moore and the league for unduly singling him out and defemation of character. the nhl should suspend the upcoming seasons to deal with all the potential lawsuits that could arise out of even thinking about having a professional sporting league with significant body contact and the less than seldom outburst of unmitigated violence. :|
  35. Paul Rainsberry from Toronto, Canada writes: This kind of incident will never be resolved as long as the NHL tolerates this kind of behaviour. What is needed is not a mere 2 minutes in the penalty box " to feel shame" for illegal hits etc but a good old soccer card system with suspensions. A red card means the team plays short handed for the rest of the game and the player is suspended. I see no problem with this and it will clean up the game in no time. I am sick of the violence in our version of the beautiful game.

    Furthermore injuries that result from illegal hits no matter how caused or by whom mean a suspension equal to the time the injured player loses. Bertuzzi would still be long gone and good riddance. For those who suggest that Moore's injuries are the result of the piling on and not directly related to the sucker punch are just playing games with reality. Moore would never have been on the ice to be piled on if Bertuzzi had not hit him and knocked him down. Bertuzzi is totally at fault.

    Crawford is also guilty if not for directly ordering the attack then certainly for failing to control his players. Again if we want to clean up this mess you can't let the coaches or team ownership for that matter off the hook for the on ice behaviour of their employees.
  36. slapdash dapoint from trawna, Canada writes: Paul Rainsberry from Toronto, Canada writes: ...a good old soccer card system with suspensions... I see no problem with this and it will clean up the game in no time. --- soccer has it's own issues to clear up before hockey starts borrowing from it. and i don't know what game you're a fan of, but hockey and soccer are two different games: playing short-handed in soccer is quite different than hockey. For those who suggest that Moore's injuries are the result of the piling on and not directly related to the sucker punch are just playing games with reality. Moore would never have been on the ice to be piled on if Bertuzzi had not hit him and knocked him down. Bertuzzi is totally at fault. --- personally i'm suggesting moore's injuries cannot be definitively attributed to betuzzi alone. but if you wanna follow the causual chain: if moore hadn't tried to make knee soup a couple nights prior... Crawford is also guilty if not for directly ordering the attack then certainly for failing to control his players. Again if we want to clean up this mess you can't let the coaches or team ownership for that matter off the hook for the on ice behaviour of their employees. --- if you want to clean up the mess, truly, the league needs to cut a few teams and move past the diluted pool of talent they're putting on the ice. perhaps bertuzzi and moore would never have crossed paths.
  37. Wawa jake from Canada writes: Maybe Moore did not ""need" to fall down due to the punch, but decided to fall down to draw a penalty , and then all the players landing on top of him in awkward way , caused the neck injury.

    maybe not....but there always is that possiblity and considering Moore's tactics in previous games, I would not put it past him.

    In my opinion what happens on the ice should stay on the ice, not in the courts.
    Hockey is rough , they knew their roles and made their choices. Moore now wants to milk it ! And the LAWYERS ARE MILKING EVERYONE !
  38. Ursa Minor from East Vancouver, Canada writes: 'Sick and tired of everyone jumping on Bertuzzi! Leave the guy alone! He paid his price already, out of the NHL for almost 2 years'

    So was every other player in the NHL for one of those 2 years - remember the lockout?
  39. Jasper the Black Lab from Vancouver and Elsewhere, Canada writes: Lots of blame to be shared between Crawford and Bertuzzi.

    But since this discussion always reverts to hockey, it is important to note that Bert was pretty much washed up for most of a year before Moore's hit on Naslund. Why Iron Mike in Florida, Gretzky for the Olympics, or Detroit ever wanted him is beyond me. I can understand exactly why Brian Burke massively overpaid him, but that still doesn't make it right.
  40. Ziad Fazel from Calgary, Canada writes: I'm guessing with these civil liabilities over his head that Bertuzzi will be staying at the lovely Cecil Hotel for his season in Calgary.
  41. Proud Canadian from Canada, Canada writes: Bertuzzi is a thug. And he's still playing (in Calgary no less). These guys like Avery and Bertuzzi (put Downie and Boulderdice) in the pot also, should be banned from the sport. hockey is hockey, stick, puck, skill, passing, shooting, defending. Not this yappin like Avery, thuggin like the other 3. Steve Downie has nothing between his ears other than some Philadephia fresh air, he's a loose cannon, watch that guy take someone's livelyhood some day. And we will all sit back and say "Poor Steve, he never had a chance". Meanwhile a family has a handicapped person to deal with for the rest of their days. And Downie will be collecting his contract wage.
  42. A non-Imus from Canada writes: Fighters and killers are a part of hockey and they are good for the game; they're good Canadians who learn their lessons when they break a player's neck or kill innocent people. They are not good for other sports however; those guys are simply thugs who deserve to go to jail.
  43. Don Jensen from Canada writes: who would expect crawford to man up and take responsibility? he and bertuzzi are both slugs and both should be out of the league. trouble with hockey is that it has never raised itself above being a bush league sport.
  44. kevin heidt from Calgary, Canada writes: For all you out that there who call Bertuzzi a thug. The only reason you would even consider him a thug is the result of his actions. Granted Moore suffered severe injuries, but that is because of other players tackling him on the ice while he was on top of Moore. There have been more severe incidents on the ice since then, but the injuries sustained to the victims have been alot less severe and thus the player responsible is not considered a thug ie Chris Simon!

    Bertuzzi threw a sucker punch on Moore. Ok get over it and realize that Hockey is not for the weak and as in alot of sports this goes on all the time!
  45. Eric Glanville from Burnaby, Canada writes: It strikes me as more than a little hypocritical that there are so many hockey fans on here who are looking to place the blame squarely on the players and coaches. I distinctly remember the mood in Vancouver in the days leading up to that game. Everyone was talking about how it was time for Bertuzzi to exact a little revenge. The whole town was buzzing with anticipation, which obviously created a ton of pressure on the team. And yet somehow we're content to sit back and demonize Bert. If you want to talk about stepping up and taking responsibility, maybe the fans in Vancouver (myself included) need to look in the mirror.
  46. Hammer E from Canada writes: Gawd Knows from Canada writes: And this is why Calgary fans will be leaving empty seats on game night.

    Who wants to watch a loser.

    The only reason the seats will be empty is because all the fans have fallen off the Flames band wagon.
    Don't worry though because as soon as they start doing well those seats will be full again
  47. Armchair Politician from Kelowna, Canada writes: How unfair! This kind of thing happens in almost every game, but with different results. It appears the league supports fighting and when they do, from time to time someone will get hurt seriously. Why else do the officials stand by, with apparently the leagues blessing, when a fight breaks out, often until someone is hurt? Why single Bertuzzi out?
  48. sally stink from edmonton, Canada writes: hey...you know what it's like to play competitive hockey-----bertuzzi only did what his coach wanted, and crawford gave a typical
    coach order...retailate. happens everyday in hockey.
    do these guys think we are all stupid.
    hockey is a tough game.
  49. Mark S from Canada writes: Anyone who's played the game knows that what happened was a stupid split-second decision on Bertuzzi's part. Unfortunately he's got a history of stupid split-second decisions.

    A coach telling a player to after someone is nothing new. It just takes a little common sense on the player's part. Crawford may have implied to go after Moore but that could mean a big hit or challenge him to a fight. You can be sure he didn't say "Alright Bert, I want you to skate up beside him, hit him with a right blind punch and then fall on top of him."

    And Calgary continues to follow the old Leafs template by signing guys past their prime and their core continues to get older. They're quickly approaching their 'best before' date.
  50. L. W. from Greener Pastures, Canada writes: Same old news article, same old posts, same old posters.
  51. Jimmy Swanson from Canada writes: If you punch someone in the head, and they fall over, bang their head on the conrete and die, there's xero chance a judge is going to let you off because it was the concrete that killed the guy, not your punch. In this case, if it were not for Bert sucker/rabbit punching Moore, he wouldn;t have fallen, and wouldn't have had a pile of 200 pounders jumping on him. Clearly, it's Bert's fault Moore is not playing.

    That said, it's not like Moore was ever going to be a star player, and he likely would have been dried up and finished by now through his own doing. This guy getting $38M is the equivalent of him playing 10 years at almost $4M, which was never going to happen.

    Bert should give him $5M and tell him to keep the change.
  52. Lyn Alg from Canada writes: Oh, little Marcey Crawford, why don't you own up to your responsibilities and admit that you instructed the Vancouver players to injure Moore. In fact, the stupidity of your action was only superceded by your extreme idiocy of thinking that the grossly incompetent chicken-Swede Nasland was worth getting yourself and other Canucks in trouble. But again, I vaguely remember you as a two bit player as a Canuck. I used to shake my head seeing you in the NHL. You were more qualified to playing with the squirts.
  53. Josua Cord from Courtenay, Canada writes: This is like getting Rumsfeldt to admit to Abu Graig; like the Inspector of the Mounties to admit to permitting tasering of minimally dangerous "offenders". It won't happen. Accountability stops where there is an interface with the public. It will not ascend up the ladder. Call it The Vertically Teflon Effect (TVTE).
  54. Popeye Dillon from North Vancouver, Canada writes: Link Highbrow: Exactly what I've said all along!
  55. jake and pete from Canada writes: You guys and girls should watch what comes from the bench in a OHL game and you would all understant what happened here.
  56. dan vanman from Canada writes: Juan...you are half right. Nazzy was admiring the pass, but the elbow to the jaw from Moore was clearly illegal. The refs missed it, didn't penalize him. The NHL exacerbated this entire situation by not saying what any fan, Canucks or otherwisde, could see, a clearly illegal elbow. The fact that the NHL did not take Moore to task for that elbow was partially the reason Bertuzzi resorted to frontier violence.

    Look, I agree, Bertuzzi was wholly responsible for his actions, and should man up. But others in this sad tale need to do the same
  57. Scot Loucks from Pickering, Canada writes: Dan Vanman..... you can't win on these threads.. they are like politico threads. People have an opinion on the "incident" and that opinion won't be changed.

    My opinion is that Gretzky exasperated the problem by selecting Bertuzzi to the Olympic team.... I think he also screwed up McCabe by selecting him as well.

    My opinion also is that the broken neck came from the pile on pile on sequence that happened after the cheap shot.

    Cheers
  58. Patrick Matheson from Canada writes: Stop Stop Stop

    Enough Already...

    Leave Britney alone!

    She has suffered enough!

    What cant you just leave her A L O N E....

    umm what? we are talking about Bertuzzi? Not Britney?

    Ohh my... Never mind...

    Sue the Bum
  59. dan vanman from Canada writes: Scot...didn't even think of that...vis a vis McCabe and Bert...but it makes a lot of sense.

    I know you can't change them...like the political threads, you can have a good deal of fun..."educating" them!

    Peace.
  60. Gordon Newman from Brampton, Canada writes: The fact that you are a huge Leaf fan tells me of the desporation from which your comments come. Let's look at some facts:
    a) Bertuzzi acted in a cowardly manner to deliberately injure another player
    b) Bertuzzi ended the career of another NHL player
    c) Bertuzzi pled guilty and was given a slap on the wrist by the courts
    d) Bertuzzi did not really serve a suspension as they were not playing when he was off, they were locked out - DUH
    e) Bertuzzi has not been successful with any team he has signed on with
    Based on these facts, I say, get rid of Bertuzzi in the NHL, time does not make it better for Moore, only better for Bertuzzi. Todd is still raking in money for not performing but Moore who would love to contribute can not do so because of this self centred goon. The NHL and his entire family should hang their heads in shame for allowing such an individual to represent professional hockey
  61. slapdash dapoint from trawna, Canada writes: Mark S from Canada writes: And Calgary continues to follow the old Leafs template by signing guys past their prime and their core continues to get older. They're quickly approaching their 'best before' date.

    ---

    wait til every year is a 'rebuilding' year... that's when you know upper management got their mba's or whatever qualifications at the uni of mlse...

    and hopefully someone can clarify this for me: sports anchor last night touched on this story, and concluded the piece by saying, and i'm pretty accurately paraphrasing, 'blah blah hit on moore, who hasn't played hockey, competitively, since.' he's moore out on the ice?

    :|
  62. evelyn robinson from Canada writes: Crawford is a liar.
    The Moore hit was ordered/ Nonis admitted hearing as much.

    Just wait till Crawford shows his face in Vancouver; he will be booed and hissed off the ice.
  63. boom boom from Canada writes: I find it very difficult to believe coach Crawford. I think it was called by Burke and communicated through Crawford, Burke is too "smart" to have done it himself.
  64. Building an Ark from Canada writes: boom boom from Canada writes: I find it very difficult to believe coach Crawford.

    No kidding, in a sport that relies on replays, Crawford's words don't stand up to the scrutiny of video review - as Moore lays motionless being carted off by Paramedics, camera zooms to Crawford smiling - no beaming in approval at what has transpired. Perhaps that's his personal way of displaying disapproval of the event. Hope that clip is shown in Court!
  65. Benoit Campeau from Jasper, writes: Why nobody see the NHL responsible for letting Moore unpenalized for the gesture on Naslund?It was oil on the fire and they knew it.It took more than a month before the two team meet again.I noticed that,curiously, the league has been very quiet throughout the whole process.

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