Todd Bertuzzi hit

Bertuzzi shouldn't be allowed to play until Moore does. Just my two cents.

Does anyone have a link to a clip???

It's one thing to be sitting at home saying Bertuzzi shouldn't play again... But, you don't know what was happening and being said on the ice. I saw the highlights of the game and Moore backed down from all invitations to fight. With a blowout like that, tempers flare. It's unfortunate but there were also some pretty bad episodes this year with crosschecks to the head. This time, someone got seriously injured. Should Bertuzzi be suspended, hell ya. For the Playoffs as well. Not for life.

My 2 cents.

Thanks for the link.

I'm not defending what he did.

I don't think he should be suspended for life.

Moore's hit was clean, the ref on the ice called "clean check" and the NHL reviewed it and it was clean...

Naslund hit:

Moore was coming off for a line change and the puck came near him, he and Naslund started after it, Moore poked to the boards and followed through on the check, Naslund was reaching for the puck and had his head down so Moore's shoulder hit him in the head on the follow though of the check (Intial contact was just above the logo) and gave him a concussion. No elbow, no leaving the feet, Moore just finished the check in open ice and Naslund had his head down.

I think Bertuzzi should have gone after Moore for the clean but cheap shot on Naslund (although it is his fault he wasn't looking), but to hit him when he was not looking and driving him into the ice was way over the line. I am reminded of the times when McSorley hit Brashere or Gary Suter crosschecked Kariya in the face.
After the Leafs win the cup this year, I hope there is a strike and the league loses some dead weight. I hope they cut down the goalie pads to at least where they were in the early 90's, now they look like lacrosse goalies. One last thing is I think they should find a way to eliminate games ending in ties, either shootouts or 3 on 3 or anything but ties.

I'm for suspension til the end of the season. I'm fine with him punching the guy, after all it's hockey, but doing it from behind was chickenshit. Riding him down for the faceplant on the ice was pretty bad. Honestly I don't think people would be calling for the long suspension if the guy hadn't broke his neck though. The actions didn't really look that bad, it was just the end result. I think the McSorley incident was much worse.

Ok here is my take on it, of course me being an Avs fan makes me madder, and a bit biased but there is a history here between the two teams that I will explain in a few. But the thing that torks me off is that Moore fought earlier in the game. He had no reason to fight anymore. Yet throughout the game he was being shadowed, and antagonized. A few points that puzzle/piss me off.

1) Why did Crawford allow this to happen after a 46 minute penalty fest first period? Especially after Moore fought Cooke. That should have ended it right there, but then TWO more fights occured after the Moore/Cooke fight.....in the same period.

2) (Some History) This has happened to the Avs over and over again against the Cannucks. Mainly with Peter Forsberg. Infact the Cannucks have been accused of these antics with Forsberg over the last two years, from two handed slashes with the stick to the ankles, elbows to the face and so forth.(But I also know Peter is no angel either) Yet when Naslund gets hit, all the Avs fan's and players hear is how their star player (the cannucks) was cheap shotted (is that a word?), and some guys were going headhunting to get revenge on Moore. Now look at the results.....another black eye for hockey, and a player that has a broken neck. Personally I think it's ****.

3) why did the Cannucks wait until last night? They could have ended this last week when the two teams met in Denver and played to a 5-5 tie. But the Cannucks wanted the Avs on their own "turf/ice" for the retribution. So all in all it was premeditated in my eyes.

4) I think we will see the biggest suspension in league history. The Marty McSorely "whack" was terrible, and aweful to see, but this....this could have nearly rendered Moore a quadriplegic.

My opinion on the suspension (and it is only my opinion on what will happen), I say it will be in the range of 41 regular season games, and no playoff games this season.

I wasn't watching the game last night. The wife wasn't feeling well and the toddler is a handful alone. I only heard, saw, and read about it this morning. I feel sick. Sick to my stomach sick. Sick that there someone with a broken neck. Sick that a player from the team I root for acted in a cheap, selfish, reckless manner. I think he'll get suspended for the rest of the season, maybe the playoffs and further. There's no excuses or justification for this.

I'm also sick of the media and everyone suddenly vilifying Bertuzzi. He did a stupid, selfish thing and I think he snapped. Now he has to face the consequences for that action. Would he be evil reborn if Moore got up after the sucker punch? I'm sick that people aren't as outraged when the same action doesn't have such a tragic outcome. Remember when Domi sucker punched Samuelson? I remember hearing Ulfie got what was coming to him more then Domi is a cheap shot loser. How many times has Weight or Thachuk crossed checked people across the face. Bad boy! Bad boy! Go sit in the corner for 5 games. Bad boy!

It's been there a long time everyone and we've turned a blind eye to it most of the time. We admire players who play with an edge, an agitator is great when he's on your team. He may be a dirty **** but he's our dirty ****. Any guess why Lacoix got Marchment last year for the playoff run? Mine's was so he couldn't take out Sakic or Forsberg's knees.

I'm sure people are sick of me venting. I don't really think I'll watch much hockey for a while.

regards

Dave

Pure chicken **** in my book...I'm old school:

1. No hitting in the nuts
2. No hitting from behind
3. You fight without weapons