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Message: <blockquote data-quote="devilbat" data-source="post: 2477189" data-attributes="member: 20624">Ok, here's where I should really think twice about posting my thoughts on the Steve Moore / Todd Bertuzzi *incident*.........I just don't know if I should.......What would Teflon Billy do?Ok, here it goes.  Todd Bertuzzi has paid far too high a price for the weak neck of Steve Moore! (How's that for a start?)First off, let me say that I am not a huge supporter of the Cunucks.  I am a fan of the game, and if i had to choose one team I root for more then the others, I would have to say I'm a Lightning fan.  Since they joined the league.  I own a eight year old Lightning baseball cap, and I am not a bandwagon jumper.Anyway, IMO Steve Moore is the classic example of why Ivy league, wanna be lawyers do not belong in the NHL. Moore cheap shotted Markus Naslund in an earlier game.  You can argue the point all you like, but when you leave your feet to make contact with another player, and you lead with your elbow, you are attempting to injure.  In return, Todd Bertuzzi tried to intigate Moore into a fight the next time the two teams played, as did Brad May, as did other Cunucks.  Moore, by the way, declined to fight all commers, with the exception of Matt Cooke.  Who just happens to be the smallest Cunuck on the roster.  What Bertuzzi did is unfortunate, but it is certainly not the first time someone has been hit/punched from behind.  Moore knew he was there, Moore knew it was coming, and Moore was scared sh**less, and shouldn't even have been on the ice with the big boys.  Hit's like that happen all the time.  It's just that most of the time it involves two players of equal fortitude.So then there is the incident.  Moore goes down, the players pile on.  Unfortunate.  Moore then is diagnosed with a  cracked vertebrae, unfortunate.  But was it the punch that caused it?  Was it the pile on?  Had Moore been rattled previously by clean hits?  Absolutely.  Could he have had an exisiting condition?  Perhaps.Let's fast forward a few weeks.  Poor Steve Moore is shown on TV, at a game wearing a neck brace, laughing with teammates, and tipping back his head to enjoy a refreshing bottled water.  Then Moore whines about not being able to whine to the judge in person at a hearing.  Then Moore releases a statement saying he doesn't ever want to be on the same ice as Bertuzzi, and he has no interest in hearing Bertuzzi's apology.  A real professional statement there.  All this time, we hear nothing about Moore's  neck condition. Just recently, reports have leaked that Moore has been cleared to play again. The Avalanche, who must support this kid, right?  Nope, they go out and sign Brad May, one of the biggest Bertuzzi defenders out there, and a key player in the events that surrounded the *incident*.  For those that follow the game closely, like myself, have heard rumors that many of the Avalanche didn't really support Moore, and that some privately thought that his actions were self serving.So I think Bertuzzi did his time, and Bettman did the right thing bringing him back.  Steve Moore will continue to verbalize the "poor me's", and he will say that even though he has been cleared by several doctors, he still just "doesn't feel healthy", and that will explain away the fact that nobody in the league will touch this guy.   Bertuzzi on the other hand, will be playing for the mighty Team Canada at the next Olympics, I hope.Let the flames begin. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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