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Originally posted by L0stMind
I cant see bertuzzi trying to injure someone, I thought he was just making his point - dont fuck with our captain.
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most here seem to be blaming bertuzzi but how many people have seen the video of moore giving naslund the concussion? that should have been a fine and a suspension as well, but nothing happened.
bertuzzi challenged moore to a fight but moore chickened out. i guess he can dish it out, but not take it. he'll have the rest of the season and a lot of the off season to think about whether or not he'll aim for a player's head again.
the real problem i see is the canucks team composition. bertuzzi is the highest paid player on the canucks and was one of the top 5 or so scorers in the nhl last year. why is he having to be the enforcer on this team? what is brian burke's problem?
wade brookbank is supposedly the canuck's enforcer, but last week in denver he squared off with peter worrell and worrell had to outweigh him by 50+ pounds. if he hadn't lost his balance and pulled worrell down with him he would have gotten killed for sure.
you can like fighting in hockey, or you can hate it, but the truth is the instigator rule is allowing marginal players to take cheap shots at the stars knowing that no one will respond. nobody has ever bought a ticket so they can watch steve moore. people buy tickets to see the stars play, and when they aren't protected all kinds of stupid stuff happens.