- Nov 17, 2004
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Steve Moore has lauched a US $15M civil lawsuit against Todd Bertuzzi...
:Q
On the day the Olympic ice hockey started, no less... :roll:
I'm tossing this one around in my head. My bottom line here is that, yes, fine. Bertuzzi should compensate him a little. But FIFTEEN MILLION... come on. As mentioned on Off The Record with Michael Landsberg, Moore was a fringe NHLer, I don't even know if he ever played a full season. What did he play, 30 games?
I think $3 mil would be more like it.
This is a fairly unprecedented case, because Moore's career was ended. There have been a lot of vicious acts of violence throughout the long and storied history of the NHL, but not many of them were career-enders.
So personally I'm ok with Bert having to pay a LITTLE BIT. Or a small % of his yearly earnings.
Inside the realm of the NHL, I have no problem with how Moore was dealth with and I'm not ashamed to say it. People here have flamed me for this viewpoint in the past. The truth is, Moore is a dirty little b1tch. But it's so far past that now, that it doesn't matter. And him standing up to the cheers at that Avalanche game with the neck brace on with a big stupid grin on his face... ahhh I wanted to hit him again actually.
I've heard the angle of, "Bertuzzi's hit didn't break his neck, it was people falling on him" etc etc. That, to me, is irrelevant. Bertuzzi took the swing that led to the injury, I think that's the main point.
So I guess I'm on the fence... I don't know. I think the claim for lost salary is legitimate, but I really dislike Steve Moore and just want him to go away.
Thoughts on this? opinions? Do you think Big Bert should pay? What do you think about Moore doing this on the eve of the Olmpics? Attention whore? Selfish? I want to hear what people think about this.
Steve Moore has lauched a US $15M civil lawsuit against Todd Bertuzzi...
:Q
On the day the Olympic ice hockey started, no less... :roll:
I'm tossing this one around in my head. My bottom line here is that, yes, fine. Bertuzzi should compensate him a little. But FIFTEEN MILLION... come on. As mentioned on Off The Record with Michael Landsberg, Moore was a fringe NHLer, I don't even know if he ever played a full season. What did he play, 30 games?
I think $3 mil would be more like it.
This is a fairly unprecedented case, because Moore's career was ended. There have been a lot of vicious acts of violence throughout the long and storied history of the NHL, but not many of them were career-enders.
So personally I'm ok with Bert having to pay a LITTLE BIT. Or a small % of his yearly earnings.
Inside the realm of the NHL, I have no problem with how Moore was dealth with and I'm not ashamed to say it. People here have flamed me for this viewpoint in the past. The truth is, Moore is a dirty little b1tch. But it's so far past that now, that it doesn't matter. And him standing up to the cheers at that Avalanche game with the neck brace on with a big stupid grin on his face... ahhh I wanted to hit him again actually.
I've heard the angle of, "Bertuzzi's hit didn't break his neck, it was people falling on him" etc etc. That, to me, is irrelevant. Bertuzzi took the swing that led to the injury, I think that's the main point.
So I guess I'm on the fence... I don't know. I think the claim for lost salary is legitimate, but I really dislike Steve Moore and just want him to go away.
Thoughts on this? opinions? Do you think Big Bert should pay? What do you think about Moore doing this on the eve of the Olmpics? Attention whore? Selfish? I want to hear what people think about this.
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