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Originally posted by Kurant
It makes sense to me. He broke a mans neck, he did it purposely and he got suspended. He's gone, thank god. Shit like that has no place in professional sports.
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I really doubt Bertuzzi went onto the ice that shift and said..."You know what? I'm gonna go break Moore's neck!". Sure he may have said he was going to go have at him but you can NOT think he meant to break the guy's neck.
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Originally posted by Kurant
Silent_jay, you really honestly think he deserved nothing? For a hit he had no intention on chasing a puck, hitting on a board, nothing. His intention was to hurt Moore, and he did so with a
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Look at Moore's hit on Naslund, he completely blindsided Naslund and "had no intention on playing the puck, hitting on a board, nothing."
A simple 1 or 2 game suspension for that hit would likely have prevented anything else from happening.
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Originally posted by Kurant
broken neck. He blindsided him, he punched him in the side of the head, tackled him, drove his head into the ice, kept his left hand on his helmet while his head was smashed into the ice, and continued to punch him? I don't give a god damn if you think that's what hockey should be, and is, it's unnwarrentied, and doesn't need to be there. You can say if this, if that, if this happend, well, guess what, it didn't happen. If means nothing.
I'm confused, what the fuck about that screams ANYTHING hockey resembles? Not one god damn thing.
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Personally I don't think he drove his head into the ice, or for that matter drove him to the ice. And for that matter I doubt he thought he had knocked him out. As for punching when the person is already on the ice, think of all the punches that are thrown when people turtle instead of fighting. I guess all of those people should also be suspended indefinitely....?
I do agree that sucker punches like that though do NOT resemble hockey and should not be tolerated.
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Reguardless of past hits, or past anything, the bottom line is he did it, it was intentional, and now he's been suspended. You can say the suspension is wrong, but to call a hit like that part of hockey, well my friend, you need your head checked.
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Agreed. A hit like that is not needed in hockey.
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Seeya Bartuzzi, hopefully your ass is gone another year.
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Bertuzzi's suspension is long enough, based on similar incidents. At this time he has between 13 and 41 games (unlikely) this season and perhaps more next season. On top of that, he has hurt the Canucks' chances immensely. I think that is enough punishment, personally.