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I can't believe people are still defending what Bertuzzi did.
First of all, the hit on Naslund looked ugly but it was clearly not intentional.
Nevertheless, you guys are right when you say Moore should have expected payback. But then you are forgetting that Moore DID fight earlier in the game with Matt Cooke and took him down.
Cooke is not Bertuzzi or Brad May, but just because the Canucks didn't like the outcome doesn't mean they should expect Moore to keep fighting other guys until he gets beat up.
And it sure doesn't mean that Bertuzzi has the right come up behind the guy when he refuses to fight again and sucker punch him and drive his head into the ice.
Not to do a Bill Frist, but I re-watched the video and it's pretty clear that the injury came from the impact of Bertuzzi driving Moore's head into the ice. That was before any other players had jumped into the fray.
I do think Bertuzzi is truly sorry about what happened and I don't have a problem with him being reinstated. However, I think it's disgusting to try and justify his actions and I'm pretty sure he would be disgusted by it as well. That's my take on it anyway.
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