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Ace_O_Spades · 02-17-2006, 11:39 PM

It's not a matter of him being less worthy as a human being... it's attaching a monetary value to his NHL career. The courts are going to objectively look at this. They won't just hear his story and arbitrarily decide the figures. He's a Harvard graduate, he has a future outside hockey... This WILL play a large role in Bertuzzi's defense. He's not a kid who dropped highschool to play junior and get a ride to the NHL. He graduated Harvard, got on with Colorado as a 2nd round pick, didn't play two whole seasons, then only played 57 (albeit 13 games he missed at the end of the season due to injury) in 2004. He only had one year left on his contract, and the Colorado Avalance chose not to keep him on through his injury, even though the lockout was on. Why do you think this is? Because players on injury reserve continue to collect a paycheque, because they cannot be released to play elsewhere... So Steve Moore was costing the Avalance money, they cut him loose. Worth nothing to the club.

How do his parents justify that large sum of money? The sheer excess of their demands may play against them... Coming off as greedy isn't what they need.

02-17-2006, 11:39 PM	#23 (permalink)
Ace_O_Spades The Death Card Location: EH!?!?	It's not a matter of him being less worthy as a human being... it's attaching a monetary value to his NHL career. The courts are going to objectively look at this. They won't just hear his story and arbitrarily decide the figures. He's a Harvard graduate, he has a future outside hockey... This WILL play a large role in Bertuzzi's defense. He's not a kid who dropped highschool to play junior and get a ride to the NHL. He graduated Harvard, got on with Colorado as a 2nd round pick, didn't play two whole seasons, then only played 57 (albeit 13 games he missed at the end of the season due to injury) in 2004. He only had one year left on his contract, and the Colorado Avalance chose not to keep him on through his injury, even though the lockout was on. Why do you think this is? Because players on injury reserve continue to collect a paycheque, because they cannot be released to play elsewhere... So Steve Moore was costing the Avalance money, they cut him loose. Worth nothing to the club. How do his parents justify that large sum of money? The sheer excess of their demands may play against them... Coming off as greedy isn't what they need. __________________ Feh. Last edited by Ace_O_Spades; 02-17-2006 at 11:44 PM..