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Jun. 23rd, 2006 11:47 pmI bet you thought with the Stanley Cup finals over, you all would be spared my hockey blatherings?
Nope.
Vancouver traded Todd Bertuzzi. To Florida, of all teams. Good riddance... now Vancouver's off my shit list.
For those of you not in the know about why I disliked the Canucks... In February 2004, Vancouver and Colorado were playing. A Colorado player named Steve Moore checked Vancouver's captain (Markus Naslund) and ended up giving him a mild concussion, sidelining him for three games. The hit was perfectly legal, and the damage was accidental. Sometimes it happens; people misestimate the amount of force needed, or just are going too fast. Naturally, the Vancouver coach and players were pissed off, but didn't do anything since the NHL commisioner was at that game.
Fast forward to two weeks later, when Vancouver and Colorado played again (this time in Vancouver). A Vancouver player named Brad May had declared a... crap, can't remember the word he used... vendetta, maybe? against Moore. Everybody else on the team (especially the coach, who has quite the rep for being a sleaze and has since been fired) agreed and spent most of the game picking on Moore.
And then finally... this happened. (clearest part of it is toward the end, but don't watch if you're particularly squeamish.)
So. Moore isn't playing anymore. He broke two neck vertebrae and a massive concussion, among other injuries, and didn't regain consciousness until several days later.
Bertuzzi got himself suspended for the rest of the season (not that there was much of a season left at this point), and the following year (but there *were* no NHL games then because of the lockout.) He was captain of Team Canada in the Olympics, and although assault charges were filed, he was only sentenced to community service.
Nope.
Vancouver traded Todd Bertuzzi. To Florida, of all teams. Good riddance... now Vancouver's off my shit list.
For those of you not in the know about why I disliked the Canucks... In February 2004, Vancouver and Colorado were playing. A Colorado player named Steve Moore checked Vancouver's captain (Markus Naslund) and ended up giving him a mild concussion, sidelining him for three games. The hit was perfectly legal, and the damage was accidental. Sometimes it happens; people misestimate the amount of force needed, or just are going too fast. Naturally, the Vancouver coach and players were pissed off, but didn't do anything since the NHL commisioner was at that game.
Fast forward to two weeks later, when Vancouver and Colorado played again (this time in Vancouver). A Vancouver player named Brad May had declared a... crap, can't remember the word he used... vendetta, maybe? against Moore. Everybody else on the team (especially the coach, who has quite the rep for being a sleaze and has since been fired) agreed and spent most of the game picking on Moore.
And then finally... this happened. (clearest part of it is toward the end, but don't watch if you're particularly squeamish.)
So. Moore isn't playing anymore. He broke two neck vertebrae and a massive concussion, among other injuries, and didn't regain consciousness until several days later.
Bertuzzi got himself suspended for the rest of the season (not that there was much of a season left at this point), and the following year (but there *were* no NHL games then because of the lockout.) He was captain of Team Canada in the Olympics, and although assault charges were filed, he was only sentenced to community service.