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I was kidding, I don\'t buy his shit either.  You don\'t hit someone from behind without meaning to do a lot of damage.

Originally posted by Bozco
I was kidding, I don\'t buy his shit either.  You don\'t hit someone from behind without meaning to do a lot of damage.

Ok

Originally posted by Kimahri
Settle down Giga... yes bertuzzi meant to  punch moore in the face... but that isnt exactly considered an injury in the NHL...

Moore fractured his neck when he hit the ice... Bertuzzi didnt intend to injure him that way... so thats what he meant when he says he had no intent to  injure.

First of all, it wasn\'t just a punch.  A punch is one thing.  This was a punch from behind, totally blindsiding the guy, during play.  And yeah he was injured when he hit the ice...Bertuzzi drove him into the ice.  

Bertuzzi did not mean to hurt the guy as badly as he did, no.  But he meant to hurt him.  And the fact is, he went about it in a dirty, cowardly way.  You want retaliation, you fight a guy fairly.  You don\'t punch him from behind and drive him into the ice.  There is no place for that in hockey.  Bertuzzi deserved what he got and more.

[Jumpman]

I\'m Canadian therefore know everything about Hockey.

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uhm i know about hockey ie know of the sport but don\'t know anything about it...other than it\'s dominated by big husky cocasion menz! although i know there are a few brothers on the squad here or there so i\'ll cheer for my local squad..go devils!

ps: as far as that hit was concerned..that was just plain wrong the way he clocked that other guy..there was no reason for that..i can never understand some of these athlets ...your\'re gettin\' paid to play a sport...basicaly gettin paid to have fun! why go that route with seriously hurtin somebody?

Adrenaline

From the front angle, the Bertuzzi hit looks bad, but it looks like he fell on him as he went down.  From the side angle it looks like he drove Moore down hard into the ice, with his arms.  

I tend to lean a bit towards the second hypothesis, and as such I had no problem with his suspension (even though it means a Canadian team will be hurt bad in the playoffs).  I think they\'re going to keep Bert suspended next season if Moore isn\'t recovered by then, up to 1 year (sort of bringing in the OHL version of the rule).

I think the sens have a good chance this year, assuming Lalime or Prusek can step it up a notch.

Toronto has a chance, assuming Belfour can stay healthy for the duration.

Calgary, Tampa Bay, Philly, or Colerado all have a shot, assuming they keep playing like they have been recently.

I don\'t think Detroit will make it too far, I have a feeling that they\'re going to run out of gas soon.

Other than that, well.. the rest of the contenders don\'t stand out either way for me.

Lets just hope my beloved oilers can make it into the playoffs. I think everyone can agree that they are a fantastic team to watch in the playoffs.

[Jumpman]

Yeah there was that period where they would always knock the top seed out in the first round.

[CHIZZY]

ummm... GO SABRES!!!

going to the game tomorrow, corner front row seats, bitch.. Don\'t get to see many plays develop, but the hits make up for it....

[videoholic]

Let\'s go Lightning!@!!!@#$#$)(*

looks like they\'re gonna play the Islanders, whom they just lost to twice in a row...

:crap:

Edmonton needs to win their last game... and nashville needs to lose their last to in order for edmonton to make it.

We can finally get this thread going after this weekend

Damn it\'s been frustrating for Ottawa fans.  Boy did we totally outplay every player on Toronto last game except for a couple of them - Belfour and Lady Luck.  

On a good note, tomorow night I won tickets to center ice baby!  Game 4!  Go sens go!