Seven Years Later, Moore Still Haunted

[RGM81]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle1933045/

Seven years have passed and in some ways it’s as if nothing ever happened.
Todd Bertuzzi is still playing in the National Hockey League and scoring goals for the DetroitRedWings while his former coach Marc Crawford is being touted for his efforts with the Dallas Stars.
But for Steve Moore, nothing has been the same since he was attacked by Bertuzzi and driven head-first into the ice on March 8, 2004. Since that night in Vancouver, Moore has never played in the NHL and, at 32, never will again.
Instead, he is waiting for news next month that at long last a trial date will be set so his civil suit against Bertuzzi and the VancouverCanucks – plus all the many legal filings between Bertuzzi, the Canucks and Crawford – can be heard and ultimately settled.
But according to Moore’s lawyer, there is one thing that can’t be resolved.
“We have the top neurosurgeons in the world on this case and we have reached the point where we can say Steve’s brain injury is permanent,” Timothy Danson said Monday. “Unfortunately for Steve Moore, he’s not only dealing with the loss of his NHL career, he has to deal with the serious damage to his post-NHL career as a result of the brain injury.”
When informed of those comments, Bertuzzi’s lawyer, Geoffrey Adair, replied: “That’s all Danson.”
Moore suffered three fractured vertebrae, facial cuts and a concussion after being sucker-punched by Bertuzzi, then a member of the Vancouver Canucks. The former Colorado Avalanche forward was knocked unconscious and laid on the ice for roughly 10 minutes before being stretchered off and taken to a nearby hospital.

[duwal]

sounds like Bertuzzi's lawyer is as much a piece of crap as he is

[thesnake87]

A lot of it was because of the pile up... IMO

[HOCKEY68]

A lot of it was because of the pile up... IMO

Better watch the video again,it clearly shows his head smashing into the ice before the pile up starts.

[thesnake87]

Then my memory of it has of course changed. I aplogize

[Wickabee]

Bertuzzi's actions are not defendable, but let's not forget why he went after Moore in the first place. That would be the dirty hit on Naslund that resulted in a concussion. Moore should be looking at Bertuzzi thinking "There but for the grace of god..."

I'm not saying Bertuzzi wasn't wrong, I'm sick of everyone talking about Moore like he's a golden-haired angel boy. I'm also tired of hearing people say it was a "career cut down too early." Moore wasn't a very good player to begin with, by NHL standards, and probably wouldn't be playing now anyway.

Again, none of that excuses Bertuzzi at all. It does, however, seem funny that seven years have gone by with no "anniversary of" talk and then the year his case is finally about to be heard by the proper court, it's all over the place. It's nothing more than cheap publicity and obviously Moore's lawyer is as big a piece of crap as Bertuzzi's.

Of course, both lawyers are just doing what's best in the interest of their clients, so to bring them into the discussion is quite useless.

[duwal]

Bertuzzi's actions are not defendable, but let's not forget why he went after Moore in the first place. That would be the dirty hit on Naslund that resulted in a concussion. Moore should be looking at Bertuzzi thinking "There but for the grace of god..."

I'm not saying Bertuzzi wasn't wrong, I'm sick of everyone talking about Moore like he's a golden-haired angel boy. I'm also tired of hearing people say it was a "career cut down too early." Moore wasn't a very good player to begin with, by NHL standards, and probably wouldn't be playing now anyway.

Again, none of that excuses Bertuzzi at all. It does, however, seem funny that seven years have gone by with no "anniversary of" talk and then the year his case is finally about to be heard by the proper court, it's all over the place. It's nothing more than cheap publicity and obviously Moore's lawyer is as big a piece of crap as Bertuzzi's.

Of course, both lawyers are just doing what's best in the interest of their clients, so to bring them into the discussion is quite useless.

even after all the replay views Vancouver fans still believe the hit on Naslund was dirty?? The only reason it was so bad was because Naslund was lowering himself to reach for the puck. If he was standing up skating Moore's hit would have hit him in the chest and been completely legal. What are you supposed to do? Going to check someone and then they go down almost to their knees before you get to them?

[Wickabee]

Yeah, it wasn't a clean hit, sorry to say. You should be in control of your body at all times, Moore either wasn't, or didn't care. Again, that has nothing to do with the Bertuzzi incident itself, but Moore wasn't perfect himself.

[centrehice]

I have now watched that replay well over 100 times.

Naslund was interfered with by Moore in a deleterious manner, Moore hit him a full 2 seconds after he got rid of the puck, and the refs simply missed the call.

Bertuzzi honoured that age old Hockey Rule. Never leave your Captain in the lurch. The series of events which unfolded immediately after were brutal and uncalled for, but the entire incident was preventable.

Both players have paid dearly for it, and will continue to do so, which is the saddest note of all.

[thesnake87]

But Bertuzzi has been able to resurrect his career (so far) with Detroit and is one of the nicer (for lack of better term) players in the league. Detroit has taken him under its wing *pun* and turned him into the player this season that was missing for a few years. I like Bert, he's a nice guy and I think the incident really opened his eyes and made him rethink how he plays.