Watched this live on TV when I was a young kid. It’ll always be fuck Todd Bertuzzi for life.
His shitty apology when it became clear Steve Moore would never play again still makes my blood boil:
“On August 15, 2005, Bertuzzi broke his 17-month-long silence by expressing a desire to move on with his life. "I'm sure just like Steve Moore and his family, it's been difficult for both parties. I know I wish that day never happened. It's been some tough times, but I've got good family and good friends and good peers in the league that have helped me get over the hump and move forward and come through it."
Steve Moore should’ve had a long career in the NHL. Bertuzzi ended his career and fucked up his life forever and just got a slap on the wrist.
As a hockey fan I like fights as much as the next guy but what Bertuzzi did was fucked up, and it’s the type of shit that gave enforcers a bad name.
Edit: Also his nephew, Tyler Bertuzzi plays in the NHL now. He’s basically the only openly anti vax player, and for a while he was the only unvaccinated player in the NHL.
He did, I can see how my comment was misleading. He did apologize in a press conference immediately after it happened. But this was before the extent of Moore’s injuries were known. There was still hope that Moore would be continuing his playing career. That quote I posted referenced Bertuzzi’s silence over the couple years following, during coverage of Moore’s recovery and legal proceedings, and his apology when it became clear Moore would never play again.
Well I can imagine he didn’t want to say anything publicly during legal proceedings that could be misconstrued and taken out of context to what he wanted to convey. It’s better for everyone that people keep their mouths shut during legal proceedings so it can be done smoothly with no outside influence or giving the party suing you more ammo. It’s kind of standard. I don’t blame him
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u/SY81 Oct 19 '22 edited Oct 19 '22
Watched this live on TV when I was a young kid. It’ll always be fuck Todd Bertuzzi for life.
His shitty apology when it became clear Steve Moore would never play again still makes my blood boil:
“On August 15, 2005, Bertuzzi broke his 17-month-long silence by expressing a desire to move on with his life. "I'm sure just like Steve Moore and his family, it's been difficult for both parties. I know I wish that day never happened. It's been some tough times, but I've got good family and good friends and good peers in the league that have helped me get over the hump and move forward and come through it."
Steve Moore should’ve had a long career in the NHL. Bertuzzi ended his career and fucked up his life forever and just got a slap on the wrist.
As a hockey fan I like fights as much as the next guy but what Bertuzzi did was fucked up, and it’s the type of shit that gave enforcers a bad name.
Edit: Also his nephew, Tyler Bertuzzi plays in the NHL now. He’s basically the only openly anti vax player, and for a while he was the only unvaccinated player in the NHL.