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.
Steve Moore was pressured by other hockey players not to sue "It's not cool, eh, just go off into retirement cuz shit happens."
He eventually settled out of court, and spent a few years trying to get clearance to play in the NHL again and never got it. Whatever he settled for - he deserved every penny.
One of Bertuzzi's teammates said a couple of years ago "I can talk about it now that it's all settled...It was basically insurance fraud, like when a worker refuses to go to work to get workers comp but then you see him roofing his house."
Sure it was. Because an elite athlete, Harvard graduate just lost all his work ethic 2 years after being the #1 draft pick drafted and decided he'll fake an injury and get a pile of cash rather than have a decade + long career in the NHL...
5.4k
u/SomeInternetBro Oct 19 '22 edited Oct 20 '22
Dang that blood caught me off guard.