http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/penguinsmarch/1601/ NHL hockey blogosphere of your favorite team rumors, trades, opinion, recaps, previews and news Sun, 20 May 2012 16:58:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/penguinsmarch/1601/comment-page-1/#comment-251 dylan Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:06:19 +0000 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=1601#comment-251 I know its an unpopular stance but I take issue with at least one of the "dirty" plays mentioned.  Bertuzzi *did* give warning, several.  Moore chose to ignore them and run away, if Moore had balled up and fought his nose might get broken but he would probably still be skating.  More significantly why did Bertuzzi try and pick a fight?  The nastyness of Moore's hit.  Does it excuse the crippling?  Of course not, no one wants to see a players career end BUT it was not a random act of thuggery by some knee breaker. I know its an unpopular stance but I take issue with at least one of the “dirty” plays mentioned.  Bertuzzi *did* give warning, several.  Moore chose to ignore them and run away, if Moore had balled up and fought his nose might get broken but he would probably still be skating.  More significantly why did Bertuzzi try and pick a fight?  The nastyness of Moore’s hit.  Does it excuse the crippling?  Of course not, no one wants to see a players career end BUT it was not a random act of thuggery by some knee breaker.

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