Wings sign Todd Bertuzzi...Again

[raptor56]

The Detroit Red Wings signed free-agent forward Todd Bertuzzi to a one-year contract on Tuesday.



Bertuzzi



The deal is "worth around $1.5 million," a source told ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4407343


Personally, I think the guy is washed up.

[Bobl]

Washed up.
Hockey is a young man's sport.

[Olddetroiter]

Washed up.
Hockey is a young man's sport.

By the Wings standards Bertuzzi is a young man.

[smogboy]

It still remains to be seen. Let's see this guy get through training camp. Can he beat out some of the hungry guys there in Grand Rapids or is he going to be joining them there? I'm not so gung-ho about this signing either. It just seems as though we're getting a re-tread but then Detroit's always been a place to rejuvenate a career for some. Let's see how this will play out.

I had these same sort of feelings about the Dallas Drake signing two years back and by the end of the season, he was hoisting the Cup.

[Novack]

Why? Why? Why? Why?

Holland must know what he is doing.

[diver1369]

Bertuzzi is a thug and shouldn't even be in the game. He attacked, blind-sided, a hockey player on the ice resulting in a career ending broken neck. It discredits NHL hockey and the Detroit Red Wings for allowing him to continue his career.

[Downriviera]

Only after said player, Steve Moore [[ a noname 4 th liner), attacked and blindsided his teammate, Marcus Naslund, who at the time was the leading scorer in the league. Naslund suffered a concussion and was never the same player afterwords and is now out of hockey.

[diver1369]

Only after said player, Steve Moore [[ a noname 4 th liner), attacked and blindsided his teammate, Marcus Naslund, who at the time was the leading scorer in the league. Naslund suffered a concussion and was never the same player afterwords and is now out of hockey.

Not quite true to the facts about Naslund's career.

From Wikipedia, the Steve Moore incident.
On February 16, 2004, during a Vancouver-Colorado game, Moore injured Canucks team captain Markus Näslund by checking him in the head area while Näslund was over extending for a puck ahead of him with his head down. No penalty was called on the play, but Näslund suffered a concussion and a bone chip in his elbow as a result of the hit, and missed three games. Moore's hit on Näslund drew much criticism from the Canucks and their fans, but the NHL ruled that the hit was not illegal and did not fine or suspend Moore. Canucks head coach Marc Crawford and general manager Brian Burke publicly criticized the non-call by the referees on the incident. Vancouver players indicated that they would get even with Moore, with left winger Brad May stating that he would put a bounty on Moore's head.
During the next game between the Canucks and Avalanche held in Denver, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL executive vice-president Colin Campbell attended the game, which ended in a tie and saw no major incidents break out.
However, on March 8, 2004, during another rematch between the Avalanche and Canucks, things went differently. In the first period, Moore fought Vancouver player Matt Cooke in a fairly even brawl, and served the 5-minute penalty for fighting. The Avalanche would go on to build up a large lead in a fight-filled game. Late in the third period, Todd Bertuzzi was sent onto the ice. After failing to instigate Moore to fight, Bertuzzi skated after him for a long period before punching Moore in the head from behind and falling upon him along with several other players from both teams. Moore's head was driven into the ice during the fall, causing three fractured neck vertebrae, facial cuts and a concussion.[1] Moore was knocked out, and lay motionless for ten minutes before being carried off on a stretcher.[2]

[Downriviera]

Bottom line is....if you are a forth line player and you take a run at a teams top player, legal or not, you have to be prepared for the consequences of your actions. Steve Moore learned this the hard way. Can you imagine what would have happened to him if he did this to Yzerman in the Probert/Kocur days.

[diver1369]

Bottom line is....if you are a forth line player and you take a run at a teams top player, legal or not, you have to be prepared for the consequences of your actions. Steve Moore learned this the hard way. Can you imagine what would have happened to him if he did this to Yzerman in the Probert/Kocur days.

Why not just have a designated assassin go out onto the ice with a samurai sword and start hacking off body parts of the offensive player? Why not dispense with the formality of the rules of play? You "hockey fans" may not realize it but you're justifying murder because Steve Moore could have easily died on the ice that night.