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...Canucks vowed revenge, though Naslund missed only three games and the NHL chose not to fine Moore. Bertuzzi said there “absolutely” would be retaliation against Moore. “Games will come, and situations will present itself,” were his nauseatingly ominous words in the Rocky Mountain News...
...this was any other profession, such statements might be grounds for a restraining order. But this is the NHL. Gary Bettman doesn’t process PPOs. So, Moore was forced to listen to that and know that someone was going to chase him down...
...hard to stick on an NHL roster, but after two years of playing mostly in the minors, Moore had finally done it and was earning rave reviews...
Sure, the NHL should take care of its stars. That’s a valid concern. But there’s no reason that protecting top players involves the endangerment of another man’s life and livelihood, which is what took place Monday night...
This has become one of the biggest hockey stories of the yer, alongside the fact that the NHL is slipping toward financial ruin...