tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post112441287383269764..comments2023-08-26T10:21:07.251-04:00Comments on Japers' Rink: Sucker PunchedJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13144581988817631208noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-1124467505507866132005-08-19T12:05:00.000-04:002005-08-19T12:05:00.000-04:00And criminal assault. The League condones hard, c...And criminal assault. The League condones hard, clean hitting and the occassional fight. Without fighting - "settling differences like men" - there would be nothing but cowardly stick work and sucker punches in the League when players felt wronged.<BR/><BR/>But what Bert did was "outside the code" and wasn't even close to what the League condones. It's a different story if it's not JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13144581988817631208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-1124415108031652812005-08-18T21:31:00.001-04:002005-08-18T21:31:00.001-04:00I don't think Todd Bertuzzi crossed some "artifici...I don't think Todd Bertuzzi crossed some "artificially determined moral line." He crossed a statutorily determined criminal line. Big difference.<BR/><BR/>Steve Moore dropped the gloves six minutes into the game and got his ass kicked. That should have been the end of it.<BR/><BR/>The premeditation of Bertuzzi's attack - coupled with its total lack of neccessity - makes the act deplorable on JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13144581988817631208noreply@blogger.com