rfmcdonald | [BRIEF NOTE] Remind me (Reply)

From The Globe and Mail article, "Naslund attacks Moore's lawsuit":

Vancouver Canucks captain Markus Naslund says Steve Moore's lawsuit against Todd Bertuzzi and others in the Vancouver organization is a money grab by a player who isn't good enough to earn a lucrative living at hockey.

"He's suing everyone so he can make money," Naslund told the Vancouver Sun from Sweden. "I've got no respect for him at all.

"Even talking to his teammates, it seems evident he doesn't have a lot of support in hockey."

Naslund plays for Modo in the Swedish league with Peter Forsberg and Dan Hinote, Moore's Colorado Avalanche teammates last season.

Moore, now an unrestricted free agent after playing 57 games as a National Hockey League rookie last season, is suing Bertuzzi and Brad May, coach Marc Crawford, former general manager Brian Burke and the hockey club for unspecified damages. Moore claims the defendants conspired to injure him.

He has been unable to play since Bertuzzi sucker-punched him during a game in Vancouver on March 8. Moore suffered cracked vertebrae and a concussion, from which he continues to suffer.

"This is just a guy who's trying to hit a home run [financially]," Naslund said. "Someone who wasn't good enough to play. I'm not saying what [Bertuzzi did] was right. But if it was me, I'd be doing everything I could to get back and play and show everyone the character I have . . . instead of trying to sue everyone."

Remind me, please, why I'm supposed to care about the possible collapse of the NHL. Also, while you're at it, how modern-day hockey teams are readily distinguishable from street gangs on skates.