Is Markus Naslund an idiot?

[bornonaug9]

TSN - The Sports Network

2/21/2005

Markus Naslund has weighed in on the Steve Moore lawsuit.

The Canucks captain told the Vancouver Sun that the lawsuit against Todd Bertuzzi and others is a money grab by a player who simply isn’t good enough to make a living in the NHL.

"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."

Moore has been unable to play since Bertuzzi sucker-punched him during a game in Vancouver on March 8. He sustained 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 to the Sun. "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."

Moore, now an unrestricted free agent, is suing Canucks Bertuzzi and Brad May, Vancouver coach Marc Crawford, former general manager Brian Burke and the hockey club for unspecified damages.

Moore claims the defendants conspired to injure him.

"This isn't about the hit," Naslund told the paper of his feelings toward Moore. "Hockey players take hits and give hits."

Bertuzzi pleaded guilty in December to a charge of assault causing bodily harm and received a conditional discharge. He remains suspended indefinitely by the NHL.

 

[PDL007]

YES YES and YES Again

Moore's career is over. He has every right to sue. I hope he gets them all.

Bertuzzi should never again set foot in a NHL rink ever again. He Assualted Moore, If he skated in front of him and challenged him to a fight and then landed on him and hurt him. Completly different story. He blindsided him, Moore had no way of defending himself.

 

[to-guy69]

The only idiot here is Moore for not also suing the NHL for everything they are worth...

 

[Rounder]

In a word, YES!

 

[yychobbyist]

Yes, an absolute total and utter idiot

 

[n_v]

"Is Markus Naslund an idiot?"

No.

 

[UMustang]

Maybe Naslund should sue Moore, because it's apparent that he's suffered brain damage, most likely from that hit

 

[yychobbyist]

Naslund's is an interesting comment from a guy who belongs to a union where it's allegedly "one for all and all for one"

 

[n_v]

Naslund's is an interesting comment from a guy who belongs to a union where it's allegedly "one for all and all for one"

And the union is backing Bertuzzi.

 

[yychobbyist]

And the union is backing Bertuzzi.

Reason #36 why Bob Goodenow has some major problems on his hands.

 

[n_v]

Reason #36 why Bob Goodenow has some major problems on his hands.

What are 1-35?

 

[yychobbyist]

don't get me started......

 

[plyrs99]

the comment that irks me the most, that moore is showing his character, or lack of, by suing everyone, and not trying to get back on the the ice. ahhh....yeah!

i think your comments mr. naslund, show your true character. you are an idiot! a truly downright display of stupidity! too bad moore didnt knock your head off in the first place, might have done you, and all of us, a big favour!

one reason moore may not be suing the league for, as of right now, is the fact he has a younger brother trying to make it. but, this case against the canucks, canuck players, and certain canuck employees, may already be more damage than the younger moore can overcome.

good luck steve moore, i wish you well in your recovery, and in your legal case. you are going up against an institution, the "good ole boys" club.

Plyrs99

remember to about goodenow and the union, they also fully support shady player agent david frost! this is a bunch of thugs!

 

[Coach]

What else would you expect from Naslund? Bertuzzi is his close friend and was avenging the previous hit that Moore put on Naslund, which if I remember correctly caused a concussion. Naslund stood up for his close friend & teammate - rightly or wrongly - and echoed what many NHL'ers feel. A keep in within the league mindset. Whether you agree or disagree, his comments weren't really a surprise.
It seems that Moore will never play again, if he does he will be a marked man, no doubt. I wonder what impact this suit will have on his brothers, one plays in the Rangers' system, and I'm not sure where the other one plays.

 

[Navigator24]

Yes.

Markus Naslund is an idiot.

I feel sorry for Canuck fans. If I was one I certainly wouldn't care about the lockout because I would be ashamed to be in their building showing myself to be a supporter of such a gutless, clueless, classless organization.

To think, they were on there way to being one of the favourites to win the cup last year when one selfish idiot goon (Bertuzzi) let the air out of their tires.

Yes, Naslund is an idiot and he's there captain. Their leader. The best they've got to offer.

Good luck to Mr. Moore, I hope he gets every penny he's due and more.

 

[Manji]

Yes, Markus Naslund is an idiot (and a whiny bitch).

Sure, Naslund is entitled to defend his bud, Bertuzzi but he should not have gone after Moore. Moore has suffered enough and he is entitled to sue the people he feels is responsible for the "incident".

 

[bananarama boi]

LOL. How many of you actually saw the game? I did and it was one of the roughest and dirtiest NHL games in recent history. The only ones that stand out more were the Colorado/Detroit games.

Moore was headhunting Naslund all game and finally caught Naslund with an elbow to the head giving him a concussion. Why? They wanted to take Naslund out so he couldn't play in the playoffs. IMO there should be a countersuit by Naslund on Moore and the Avalanche.

Moore is a mediocre player at best. 57 games, 5 goals, 7 assists.

Would your attitudes change if this were Sundin and Tucker?

 

[bornonaug9]

He is not only a idiot but also a disgrace to NHL

I concurred with What Damien Cox wrote in today's Star column

Naslund drops gloves, throws cheap shot


DAMIEN COX
SPORTS COLUMNIST

In Markus Naslund's world, only elite hockey players have rights.

Steve Moore, to Naslund, only had the right to be a victim.

And certainly not to make a fuss about it.

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

"This is just a guy who's trying to hit a home run (financially). 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."

Oh, don't worry. We now are keenly aware of the "character" possessed by Naslund.

This is the same captain of the Canucks who hid behind the brutes on his own team after being nailed with a clean hit, asked them to go out and make like the dogs of war so he could keep his saintly hands clean.

Has a little Tonya Harding-Jeff Gillooly scent to it, wouldn't you say?

This is a hockey player, based on his words yesterday, who looks down his nose at the marginal players in the game, the grunts, checkers and pluggers who have to scratch and claw just to get on the active roster of an NHL team for a few games.

Those Naslund judges as not "good enough to play" certainly don't deserve the same consideration as, say, he does. People like Moore should not have the temerity to bodycheck those above him in the food chain.

This Naslund is a "leader" who allowed the foaming-at-the-mouth lynch mob to get way out of control in the Canucks dressing room, ultimately helping to create the scenario that left Moore with a broken neck, Bertuzzi suspended indefinitely and the Canucks out millions of dollars in post-season revenue.

That Moore's career has been destroyed by Bertuzzi's attack, and that his health may have been permanently damaged, matters not to the Scandinavian, who we can only assume would never had made his comments without first thoroughly examining Moore's health charts.

That Bertuzzi pleaded guilty in criminal court to intentionally assaulting Moore was also similarly not worth consideration to Naslund.

He figures Moore should just suck it up. Recovering lost wages and opportunity through a lawsuit would never be done by a manly sort.

Just go and steal somebody else's job during the lockout like the rest of us, Naslund seems to instruct.

It's the hypocrisy that really gets you.

On one hand, Naslund takes shots at NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for the indecency of trying to design a system that will cap NHL playing incomes at an average of about $1.3 million per season. The Swedish profile-in-courage then takes shots at an injured athlete who can't even exercise because of his severe injuries, suggesting he's just out for the money.

Gotta love a guy who suggests that if he'd suffered a broken neck he'd make like John Wayne.

Moreover, this is the reverse juice on the hockey slang of the 1970s when newcomers were labelled "chicken Swedes" by nasty Canadian brutes.

Now it's the Swedes deriding the manhood of the Canadians.

That Naslund questions Moore's character is indeed the topper. After all, at least Borje Salming stood up for himself. Naslund could have sought revenge against Moore himself last winter, could have dropped his gloves, lifted his protective visor and given the Harvard grad the old Ingemar Johansson one-two.

Instead, he let Brad May and Bertuzzi play judge and jury while he kept his Lady Byng tiara in place.

Now the lawsuit is on, and the evidence sure looks compelling that there was a conspiracy to take Moore's livelihood away from him.

Sadly, one name is missing from the list of defendants.

Would love to see the name of Markus Naslund added.

What a stupid, stupid man.

 

[healer677]

Great point - why didn't Naslund square up with Moore in the first place? He lives up to the name - "Chicken Swede".

Not only has Naslund proven himself a moron but a pussy as well.

 

[scubadoo]

To answer your question.....sure Naslund is a idiot. He also has shown that he has no class whatsoever.