What this all boils down to is respect or rather a lack thereof.
Bertuzzi, Morrow, Pronger, McSorley (@the end of his career), etc. (The list could be and is much longer if I wanted to look them all up) All have clearly demonstrated a severe lack of respect for their fellow players and all made choices that they should be held accountable for.
The NHL has been ineffective and extremely uneven in their response to this type of incident, IMO.
As to the specifics of this incident; even a criminal can be a victim of crime so don't try to rationalize the act of an unsportsmanlike player towards another player...even if the victim is unsportsmanlike too.
It's wrong and foul and not what I pay to see when I go to an NHL game. |