I wonder if all this would have been avoided if 1. a suspension was given for the head hit on Naslund and 2. if Moore apologized and visited Naslund at the hospital in good faith (I heard Moore never apologized for it). I find it unfair for the league to fine the Canucks and say that they did not do anything to reduce the "Temperature" of the situation when neither the other team nor the league itself did anything. Does the league not look at itself to see what they could have done themselves to tone down the "Temperature". If the league and the other team doesn't do anything to help tone down the situation from Naslund's head (and potentially career ending) hit, why should they expect the Canucks organization to do the same when they were the victim of the first concussion? Yes, the Bertuzzi hit turned out somewhat tragic but that was clearly not his intention to break someone's neck. He went out there to show the league that no one can badly injure his friend and a Hart Trophy candidate and not expect any consequences. He decided it was time to drop the gloves on that shift. But the other guy didn't want to dance. He wanted and tried to do the honorable thing, but in the end, due to circumstances at that time, he couldn't and didn't.
If it is the norm and standard to be able to knock people out with hits to the head and have the league and the hitter shrug it off and say its just part of the game, then of course, this game will continue to be violent.
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