In the end, I always felt Bertuzzi got a bad rap for an unexpected outcome to a pretty common hockey retaliation when a chump on a call up targets a superstar player.
The dog pile of players that crushed on top of Bertuzzi to help, but crushed Moore under the pile certainly contributed
I thought he deserved a stiff punishment , but.....
People at the time legitimately wanted him to go to jail for attempted murder. In 2005 that was the Trump vs Biden of hockey forums. The vitriol of poster vs poster I remember to this day. I saw good friends turn to enemies over that lawsuit lol
"He should get everything Todd Bertuzzi owns. Bertuzzi should be broke"
"Uh, no, Moore was a cup of Coffee call up career AHL guy who was 26 years old and would never be more than a league minimum 4th line energy guy. If he gets $5 million in this suit that's probably more than he would make in his career"
And then it snowballed lol