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How About A Steve Moore Night?
by Paul on 02/01/09 at 12:58 PM ET
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from Terry Frei of the Denver Post,
All three Moore brothers, Mark, Steve and Dominic, have Harvard diplomas. It doesn’t take one of those to figure out that the NHL would frown on the Avalanche making a public display of support for Steve, who, after all, is suing a one-time fellow NHL player and an NHL team, the Canucks, and who tried to include other individuals (i.e., Brad May, Brian Burke, Marc Crawford) in an original suit that was tossed out in Denver. But I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: The Avalanche should tell the NHL to mind its own business and plan to honor Steve at a home game in March.
It’s probably poor taste to bring this up, but it wouldn’t be a bad public relations move for a franchise that increasingly needs it and has taken deserved criticism for turning its back on a former player in a sport that takes pride in its one-for-all ethic in the dressing room and on the ice. I’d say do it at the March 4 game against Detroit, because that probably would be a sellout, anyway, and thus the team couldn’t be accused of making the move only to sell tickets. The problem there is that many Red Wings fans would be among the crowd and wearing red that night, so I do think the Avalanche could justify holding the Moore night at another game.
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If the Avs play the Leafs at home…that’s when they should do it. Let his brother be able to play in the game.
Posted by bsalamon on 02/01/09 at 01:45 PM ET
If the Avalanche wanted to honor Moore, maybe they shouldn’t have brought Brad May on board the very next season. Why don’t they just retire his number? After all, it’s not his fault that he came 25 short of the lofty 94 game total needed for Ray Bourque.
Posted by shep on 02/01/09 at 03:22 PM ET
What an idiotic proposal; shall we have a “[INSERT NAME] Night” for every player around the league whose career is felled by injury before they have the chance to achieve anything noteworthy?
Posted by Forechecker from Nolensville, TN on 02/01/09 at 03:59 PM ET
I dont think you can throw the Steve Moore incident into the “every player whose career is felled by injury” category. It wasnt some freak accident that happened. It was something very avoidable and the actions of Todd Bertuzzi were a disgrace to the sport as a whole. Terry Frei isn’t proposing we retire his jersey, he’s merely supporting a night in which we can honor Steve Moore as a member of the Colorado Avalanche family who’s career was stolen by a player with poor judgment. A player doesn’t have to meet your Hall of Fame criteria to have a night of recognition or honor.
Posted by CHALVERS on 02/01/09 at 05:26 PM ET
Maybe they can honor him some night when the Flames are in town! But seriously, I think it was horrible what happened to Steve Moore, but I don’t see any reason why they should honor him! Claude Lemieux was the same type of player for the Avs, let’s not forget what type of player Steve Moore was, but if they are going to honor an instigator it should be Lemieux!
Posted by Mac from Canada on 02/01/09 at 07:43 PM ET
If they do decide to do this - I like the idea of a Leafs game, too. It would be a nice gesture to let his brother play that night, as bsalamon suggested.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 02/01/09 at 07:44 PM ET
Doing it for a Leafs game would also bring the interesting side event of having Brian Burke’s new team there and having Brad May be on the other team - two semi-prominent figures in that game.
Posted by HockeyJoe from Upstate New York on 02/02/09 at 01:57 AM ET
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Steve Moore is a victim! I think they should invite all the victim groups that same night with free tickets. Let’s Celebrate!
Posted by D Dude on 02/01/09 at 01:40 PM ET