The Canuck's name in Todd Bertuzzi, not Berluzzi.

psst.... it's Todd Bertuzzi.

cheers,

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Guys, it's Bertuzzi, not Berluzzi...

PJK

His name is Bertuzzi, not Berluzzi. Granted, most of your readers won't know this, but it makes you look like an idiot to those of us who do. I mean, isn't this the kind of thing we make fun of Dubya for?

Sorry! Will fix immediately.

Since we're picking nits,

The hit in question took place in Vancouver, so the scene of the crime is there, not Colorado. Your point is understood, but the post as a whole seems to be rather factually challenged.

Maybe we should stick to the baseball analogies?

"It is what it is" is a phrase John Fox, coach of the Carolina Panthers uses a ton. And it's not about bad stuff, it's a way for him to acknowledge something (a statement, a good play, a bad play, etc.) without commenting on it. I'm with you on the sentiment. Stephen Hadley is playing coy. But it's more intellectually honest to say "WTF" than to suggest he's a dick because you associate the comment "it is what it is" with "some horrific or embarrassing thing that is so self-evident it needs no belaboring".

Just my $0.02.

For what its worth, Bertuzzi was retaliating against a similarly vicious cheap shot on Canucks captain Naslund, who thanks to Moore suffered a concussion.

Just as cheap and deserving of retribution - something Avalanche fans just don't understand.

So I'm not sure this analogy sticks.

Good lord, if the world ever needed any proof that hockey is not the sport I follow most closely, this litany of errors provides it. I stand by my position that "it is what it is" is usually used in a negative sense, but I regret the use of the phrase "scene of the crime." And I will demur from commenting about whether Bertuzzi's punch was actually justified retaliation.

Thanks for the sharp reading. And from now on, I will only use NBA metaphors.