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[Dark Knight]

Not sure where this fits and it's not worthy of a separate thread:

Burke offered contract to Steve Moore: According to Documents

Brian Burke offered injured player Steve Moore an opportunity to resume his hockey career while both sides were still embroiled in a lawsuit in Colorado, according to documents obtained by CBC News.

Moore has not played since getting hit from behind by Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi while a member of the Colorado Avalanche in a March 8, 2004 game.

Burke was Vancouver's general manager at the time of the incident, but the Aug. 12, 2005, offer letter was made while he was serving as GM for Anaheim. It was a two-way contract offer that would have paid Moore $475,000 US in the NHL and $75,000 if the player suited up for Portland, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Ducks.

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[Duckette]

Not sure where this fits and it's not worthy of a separate thread:

Burke offered contract to Steve Moore: According to Documents
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Was that when Bertuzzi was in Anaheim?

[Dark Knight]

Was that when Bertuzzi was in Anaheim?

I don't think so...

Also notice that the comments feature to that story are... closed. Would that have been the case if Burke weren't GM in Toronto?

[ladiesandgentlemen]

I kinda wish Moore would have accepted the offer.

Maybe Bertuzzi never would have wound up here.

[SacredCow]

I have to believe that this was an attempt by Burke to get Moore back under contract with an NHL team so that Bertuzzi could stop paying him the wages he was prevented from earning due to his injuries. If that's the case, and I have nothing to base that on other than common sense and logic, then it's a pretty pathetic move by Burke.