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I think the fine was just because Crawford should have told his players to take it easy and calm down. But I think the Avs should have had a fine too.
As for keeping people off the ice, you could say that all the right people were on the ice. Moore is not a star on the team and when you are up by that much you don't want your stars hurt so you play them less. The same could be said for a team losing by that much in terms of keeping their better players off but you could also see them wanting to make the game a little more respectable. I agree that Crawford didn't send Bertuzzi out to do that and didn't know something like that was going to happen.
I wonder though, what if Sean Pronger had done the same thing. I think he wouldn't have been such big news. Yes it would have made the news but I don't think it would have been nearly as big and the suspension likely wouldn't have been as bad. Don't know for sure but that's what I think...(Campbell's had it out for Bertuzzi for a while..)
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