Armchair Pools Blog

Regardless, Brad May is Buffalo's dirty player. Now I know what you Buffalo fans are thinking. He's a character guy, a team player, a real blue collar guy. Recently, May himself has said "The key for me is integrity. I've kept my integrity". It's a bold statement to make for a guy who has averaged a penalty a game over an 18 season career. Let's examine.

In November, 2000, May was suspended for 20 games for using his stick to etch his initials into Steve Heinze's nose. In his defense, he immediately apologized to Heinze.

In the 2007 playoffs as a member of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, May suckerpunched Kim Johnsson in the face and received a 3 game suspension. He said afterwards that he intended to contact Johnsson and apologize. I don't know if he did or not, but let's give him the benefit of the doubt.

So a couple of cheap plays followed by some sincere apologies. Maybe there is an argument that May has integrity, his only failing is that he makes bad decisions in the heat of the moment.

What about that Bertuzzi thing though? 16 days before Todd Bertuzzi drove Steve Moore's head into the ice as retaliation to Moore's hit on Marcus Naslund, Brad May had this to say

"There's definitely a bounty on his head. Clean hit or not, that's our best player, and you respond. It's going to be fun when we get him."

Brad May had 16 days to contemplate this statement and the bounty he placed on Steve Moore's head. There was no heat of the moment. However, he did nothing to take back his call for physical retribution. Brad May also had ample opportunity after the incident to apologize for his remarks that helped fuel the hysteria that lead to the brutal on-ice attack,

I did a lot of searching, but could not find any apology.

So I say dirty.