Confirmed with Link: Bertuzzi traded to Boston for 2024 1st & 2025 4th

[norrisnick]

Wait.. did you expect an unprotected 1st round pick? For Bertuzzi?
Who was the last player to return an unprotected 1st?

Chiarot. Lol

 

[better Red than Dead]

Return is fine, stop b****ing lol

Bitching or stating an opinion? Return to me is underwhelming. We may not reap any rewards until 2025 for our top line winger who was the only guy who brought an element of abrasiveness and grit to this team.

 

[SimonEdvinssonAtSix]

Coming in peace.

Can we get a scouting report for the Bruins Board?

Marchand lite.

 

[ricky0034]

If Boston is in the bottom 10 next year they will be even worse in 2025. So this is a win for sure.

yeah I don't think Boston will be anywhere close to bottom 10 next year but if they are it seems pretty unlikely that they wouldn't also be bad in 2025

 

[Pavels Dog]

We may not reap any rewards until 2025 for our top line winger who was the only guy who brought an element of abrasiveness and grit to this team.

Sounds like we would have lost him for nothing otherwise.

Option A: nothing
Option B: 1st rounder + 4th rounder

Which do you choose?

 

[Snuggs]

Marchand lite.

Pretty much.

 

[RedHawkDown]

yeah I don't think Boston will be anywhere close to bottom 10 next year but if they are it seems pretty unlikely that they wouldn't also be bad in 2025

Yeah, if it’s a pick in the late teens which is likely if Bergeron/Krecji are done, it’s solid. If the condition is met, then the 2025 pick will be even better. I hope it is - the pipe dream of adding a kid like Misa to what should be a competitive roster by 2025-2026 is enticing.

 

[raymond23]

Coming in peace.

Can we get a scouting report for the Bruins Board?

He's f***ing awesome and I'm sad

Has a hard time staying healthy tough

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Coming in peace.

Can we get a scouting report for the Bruins Board?

Will fight for anyone on his team, tenacious, solid player with grit to have on your team.

No idea where he would fit best in the Bruins lineup, but he is absolutely a dangerous weapon to have.

 

[jkutswings]

Return is fine, stop b****ing lol

HFB 101:

Most agree about the top few players.
Most agree about the bottom few players.
NOBODY agrees about everybody in the middle.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

I don't know who would have a problem with this. The Wings aren't going anywhere this spring, Bertuzzi wasn't going to be here next year, simple logic at work here. Obviously other teams know this, too, so that's limiting the return significantly. And let's be real here, Bertuzzi is a nice piece if you already have a few other pieces, but he's not going to drive the bus for anyone.

 

[WaW]

Coming in peace.

Can we get a scouting report for the Bruins Board?

Plays both ends well enough but a bit overrated in the defensive zone...can play on any of your 4 lines though easily. Better skater than he was early in his career, extremely physical, first guy in and last guy out of every scrum. Teammates love him. Effective on the PP, capable of scoring goals but note that last year was the outlier, not the norm for his career.

Think he's a great addition for your cup run but I don't think ANYONE should give him anything more than 2 years after that. He can't stay healthy and his injury problems will only get worse as he gets older. He's healthy now though so no worries at the moment.

 

[Retire91]

Awesome!!!!! Nice job Yzerman. We should have done this 2 or 3 years ago when he would have returned a kings ransom but this is great for the current situation.

 

[better Red than Dead]

Sounds like we would have lost him for nothing otherwise.

Option A: nothing
Option B: 1st rounder + 4th rounder

Which do you choose?

Clearly option B. But I thought there would be a better return is all I’m saying. I am underwhelmed at the return he brought us, he was our best winger. That’s all, not saying we should have kept him to let him walk for nothing, not even saying to re-sign him, just thought the return would be better and surprised it wasn’t

 

[LeftWingLocked]

Don’t care they traded Bertuzzi because he barely plays but we seem to be in the same spot every year. Is this team even getting better?

 

[ShanahanMan]

Wish it was a 23 1st but still a 1st regardless. Decent return.

 

[Oddbob]

Coming in peace.

Can we get a scouting report for the Bruins Board?

If healthy you will love him. High compete and can move up and down the lineup. Very likeable player. Big IF though, is if he can stay healthy which has been a huge issue in his career thus far, although this year it was two freak broken hands from blocking shots.

 

[ShanahanMan]

Don’t care they traded Bertuzzi because he barely plays but we seem to be in the same spot every year. Is this team even getting better?

No not really. We still are missing any elite players.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Bert got a bigger return than Taylor Hall did two years ago. People are crazy for thinking this is an underwhelming return.

Exactly. The 1st is delayed gratification but is Boston going to be this good next year with Krejci and Bergeron looking to retire?

 

[SimonEdvinssonAtSix]

Don’t care they traded Bertuzzi because he barely plays but we seem to be in the same spot every year. Is this team even getting better?

Roster 2018
8 Justin Abdelkader
72 Andreas Athanasiou
45 Jonathan Bernier
59 Tyler Bertuzzi
74 Madison Bowey
84 Jake Chelios
21 Dennis Cholowski
83 Trevor Daley
61 Jacob de La Rose
65 Danny DeKeyser
70 Christoffer Ehn
52 Jonathan Ericsson
42 Martin Frk
36 Kaden Fulcher
41 Luke Glendening
25 Mike Green
43 Darren Helm
2 Joe Hicketts
53 Taro Hirose
35 Jimmy Howard
17 Filip Hronek
3 Nick Jensen
55 Niklas Kronwall
56 Ryan Kuffner
71 Dylan Larkin
32 Brian Lashoff
39 Anthony Mantha
20 Dylan McIlrath
22 Wade Megan
51 Frans Nielsen
14 Gustav Nyquist
54 Matt Puempel
27 Michael Rasmussen
47 Libor Sulak
23 Dominic Turgeon
26 Thomas Vanek
28 Luke Witkowski
11 Filip Zadina

Top Prospects 2018

Joe Veleno
Filip Zadina
Jared McIsaac
Dennis Cholowski
Filip Larsson
Jonatan Berggren
Taro Hirose
Yevgeni Svechnikov
Axel Holmström
Michael Rasmussen

Roster 2022

52 Jonatan Berggren
59 Tyler Bertuzzi
8 Ben Chiarot
18 Andrew Copp
14 Robby Fabbri
38 Robert Hagg
39-45 Magnus Hellberg
17 Filip Hronek
35 Ville Husso
81 Dominik Kubalik
71 Dylan Larkin
28 Gustav Lindstrom
2 Olli Maatta
57 David Perron
27 Michael Rasmussen
23 Lucas Raymond
53 Moritz Seider
70 Oskar Sundqvist
24 Pius Suter
90 Joe Veleno
15 Jakub Vrana
96 Jake Walman
11 Filip Zadina

Top Prospects 2022

Simon Edvinsson
Marco Kasper
Albert Johansson
William Wallinder
Carter Mazur
Sebastian Cossa
Cross Hanas
Dmitri Buchelnikov
Jared McIsaac
Donovan Sebrango

 

[GMR]

Don’t care they traded Bertuzzi because he barely plays but we seem to be in the same spot every year. Is this team even getting better?

Not by much, honestly.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

I am glad for Bertuzzi. A playoff performer going to a playoff contender with a great chance to host the cup.

Solid return considering his history the past few years.

I’m going to laugh when he coughs up the puck and costs Boston a game though.

 

[ricky0034]

Clearly option B. But I thought there would be a better return is all I’m saying. I am underwhelmed at the return he brought us, he was our best winger. That’s all, not saying we should have kept him to let him walk for nothing, not even saying to re-sign him, just thought the return would be better and surprised it wasn’t

he's had a rough year between missing games and not being very good most of the time when he was around so that probably hasn't helped

overall the Wings kinda got unlucky on the timing since when he had the most value his value was depressed by that whole Canada thing, i'd say a 1st is a decent return at this point

 

[Redwing66]

The Hronek trade signaled Detroit's rebuild will be centered around Seider and Raymond. All the draft value and young talent Yzerman has been building will give us the leverage to make big moves when the East settles down and our time to rise is right. I expect to see Larkin lift a cup in 5-6 years. Hate seeing Tuzzi go and wish him the best - he had bad timing for our window and the talent in coming years.

 

[Lil Sebastian Cossa]

31st pick in the draft and I’m happy with it.

No. It's probably gonna be better than that. It's a 2024 1st. Boston is going all in now because they're facing some real rough times coming up with the cap. It's very possible this could be a mid first next year.