Player Discussion: Tyler Bertuzzi

[Pavels Dog]

He's better than Homer in every aspect except deflecting pucks. Homer was the slowest skater ever and had no stick handling ability.

Homer was a good stickhandler.

 

[Sentinel]

He's better than Homer in every aspect except deflecting pucks. Homer was the slowest skater ever and had no stick handling ability.

Homer was a terrific stick handler. And he wasn't slower than, say, Robitaille.

 

[Henkka]

His cousin (Todd Bertuzzi's son) Tag Bertuzzi wasn't drafted at all.

Maybe sign him as a free agent?

I remember Tag was ranked as 2nd rounder half year ago.

Tag Bertuzzi at eliteprospects.com

Is he just bad?

 

[PullHard]

His cousin (Todd Bertuzzi's son) Tag Bertuzzi wasn't drafted at all.

Maybe sign him as a free agent?

I remember Tag was ranked as 2nd rounder half year ago.

Tag Bertuzzi at eliteprospects.com

Is he just bad?

Hope to see him in Traverse City

 

[Lil Bert]

Albin Grewe, our #66 pick seems to play a real similar style of hockey. Bull Dog with good vision and hockey sense. I would love to have another Bert

 

[Mlotek]

His cousin (Todd Bertuzzi's son) Tag Bertuzzi wasn't drafted at all.

Maybe sign him as a free agent?

I remember Tag was ranked as 2nd rounder half year ago.

Tag Bertuzzi at eliteprospects.com

Is he just bad?

Can't sign him as a free agent until he is over 20 during draft year. So he's got 2 more drafts to be passed over before he becomes a UFA in the eyes of the NHL.

It also appears he only played 1 OHL game since December 28 when he was traded from Guelph to Hamilton.

In Guelph, "I wasn't able to get a primetime opportunity or play with people who complimented me well," he said. "As a young guy in his draft year, I think I deserve more."
It's not the first time, even this season, that Bertuzzi has talked about starting over. In September, he told Guelph Today he was looking forward to a second chance to prove to everyone he is a different player than the one that managed three goals and 11 points in an injury-riddled rookie campaign.

Bertuzzi debuts with Bulldogs

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Can't sign him as a free agent until he is over 20 during draft year. So he's got 2 more drafts to be passed over before he becomes a UFA in the eyes of the NHL.

It also appears he only played 1 OHL game since December 28 when he was traded from Guelph to Hamilton.



Bertuzzi debuts with Bulldogs

Pretty sure you can sign him up to a certain date or he re enters the draft.

 

[Mlotek]

Looks like he got injured in his first game with Hamilton.

Storm surge: Bulldogs lose Bertuzzi in loss to Guelph

 

[Mlotek]

Pretty sure you can sign him up to a certain date or he re enters the draft.

If you drafted him.

If he was not drafted, until he is over age of 20 his rights must be acquired via draft.

 

[Mlotek]

Who is eligible?
The primary focus is upon players who have reached the age of 18 as of September 15th in the draft year. That means players born on or before September 15th, 1996 are eligible for the 2014 draft.
Generally, a player who is between the age of 18 and 20 years and six months (there are other restrictions) is eligible for the entry draft.

So do all players who want to get to the NHL have to be drafted?
No. Any player who went unclaimed in the NHL Draft can sign an entry-level deal with an NHL club. Likewise for any North American players who are older than 20 on December 31st of the draft year.

https://www.hockeysfuture.com/draft_faq_1/

Is my understanding of this correct, Tag Bertuzzi will not be a free agent until after the 2021 draft.

 

[ChadS]

As an undrafted CHLer he can be signed before his CHL season begins. After that he re-enters the draft.

Red Wings examples: Joe Hicketts and Kaden Fulcher

 

[Mlotek]

Hmmm interesting.

 

[izlez]

Tag is a forward that has 20 points and is -29 for his career in the OHL. Coming off a serious injury.

Why are we talking about signing him?

 

[TCNorthstars]

Tag is a forward that has 20 points and is -29 for his career in the OHL. Coming off a serious injury.

Why are we talking about signing him?

Nepotism

 

[obey86]

Tag is a forward that has 20 points and is -29 for his career in the OHL. Coming off a serious injury.

Why are we talking about signing him?

To be fair, Tyler Bertuzzi wasn't too much better in the OHL before he was drafted:

39 points in 104 OHL games = 0.375 ppg (Tyler)
20 points in 70 OHL games = 0.285 ppg (Tag)

Not that I know anything about Tag, he probably sucks, but just saying.

 

[Kent Nilsson]

Can Tyler play both wings ? Fantasy hockey

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

Homer was a terrific stick handler. And he wasn't slower than, say, Robitaille.

Homer was an excellent stickhandler and had a highly underrated wrist shot. His skating was only average and he played most of the time with our best players (Yzerman, Dats, Z) so he seemed slow and unskilled in comparison. I think Homer could've been a second liner on most teams in the league.

 

[Konnan511]

Homer was an excellent stickhandler and had a highly underrated wrist shot. His skating was only average and he played most of the time with our best players (Yzerman, Dats, Z) so he seemed slow and unskilled in comparison. I think Homer could've been a second liner on most teams in the league.

I remember watching Holmstrom fall many times on a breakway. He was a terrible stick handler, the entire time he ever had the puck, I just imagined a loud voice in his head going "AHHHHHHH, WHATTT DOOO IIII DOOOOOO!!!!!!"

Love the guy though, ZDH4lyfe

 

[Air Budd Dwyer]

A lot of the opinions on Bertuzzi from the first couple pages of this thread have not aged particularly well lol.

 

[TheMule93]

A lot of the opinions on Bertuzzi from the first couple pages of this thread have not aged particularly well lol.

yep, that's typically what happens when a player's development defies reasonable expectations

 

[newfy]

yep, that's typically what happens when a player's development defies reasonable expectations

Becoming a top 6 player when youre a second rounder is not defying reasonable expectations. What the first couple pages are is a bunch of fans who never watched a guy play make judgements that dont look good because they were too dumb to watch him play before they lost their minds about the pick.

It was the exact same thing with Larkin but people dont learn their lessons apparently. They would rather listen to a couple quotes in the media than form an actual opinion on a player

 

[Ezekial]

I remember watching Holmstrom fall many times on a breakway. He was a terrible stick handler, the entire time he ever had the puck, I just imagined a loud voice in his head going "AHHHHHHH, WHATTT DOOO IIII DOOOOOO!!!!!!"

Love the guy though, ZDH4lyfe

Did you only watch him after he was 35 years old?