Month: October 2020

It appears that the Red Wings and Tyler Bertuzzi are going to salary arbitration on Sunday morning(?)

I spent my Saturday working in shifts, starting at 9 AM, covering the exploits of the Red Wings’ European-playing prospects, and then watching Twitter for news regarding Tyler Bertuzzi’s imminent arbitration hearing with the Red Wings.

I did not assume that Bertuzzi and his agent, Todd Reynolds of Uptown Hockey (per PuckPedia), would actually get to the point that they’d head to a Zoom-facilitated arbitration hearing against the Red Wings tomorrow at 9 AM, but as of Saturday at 10:30 PM, it appears that the Bertuzzi and the Wings will be presenting briefs to support their arbitration “asks” unless there’s a contractual agreement in the next 11 hours.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported both sides’ positions on Thursday:

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New York Post’s Brooks offers details of possible training camp scenarios

The New York Post’s Larry Brooks spoke with a source regarding yesterday’s NHL General Managers’ conference call, and Brooks’ source reports this regarding the shape of training camp for the 2020-2021 season–and he adds a note regarding the NHL’s not-playoff teams (like the Red Wings):

Training camp would be 14 days and include a maximum of 35 players (skaters plus goaltenders).

A nine-day conditioning camp including up to 35 players (skaters and goaltenders) for draft selections, entry-level players and tryouts, may be scheduled prior to camp. Players participating in conditioning camp must also be invited to the main camp.

The seven clubs that did not make the 24-team summer tournament, and thus have not been on the ice since the mid-March pause of the 2019-20 season, will be granted an additional week-to-10 days of camp.

The plan is to play three or four exhibition games per team.

Continued

Prospect round-up: Berggren, Seider star on a busy day in Sweden; Tyutyayev 1+2 in Belarus

Of prospect-related note on a busy Saturday afternoon:

In the SHL, as noted in .gif form earlier today: Jonatan Berggren dominated Skelleftea AIK’s 5-4 loss to Moritz Seider and Rogle BK, but Rogle prevailed with a late goal. Berggren registered 3 assists, 1 shot and a +1 in 16:42 for Skelleftea; Seider scored a goal and added an assist for Rogle, finishing at +3 in 18:23 played:

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Roughly Translated: Aftonbladet reports that Jonatan Berggren will play in the Karjala Cup

According to Aftonbladet’s Anton Johansson and Tomas Ros, Red Wings prospect Jonatan Berggren, who has posted 2 goals and 14 assists over the course of 10 SHL games played for Skelleftea AIK this season, will be playing for Sweden during the Karjala Cup in Finland this November. This is a big deal as the Karjala Cup is seen as one of the warm-up tournaments for the World Championship.

Johansson and Ros report that Sweden’s official Karjala Cup roster will be released to the public on Monday.

Early morning Wings SHL .gifs: Seider scores for Rogle; Berggren posts 3 assists for Skelleftea

Updated 3x at 11:31 AM: Of Red Wings Swedish .gif-related note early on a Saturday morning:

  1. Moritz Seider scored a goal for Rogle BK to open the scoring against Skelleftea AIK…

2. But a kick pass from Jonatan Berggren to teammate Andreas Wingerli tied the game at 2…

3. And Berggren set up the go-ahead goal (which didn’t last as the “go-ahead goal” for long in a high-scoring game):

C More also posted a 5-minute profile of Lucas Raymond before the Frolunda Indians’ game vs. Lulea Hockey:

Albert Johansson (Farjestads BK vs. Leksands IF), Joe Veleno and Malte Setkov (Malmo Redhawks vs. Oskarshamn) and Matias Brome (Orebro vs. Vaxjo) are also playing today as all 5 SHL games being played today feature Red Wings prospects.

For Frolunda, Elmer Soderblom got demoted to the 13th forward, and Theodor Niederbach sat out the game…

Laget är här. Karl Henriksson är tillbaka i spel, sätts i kedja med Patrik Carlsson och Johan Sundström. Theodor Niederbach utgår och Johan Mattsson vaktar kassen. pic.twitter.com/pAgSMQoGSx— Frölunda Indians (@frolunda_hc) October 24, 2020

Elsewhere, Kirill Tyutyayev will be playing in Belarus today; Victor Brattstrom (KooKoo) and Eemil Viro (TPS Turku) will play in Finland; the Swedish J20 league is underway, and Kienan Draper and the Chilliwack Chiefs will play a game early this evening.

Update: Berggren avoids a nasty bodycheck…

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Chris Osgood appears on ‘The Cam and Strick Podcast’

Red Wings alumnus and Fox Sports Detroit commentator Chris Osgood appeared on “The Cam and Strick Podcast” with Cam Janssen and Andy Strickland today, speaking for an hour and forty-five minutes regarding all things Wings-related:

Here are your other options for listening…

And a couple of teasers:

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Ramble time: kudos to the Wings for expressing their displeasure with the damn draft lottery

It appears that Steve Yzerman made the Red Wings’ position regarding a draft lottery which has dropped the Red Wings a total of 8 spots over the past three years known to the rest of the league’s general managers on Friday, because Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported the following regarding today’s GM’s “meeting” (via conference call)…

A good chunk of the two-hour discussion was spent on the draft lottery. There are calls to change the format, to increase the odds for teams that finish lowest. While there’s a recognition this was a unique year and not the norm, Detroit was incredibly upset with dropping to fourth after a season where it was clear the Red Wings were not tanking.

The league last tinkered with the odds in 2015, dropping the last-place finisher’s chances of winning from 25 to 20 per cent. Detroit does have support for its position, but the league asked for specific proposals.

And TSN’s Frank Seravalli corroborated the discussion:

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Prospect round-up: Brattstrom backstops KooKoo to a win; Lindstrom posts 2A for Almtuna; Niederbach 2+2 in J20 league

Of prospect-related note this afternoon:

In the ICE Hockey League, Jesper Eliasson served as the back-up in the Red Bulls Salzburg’s 4-1 loss to the Vienna Capitals;

Michael Rasmussen remained injured as his Graz99ers won 3-2 in OT over HCB Foxes;

In the Finnish Liiga, Victor Brattstrom stopped 16 of 17 shots as KooKoo won 4-1 over Jukurit;

Eemil Viro finished at -2 in 19:25 played as TPS Turku lost 4-1 to Lukko;

In the Swedish Allsvenskan, Gustav Lindstrom had 2 assists, finished at +3 and played 24:49 in Almtuna IS’s 4-2 win over AIK;

And in the Swedish J20 league, William Wallinder scored a goal in MODO Hockey’s 5-4 loss to Leksands IF;

And Theodor Niederbach had 2 goals and 2 assists in the Frolunda Indians’ 9-2 win over Oskarshamn, finishing at +4.

Theodor Niederbach (DET) has 26 points in 14 games.

But not enough to make the national team, apparently.— Jokke Nevalainen (@JokkeNevalainen) October 23, 2020

Update: Kienan Draper took 3 minor penalties in the Chilliwack Chiefs’ 3-0 loss to Surrey.

Khan: Wings, Bertuzzi submit arbitration briefs

Per MLive’s Ansar Khan:

Tyler Bertuzzi will more than double his salary from last season. How much remains to be seen.

The sides have submitted their briefs prior to Sunday’s arbitration hearing. Bertuzzi is asking for $4.25 million and the team countered with $3.15 million, according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

Bertuzzi, 25, earned $1.4 million last season, when he led the Red Wings with 21 goals, the second year in a row he’s reached that total, and tallied 48 points, one more than his career high from the previous season.

Update: Here’s more from the Free Press’s Helene St. James:

It’s common practice for a player to aim high and a team to aim low. The sides can continue to negotiate with one another even after an arbitration hearing has started.

In 2018, then-RFA Andreas Athanasiou filed for arbitration, but the sides reached an agreement before needing an arbitrator. 

If an arbitrator decides, it will be for a one-year deal, leaving Bertuzzi an RFA again next summer.

Bertuzzi, 25, certainly has earned a raise on the $2.8 million deal he’s coming off. He led the Wings last season with 21 goals, the second consecutive season he’s hit that mark. He also reached a career-high 48 points.