Red Wing Tyler Bertuzzi Wins His Arbitration Hearing

Tyler Bertuzzi of the Detroit Red Wings was the first player this year to have an arbitration hearing, and wouldn't you know, he won!

According to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet, Bertuzzi will be awarded a salary of $3.5 million next season.

Arbitrator awards Tyler Bertuzzi $3.5M
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 27, 2020

Bertuzzi is one of the leagues most underrated players and is coming off a year that saw him score 21 goals and collect 48 points in 71 games. He'll be solidified in the Wings top-six next year and the team will look to improve on it's historically bad season from a year ago.

Tyler Bertuzzi, signed 1x$3.5M by DET, is a solid top six offence driver and goal-scorer on a team that doesn't have much of either. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/BGPrgwiqim
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) October 27, 2020

The Wings still have a ton of cap space, but don't expect much out of Steve Yzerman quite yet. The Red Wings are a team dead smack in the middle of a rebuild and won't be spending any crazy money on free agents or acquiring big names via trade, any time soon. But you still gotta take care of your own.

Congrats to Bertuzzi on the win!