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I agree. I just checked out a Vancouver forum and some fans are very excited about the idea of getting Bertuzzi and some have even said "just give a 3rd rounder because he has injury issues". Other fanbases have no clue about how valuable Bert is. If Vancouver wants Bert, for me the conversation starts and ends with Brock Boeser, that is how much I value Bertuzzi. I would not even trade for the #9 pick straight up for Bert because I would have my doubts that whoever we would get at 9 in a weaker draft would add as much value as Bert. One thing none of us know though is what is happening behind the scenes. The last time they had to negotiate with Bertuzzi it was not easy and I could be wrong but I think they had to go to arbitration. There might be a situation going on where Stevie knows that Bert won't be an easy signing or that Bert values himself injury history and all, to be much higher than the Wings think he should be paid. I really don't want to see him traded. I would love to see how a Larkin-Vrana-Bert line plays out.