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Putting this up. Enjoy.

Umm. No one forced Illitch to do anything. And making Holland the scapegoat is inaccurately oversimplifying things.

I did and it was nice to get a few comforting words about the future of this club. Probably it´s not all bad

Bertuzzi is a very good complimentary winger that can be effective up and down the lineup. There's a difference between being effective and productive though. Bertuzzi will never be a line driver that can produce offense on his own. He needs to play with good players to put up points, which is fine. Mantha on the other hand, is a line driving winger that can produce offense on his own. Of course they're going to produce pretty evenly playing on the same line, but make no mistake, most of the offense on that line is flowing through Larkin and Mantha. Bertuzzi is there to grind, retrieve pucks, and score some dirty goals, which he's very good at. I love Bert, he's a heart and soul player that works like a dog every shift of every game. I don't think you should ever overpay for those types of players though, especially term. I'm not saying he's Abdelkader, but there are definitely similarities in their game and situation they've been put in. Both are / were 3rd line wingers, on a contending team, but can / could play up the lineup effectively. Similar to Hyman in Toronto. No one would suggest that Hyman is a top three forward on that team, but he's very effective in his role on the top line. He will never be paid like a top line player, despite playing on the top line. If all goes well, in a few years, is Bertuzzi better than any of Mantha, Zadina, Berggren, Raymond, etc? I don't think so. Those are the types of players that you lock up to big money, long-term contracts in my opinion, not the complimentary players.