Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted January 17, 2010 Anyone who can pull that kind of move in the shootout officially does not suck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204 Report post Posted January 17, 2010 He's been so good the last handful of games just isnt getting any luck finishing, apart from Dallas and the shootout goal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted January 18, 2010 Agreed. Had he hit the net HALF the times he's hit the post this season, he'd have over 20 goals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted January 23, 2010 Hopefully what he lacks in teeth he'll continue to make up for in points and wins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Holmstrom96 347 Report post Posted January 23, 2010 I wasn't a big Bertuzzi fan, but I must say, these last couple months this guy has been on fire. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted January 23, 2010 I suck. *shrugs* And that picture above me is fricken hilarious!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kylee 727 Report post Posted January 24, 2010 betuzzi sure sucked tonight.... man that guy is such a waste of roster space. lets buy him out and call up cory emmerton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stormboy 47 Report post Posted January 24, 2010 i saw this thread today and was all "WTF" but then i was all, "this was started in november LOL" cuz really as much as he's ugly and i don't really like him he's been SOOO one of our best players recently. i mean, like, duh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spongewingredpants 75 Report post Posted January 24, 2010 Yeah,I was ranting about the same thing watching the game tonight.He's horrible.He really can't do s*** out there.I was expecting him to be able maybe to net around 20 goals with him being healthy and all. dude, did you read what you posted or at least checked the numbers? Bertuzzi has 15 goals after 51 games and is on pace for 24 for the season he also shares the top spot with Homer for goals on the team WTP? And this for 1, 5 million, how can you complain about that, how can anybody complain for that matter? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stormboy 47 Report post Posted January 24, 2010 dude, did you read what you posted or at least checked the numbers? Bertuzzi has 15 goals after 51 games and is on pace for 24 for the season he also shares the top spot with Homer for goals on the team WTP? And this for 1, 5 million, how can you complain about that, how can anybody complain for that matter? look at the date of your quoted post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beepbeep 3 Report post Posted January 24, 2010 Bert; 15 goals @ 1.5M Zetterburg; 12 goals @ 7.4 Million Nice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spongewingredpants 75 Report post Posted January 24, 2010 look at the date of your quoted post. yes, and your point is? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted January 24, 2010 yes, and your point is? That this thread was created when Bertuzzi wasn't doing all that much. He is now, so this thread is pretty inaccurate now. Months ago though, it was legit to a certain degree. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
13dangledangle 968 Report post Posted January 24, 2010 That this thread was created when Bertuzzi wasn't doing all that much. He is now, so this thread is pretty inaccurate now. Months ago though, it was legit to a certain degree. This thread was created because it unfortunatley seems that when someone isn't doing well a thread pops up. I just wish LGW had more of buffer zone lol Bert wasn't doing all that bad at all, he just wasn't putting in the net...Christ he could have 30 right now (posts). Anyway I'm glad he's doing well because Bertuzzi is an absolute Beast when he's on. Ps. I think it's because alot of the staff and fans really got behind him this time and gave him his Mojo back....now can we find out how to re-mojonate Z and Dats? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PrairieDawg 52 Report post Posted January 24, 2010 Comeback player of the year: Todd Bertuzzi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted January 25, 2010 Comeback player of the year: Todd Bertuzzi This. 15 goals all of last year, already has 15 this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dobbles 252 Report post Posted January 25, 2010 yes, and your point is? as is noted, this thread was more active at the beginning of the year. you know, the first 30 games when he had only 4 goals! he started off the year pretty slow and was still playing some pretty poor defensive hockey. several times i quoted good stats like gieaways/takeaways, +/- and points in relation to TOI, but some people still could not take off the blinders. yet, because of bertuzzi's better play recently, most all of the complaints have dried up because bertuzzi has pretty much performed up to his contract. yet this thread always gets bumped by poor sports who couldn't consider that bertuzzi was indeed underperforming in october in november and feel the need to say 'haha i told you so' like they are 6 years old. personally, i still will wait till the end of the season to form my final opinion, he has done a lot to turn around my feelings for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cjm502 165 Report post Posted January 25, 2010 Im starting to become a pretty big Bert fan. I just hope he keeps rollin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adubs 8 Report post Posted January 25, 2010 Is he still making the blind/drop passes in front of the net? From what I've seen he looks like he can skate again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mindfly Report post Posted February 12, 2010 Thought I should bump this and let everyone know Bertuzzi has sucked for quite sometime now.. so lazy without the f*** and just have no killer instinct anymore, he went on a streak scored like 8goals in m7games but after that.. nothing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
St. Michael (the Red Wing) 422 Report post Posted February 12, 2010 Berts usually ok. Other times I can't wait to see him get off the ice. It's the blind passes and turnovers tbh.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted February 13, 2010 http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...ate=fullarticle Todd Bertuzzi is dragging down Red Wings BY BRUCE MASON / BOISE, IDAHO After attending games for the last 23 years, I've seen greatness inside Joe Louis Arena. Greatness like Jacques Demers running across the ice and pumping his fist after beating the Leafs in 1987. Bob Probert bringing the crowd to their feet each time he dropped the gloves. No. 19 on a breakaway that resulted in a goal. The white pom-poms. Sixty-two wins in 1996. Stevie's double-overtime, spine-tingling classic to exterminate the Game 7 ghosts of playoffs past. Greatness? I've seen it all. And now I see lousiness, which is defined by Todd Bertuzzi. Red Wings general manager Ken Holland's hockey expertise heavily outweighs mine. It's kind of like comparing the brain capacity of Albert Einstein versus Pee Wee Herman. But something has to be done about Bertuzzi. Bench him. Cut him. Trade him. Heck, send him across I-96 to Grand Rapids. Because, in the end, he will kill this team, if he hasn't dug their playoff grave already. Bertuzzi, although skilled with his spin-o-rama shootout goals and occasional offensive flair, really lacks the hockey intelligence instrumental for winning games. Simple plays he cannot make. And in a puck-possession system, simple plays are critical. He frequently loses the puck beneath the face-off dots in the attacking zone (instead of using his 225-pound frame in the corners to shield defensemen.) When Bertuzzi commits turnovers and action leaves the attacking zone, his linemates are forced to retreat and exert energy back-checking. Hence, offensive opportunities are limited and fatigue becomes more common. You think that's bad? His defensive-zone liability makes Petr Klima look Selke-like. Bertuzzi plays the wing poorly. I'm used to seeing Kirk Maltby and Tomas Holmstrom, who, over the past decade, have made the right play consistently, whether it's chipping the puck off the wall to avert danger, crossing the red line, dumping the puck and changing lines, or hitting the centerman with a pass in stride as he breaks out of the zone. Textbook hockey? Bertuzzi doesn't have a clue. And his career plus-minus rating of minus-46 backs that up. Look at the Wings' post-Olympic line combinations and then tell me where he fits among a defensive-minded roster. Should he play alongside talented scoring threats such as Valtteri Filppula and Johan Franzen? No, that spot belongs to Dan Cleary. How about with offensive wizards Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg? Holmstrom belongs there. The third line consists of Tasmanian-devil legs in the likes of Darren Helm and Patrick Eaves, who can use Jason Williams' abilities, not a 245-pounder who will lug around the rink. And don't tell me Bertuzzi is a fourth-liner, because those precious minutes belong to Kris Draper, Drew Miller and Justin Abdelkader, guys who will maintain the tempo, keep the top three lines fresh and display minimal defensive liability. When you possess the puck, you dictate the play. Conversely, when an opponent possesses the puck, you're chasing them around the rink, which can occur when one bad apple ruins the batch. Bertuzzi is that bad apple. His turnovers and poor plays cause linemates, such as Zetterberg and Datsyuk, to tire much quicker. Instead of generating offensive opportunities, they're too busy compensating for their incapable teammate's inefficiencies. Greatness has defined the Wings several times across the past 18 playoff seasons. Greatness never involved Todd Bertuzzi and it never will, either. This year has been lousy, but if Bertuzzi is removed from the Red Wings bench, there's considerable hope another Cup run can be made this spring. Do the right thing, Holland: Dump Big Bert. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crymson Report post Posted February 13, 2010 ^^^ Wow, an article submitted by a reader of the Detroit Free Press. If you read the article closely, you'll see the article was not written by a Freep writer: This column was submitted by a freep.com reader and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers. Click here to submit your own column. This guy is no more an expert than anyone here. His article may as well be a forum post. And I question any sense that an article written by an actual Freep writer would automatically be valid, in any event. Anyway, what was your point? That someone wrote up a negative opinion about Bertuzzi? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted February 13, 2010 Anyway, what was your point? That someone wrote up a negative opinion about Bertuzzi? I didn't really have a point in mind. Just posting an article. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
