Bruins reportedly ‘exploring’ what they should do to maintain Tyler Bertuzzi

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Bertuzzi is ready to change into a free agent whereas the Bruins do not have a lot cap house.

Tyler Bertuzzi is predicted to be probably the most sought free brokers this offseason. Barry Chin/Globe Employees

In an offseason the place the Bruins must resolve whether or not to maintain or half methods with a number of key gamers, it seems Tyler Bertuzzi falls within the “wish to maintain” column.

Bertuzzi is ready to change into a free agent in lower than a month, however “Boston is exploring what it must do to maintain” him, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Friday.

The 28-year-old ahead definitely impressed after Bruins traded for him forward of the deadline in March. He scored 4 objectives and recorded 16 factors in 21 regular-season video games with the Bruins.

Bertuzzi stepped up his play within the postseason, scoring 5 objectives and recording 10 factors within the Bruins’ first-round loss to the Panthers. His 5 objectives have been tied with Taylor Corridor for probably the most on the workforce within the playoff sequence, and his 10 factors have been tied with Brad Marchand for probably the most on the workforce within the seven-game loss.

Previous to his two months with the Bruins, Bertuzzi performed for the Detroit Pink Wings for six-plus seasons. He persistently produced within the seasons that he performed 65-plus video games. He had 21 objectives and 47 factors within the 2018-19 season. He adopted that with 21 objectives and 48 factors within the 2019-20 season. He had his greatest season in 2021-22, scoring 30 objectives and recording 32 assists as he was practically a point-per-game participant within the 68 video games he performed.

Nevertheless, Bertuzzi additionally handled accidents in latest seasons that stored him off the ice. He performed simply 9 video games in 2020-21 attributable to a again damage. He performed in simply 50 regular-season video games this previous 12 months as a result of he suffered accidents to every hand/wrist.

However Bertuzzi’s manufacturing is predicted to far outweigh any damage issues in groups’ valuation of him when he turns into a free agent. Each day Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli tasks Bertuzzi will obtain a six-year contract price $5.25 million per 12 months.

If Bertuzzi’s contract is price that a lot, that might be a little bit of an issue for the Bruins in the event that they’d wish to maintain him. They’re projected to have lower than $5 million in cap house firstly of the offseason as of Saturday.

Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, Dmitry Orlov, and Garnet Hathaway are all additionally projected to be free brokers as properly. Seravalli projected that Orlov would be the third-highest-paid free agent this offseason, proper behind Bertuzzi, as he thinks he’ll obtain a five-year contract price $6.25 million per 12 months.

So, if the Bruins wish to maintain their high free brokers, a number of different key gamers will nearly definitely must be traded this offseason.

Originally posted 2023-06-03 20:35:01.