Yzerman is a decent GM, but this is probably as much about not getting any deal done with Bertuzzi for an extension as anything else. Bertuzzi is usually a .5 PPG guy but last year was closer to PPG. And he’s a very incomplete player. So he probably want to be paid but Yzerman doesn’t want to cripple his budget, with Larkin’s new deal kicking in next year.
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