Playing on the Maple Leafs\u0027 top line with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, Tyler Bertuzzi brings his own style and talent.
When the Leafs signed Bertuzzi to a one-year, $5.5 million US contract on July 2, they figured they had found the right player to skate alongside Matthews and Mitch Marner on the top line. Once Bertuzzi arrived in Toronto for the informal scrimmages earlier this month, he started to put some weight behind that notion.
“His passing ability and his hockey sense and his vision was surprising . He was on the ice with Auston and Mitch and I’m always surprised when people can keep up or play at their level. Every day that went by, he would do something. He has a great backhand. From in tight, he’s able to put it upstairs really quick. He has these little things to his game that I never knew about or really appreciated.
“That’s what we think we have, is a guy who is going to pair well with any of our players that we put him with, but someone the best guys want to play with. He doesn’t get enough credit for his ability to make plays.”Article content For Bertuzzi, as much as it is about creating space for the pair, it’s about finding it, as well. He spoke last week of Marner’s creativity and having his stick on the ice at all times, and on Wednesday touched on one of Matthews’ many attributes.
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