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How Canada dropping vaccine travel requirement affects Detroit Red Wings' Tyler Bertuzzi

Canada's pending decision to drop vaccine requirements for people entering the country would have a significant impact on the Detroit Red Wings.

Tyler Bertuzzi made headlines last season as the only player on the team (and one of the few in the NHL) to decline to get vaccinated for COVID-19, calling it a "life choice." The Wings did not pay Bertuzzi when he missed team activities, such as games and practices, because of his unvaccinated status, and Bertuzzi had to pay his own airfare when he met the Wings on a road trip when they were coming back to the U.