Tyler Bertuzzi doesn’t know when the Detroit Red Wings will play again — it’s already been half a year since their last game — but he’s convinced that when they do, they will be more competitive than last season.
It would be hard not to, considering the 2019-20 Wings won only 17 games (and four of them were against one team, the Montreal Canadiens) when the NHL season shut down March 12 because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. But Bertuzzi’s optimism is stoked by the moves made over the past month by general manager Steve Yzerman.