Blackhawks are set to sign winger Tyler Bertuzzi

Bertuzzi had 21 goals and 22 assists in 80 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs last season.

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00:00Blackhawks as you said before the break we have some breaking news. Oh, yeah

00:04So the Blackhawks active in free agency today is day one of free agency lot going on the NBA a lot going on the NHL

00:10Tyler Bertuzzi

00:12former Red Wing

00:14former

00:15Bruin Big Bert coming from the Maple Leafs. I don't think that's four years 22 million dollar contract

00:22reportedly

00:23Different outlets. I think David Pagnotta was the first one to report that right, but he is joining the

00:29Blackhawks to

00:31provide some offensive oomph

00:33little size little experience for with

00:36Connor Bedard and we should tell you a breaking news on 6-7 of the score is presented by bet QL

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00:48Today tell it 29 year old veteran

00:51Five and a half million dollars a year left wing left winger. So he comes in

00:56joining

00:58Joining Bedard and company. This is beyond Bedard Hawks are getting a little bit older. I think so. I think yeah

01:03You look at some of the possibilities. Maybe they're waiting for

01:09some other people they're also looking at

01:12the backup goalie in

01:15Florida

01:16No, no table

01:17No

01:18Anthony Stoller's is the backup goaltender that they're apparently linked to and free agency that could be a name to keep an eye on

01:25Table Tara Vinen as much as I like the idea of him coming back to Chicago. My sense would be that

01:31This was money to Bert Bertuzzi the four-year

01:3522 million dollar contract that would have been about the size of tables next deal

01:39I don't think they both could be coming here. So this probably is I don't even know if they were that far down the road

01:47But it was a name that was linked to the Hawks for obvious reasons, but I choose II it is