Denial of vaccination will cost Detroit star Tyler Bertuzzi 370,000 francs

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Striker Tyler Bertuzzi (right, in a duel with Anaheim’s Jacob Larsen) is the only person not to have been vaccinated against the Detroit Red Wings.
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Because he has not been vaccinated, Bertuzzi will not be able to travel to Canada for the Games.
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Bertuzzi would have lost about 370,000 francs for refusing to vaccinate.
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Bertuzzi (right) says goodbye to Nico Hisier and his teammates after the game against New Jersey.

In the NHL, training camps begin on October 13 with a view to the start of the season. Only some players are not vaccinated. One of them is Tyler Bertuzzi. The power striker is the only player in the Detroit Red Wings who has not been vaccinated against the coronavirus, general manager Steve Yzerman said.

It will now cost the 26-year-old. There is no mandatory vaccination for players in the NHL. But those who are “unable to participate in club activities” because they have not been vaccinated could be suspended for these days without pay.

Unvaccinated people cannot enter Canada

Since the Red Wings will play eight games in Canada, it is already clear that Bertuzzi will miss these games as Canadians “in the near future”, as Yagerman said, to travel to their home country as a non-vaccination. person will not be able to.

The refusal to vaccinate Bertuzzi, who receives an annual salary of 3.93 million francs in the coming season, will cost around 370,000 francs.

It is not known whether Pius Sutter’s new and old teammates – the two strikers successfully played together in the Canadian Junior League OHL in Guelph from 2013-15 – do not want to be vaccinated. “We treat this as a private medical matter that is nobody’s business,” Bertuzzi’s agent said. And Yazerman adds: “We can’t force anyone to get vaccinated. Tyler has his reasons.” (SR)