Todd Bertuzzi is My Hero

Final Update: Yeah, on second thought, I’m going with company censorship. It happened as originally reported, I’m sure. - Matt

Update (17. Apr, 11:58 AM): Sounds like it may have been that boring, after all.

@Will_Posthumus now reveals he got the story from Strader’s original report, not as something he saw himself. (Unless this is company censorship.)

Bah. If this latest version is true, it’s not quite the same. But still a fan, Todd. - Matt

Update (17. Apr, 11:56 AM): Followup from Custance. I hope that’s not how boring it really was. - Matt

Update (17. Apr, 11:32 AM): For the record, there’s this:

Red Wings say no truth to Bertuzzi taking ping pong paddles away from Predators. Security told Nashville table was off limits.

— Craig Custance (@CraigCustance) April 17, 2012

Whatever. Strader got the story from somewhere and Posthumus’ account reads like an eye-witness one. - Matt

Update (17. Apr, 9:12 AM): Dave Strader had this story originally here. It sounds a little less awesome the way he tells it, though. - Matt

For you non-Twitter folk:

Today, Predators players were using the ping pong tables in the hallway outside of the locker rooms. Todd Bertuzzi saw this and then…

— Will Posthumus (@Will_Posthumus) April 17, 2012

…told them if they wanted to play they needed their own table, then folded up the table, and rolled it into the Wings locker room. #boom

— Will Posthumus (@Will_Posthumus) April 17, 2012

Boom indeed.

7 comments on “Todd Bertuzzi is My Hero”

Tom on April 17, 2012 at 9:49 am said:

Wow. He would make a great camp counselor after retirement…."ping pong table folding" and whatnot.

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jeff on April 17, 2012 at 10:25 am said:

Wow, impressive, he fights like a girl and takes toys away from the other team like a spoiled 6 year old. Shouldn’t he be in prison for attempted murder anyway? Best of luck to the wings the rest of the way.

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- toddb on April 17, 2012 at 10:27 am said:
  
  why you mad though?
  
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  - jeff on April 17, 2012 at 10:35 am said:
    
    Haha mad? Not at all, I found the story funny actually. Just not in the way wings fan probably do. I’m a Preds fan but truth be told I have nothing but respect for the Wings. They’re a class organization, which is why them ever bringing in a piece of trash like Tuzzie confuses me. I have ZERO respect for that guy. I’ll quit the troll routine now, best of luck the rest of the way to the Wings.
    
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PredsFan on April 17, 2012 at 11:08 am said:

This is a move based on fear. He's the toughest guy in the room to some of those kids. But all he could do was hold Weber's arms when they fought for fear of his life. And he was cussing at the game Sunday because Suter was dominating him completely defensively and Mike Fisher was roughing him up as well. Bert knows the writing is on the wall. And he's mad about it, so he took his table and went home.
Go Preds!

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mastrick on April 17, 2012 at 11:10 am said:

Hopefully Jordin Tootoo was playing ping pong at the time. See ya tonight Berty!

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Adam on April 17, 2012 at 12:50 pm said:

This is my first year paying attention to Todd but from what I've come to understand he's a radically different player with Detroit than anywhere previous. It's like putting an autistic trouble maker into the gifted program in middle school, no?

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