Jeff Blashill says Tyler Bertuzzi is feeling fine but will be in COVID protocol for 10 days and will miss five games.
— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) December 2, 2021Per protocols, Bertuzzi is ineligible to return for 10 days after symptoms onset (meaning he has symptoms) and must be at least 24 hours clear of them.
In terms of the way the protocol is written, it seems that Bertuzzi can be suspended without pay (and without cap hit) for the entire time he’s in the protocol because he’s unvaccinated. However, by the way the protocol is written, if Bertuzzi can show that he was following the protocol to the letter and the “balance of the probabilities” is that he caught it from Danny DeKeyser as part of the course of his employment as a hockey player, then the Wings wouldn’t be able to suspend him.