Steve Yzerman

Friday night’s game in Nashville will feature two very desperate teams. One team will try to be the first team in Stanley Cup playoffs advance to the second round. The other team will be trying to avoid a first round collapse for the first time since 2006 (Steve Yzerman’s last game as a Red Wing).

With Steve Yzerman, Ken Holland, and Mike Babcock (whose selection as coach is inevitable) leading the charge to represent Team Canada at the 2014 Olympics, Team Canada’s front office again has an amazing Red Wings flavour and appeal. Different sports analysts, websites, and networks have been mapping out early predictions as to what the 2014 team might look like. Predicting the line combinations of present and future Canadian NHL All Stars is extremely fun and your imagination can definitely run wild, but how much would it be to think of a team comprised of the best Canadian Red Wings players of all time? (Answer: Very fun). To honour Yzerman and Red Wings management o...

Steve Yzerman will make his return to Detroit on Wednesday when the Detroit Red Wings face off against his Tampa Bay Lightning at Joe Louis Arena.

Yzerman played all 23 years of his NHL seasons wearing the Winged Wheel, but in the offseason of 2010, he was offered the position of General Manager of the Lightning. With Ken Holland not going anywhere, Yzerman took on the challenge and has been successful from the start.

He made key acquisitions in Dwayne Roloson, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Dominic Moore and Eric Brewer, and also got Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos to re-sign with the team.

Tampa made the Eastern Conference Finals last year, a year after finishing 6th last in...