According to reports, Detroit captain Steve Yzerman will call it a career today at a press conference in two hours.
Obviously, this was a decision he battled with, but I have to say, it was the right one.
Yzerman has been a shadow of his former self for a while now, and only able to be anything close to an impact player because of his massive heart and desire. On the one hand, he deserves infinite respect for caring about his team and the game enough to keep playing even though he was experiencing tremendous pain, but at some point, it got to be almost depressing to see how far he'd fallen.
Selfishly, I wanted to remember Yzerman as the dynamic gamebreaker who could take over a contest and on most nights was the best player on the ice. He was making that more difficult each year.
The timing is right and now the Wings can go in a different direction without any guilt. Makes sense all around.
Obviously, this was a decision he battled with, but I have to say, it was the right one.
Yzerman has been a shadow of his former self for a while now, and only able to be anything close to an impact player because of his massive heart and desire. On the one hand, he deserves infinite respect for caring about his team and the game enough to keep playing even though he was experiencing tremendous pain, but at some point, it got to be almost depressing to see how far he'd fallen.
Selfishly, I wanted to remember Yzerman as the dynamic gamebreaker who could take over a contest and on most nights was the best player on the ice. He was making that more difficult each year.
The timing is right and now the Wings can go in a different direction without any guilt. Makes sense all around.
