Par Jeff Marek sur The Sheet aujourd’hui : Après la conversation d’hier avec Brian Burke, quelqu’un proche de l’orbite des Red Wings, quelques personnes, en parlant de l’avenir de Steve avec l’équipe, ont déclaré : « Chris Illitch n’est pas Mike Illitch. Jeff a déclaré que le sentiment était que « Steve Yzerman ira bien en tant que directeur général des Red Wings de Détroit… Yzerman va bien, même si les Red Wings de Détroit ne participent pas aux séries éliminatoires. »
Autant sauter maintenant si vous faites partie des personnes pour lesquelles cela sera une rupture. Je ne suis ni surpris ni contrarié, mais je sais que cela sera un point de rupture pour certains. Beaucoup de temps pour trouver la sortie, je suppose.
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There are moves I wouldn’t have done but let’s not kid ourselves with the hand he was dealt taking over.
The rebuild started at least two years too late and the roster was loaded with albatross contracts. Coupled with an awful prospect pipeline Yzerman had to remake the team with a hand tied behind his back.
The icing on top was the lack of lottery luck. Dropping to 4th in a draft with undoubtedly the worst team in the league and a playoff team winning the 1st overall pick. If you wrote that in a fictional story you wouldn’t believe it
Okay 1) obviously no fucking shit
2) the crowd that want him fired can kick rocks and find a new team if they’re gonna bitch this much. Don’t be coming back either
Same idiots probably wanted Steve traded up til 1997
Yea. I’m hoping he stays.
Nobody thought Yzerman was being fired this offseason. Literally nobody
I have 2 questions for the fire Stevie crowd.
1. What would you have done differently?
2. Who are you getting to replace him?
Did people actually think Yzerman was on the hot seat?
Are there others who are OK with Stevie but also would probably be labeled ‘doomers’?
To be clear, when he says « Chris Ilitch is not Mike Ilitch » what he means is that he doesn’t prioritize winning. That’s not me editorializing, that’s the literal sentiment being expressed by Marek’s source here
This team is markedly better than last season, if you don’t see that you’re crazy. The difference this season is that the rest of the division is also very good, margin for error is extremely low and we had key injuries and losses at the shittiest time. The season is also not over so they could still definitely make it. Everyone that got them this far is back.
Steve moves up to President, Jim Nill comes home to GM…that is my wish
Look, I don’t think Yzerman will or should be fired but I will say this: people rightfully mocked the Oilers organizational chart when it was made up of all their former players. There is something to ponder when a ton of the guys in management and player development are from the 00s roster. I think Yzerman’s tenure in Tampa shows he has the juice but I do question the good ol’ boy environment he’s created in Detroit.
Not trying to be a total doomer, but if this guy was named Mike Smith and wasn’t the best captain in team history – objectively we would probably want him gone if we don’t make the playoffs with him over 7 years
I think Steve is doing a good job when you look at it from a longer term stability perspective. He is being overly conservative with contracts and trades to give the wings every possible avenue. He isn’t taking risks with assets and if we don’t make the playoffs this season he has plenty to play with next season and so on. That being said. Forwards aren’t going to get cheaper and if he doesn’t pull the trigger at some point we will just coast. He may be trying to wait out for some teams to fall off and not end the rebuild with other teams while older teams fall off. Problem is nobody can predict things and the wings need to go on their own schedule not play conservative around everyone else.
The wings are finishing with the highest point total in a while and would have made the playoffs many other seasons. That’s improvement. I’m really hoping he doesn’t pull the trigger this off season and the wings really push next season
Longest postseason drought in franchise history, longest drought in the league. A fucking decade…. But hey just keep trying the same thing I guess. We can just be the next sabres.
My favorite thing is when people who aren’t happy with Yzerman’s tenure after seven years are automatically labeled « doomers » by people in this sub. Super cool sweeping generalization. Fuck nuance. Yeah?
Chris and Steve grew up together. They’re the same age. Steve will be here for the long haul.
More than anything else, this thread shows me why this team is in trouble.
Too much of the fanbase will never hold this team accountable.
Im sorry but being dismissive of « doomers » is fucking nonsense.
No one is *surprised* Yzerman isn’t getting fired when we miss the playoffs again. That doesn’t mean he *shouldn’t*, nor that we aren’t justified in wanting a change.
Yzerman should absolutely be on the hot seat but he won’t be. This org will forever be an old boys club.
Got this notification while literally reading this article. Disappointing season to say the least. $10M in cap room with a chance to finally get back in the dance is borderline negligent on Stevie’s part. And I’m one of the biggest 19 fans there is. :/
Check out this article from USA TODAY:
NHL hot deat radar: It’s now or never for Red Wings’ Yzerplan
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2026/03/26/steve-yzermans-job-on-the-line-as-red-wings-playoff-hopes-fade/89340790007/
I actually wouldn’t even be mad about not making the playoffs if they hadn’t traded a FRP. Losing a lottery pick though for a patch fix feels terrible.
Y’all need to understand the difference between criticizing Steve and wanting him to be fired. I think Steve has things he needs to improve on and that a lot of this team’s problems are on him to fix. I also think Steve is a decent GM and I don’t want him fire
Honestly, even if his last name wasn’t Yzerman I doubt Ilitch would make a change. He doesn’t really care one way or another about the team’s on-ice performance. As long as they’re making money…
I think his tenure so far is more nuanced than what the discourse online makes it out to be. I don’t think he’s done such a terrible job that warrants him being fired, but he’s definitely made some head scratching decisions that deserve criticism.
Yzershit should not be safe tbh
Outsider here, Canes fan, but my best bud is a Detroit native and massive Red Wings fan and we talk hockey a lot. I kind of feel like you guys are reaching a similar point with Yzerman that we did with Ron Francis as GM. Both HOF forwards, franchise legends, very patient, solid at drafting. But after a while it becomes too patient, approaching passive, not willing to do more than work around the edges and wait for internal development, this during a long playoff drought for us as well. Throw in mediocre free agent signings that didn’t really move the needle and that was the Ron Francis experience, which we eventually moved on from for a more aggressive front office. Definitely understand the frustration at this point and really sad it looks like the Wings are faceplanting in March again. 😔
This build is very fucking slow and I have a hard time not being incredibly frustrated with Yzerman but I also can see what is being built and how it’s turning into something really good.
I’m going to allow myself to both be frustrated and a believer. That’s why it’s brutal and exciting to be a fan right now.
As long as Illitch is making money, Yzerman will have a job. It’s not some surefire mark of approval. It’s just that he cares about the money. Yzerman was as much PR hire as serious hire. Maybe even more so. About 50% of the fanbase will continue spending money on this team and supporting them regardless of what happens on the ice so long as he’s GM.
I’m not saying he should be fired or even on the hot seat this year , but how much longer can this go on for if they miss the playoffs again? No GM in hockey or any other sport gets this much time. This is pro sports at some point you have to start winning