Steve Yzerman steps down as Red Wings GM, becomes senior advisor

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The Detroit Red Wings announced that Steve Yzerman is stepping down as Executive Vice President and General Manager and will transition to senior advisor to Governor and CEO Chris Ilitch as the team begins a search for a new head of hockey operations. Yzerman will remain in his current role to handle day-to-day hockey operations and will serve on the search committee, which will be led by Ilitch and include Ilitch Sports + Entertainment President and CEO Ryan Gustafson and other leaders; both internal and external candidates will be considered. "We are thankful for Steve’s hard work and dedication as General Manager," Ilitch said, while also adding, "Clearly, we are not where we and our fans expect to be as an organization." Yzerman said he is "extremely proud to remain part of this great franchise" and pledged to support the organization in whatever role is needed. Yzerman spent 22 seasons as a player in Detroit, captained the team for two decades, retired in 2006 with 692 goals, 1,755 points and three Stanley Cups, and is one of nine Red Wings with a retired number; he served as Red Wings Vice President of Hockey Operations from 2006 to 2010, was Tampa Bay’s executive from 2010 to 2019 when the Lightning won Stanley Cups in 2020 and 2021, and returned to Detroit in 2019 as the franchise’s 11th general manager.

Acting the Fulemin

@actingthefulemin.bsky.social

Say what you will about Brendan Shanahan, he was clearly the best "Rebuilding Executive Whose Final Surname Syllable Was Replaced with 'Plan'" www.nhl.com/redwings/new...

423h ago

Acting the Fulemin47

I've been hard on Stevie Y over the years because so many people proclaimed him a genius GM. But now that it's over I'd just like to say, I have been completely vindicated in every respect

alexander solsten1

Wow this is Jim Beniplanning erasure

Ryan Hana

@ryanhanawwp.bsky.social

Red Wings need to throw a bag at Eric Tulsky. Big pay raise & a POHO + GM "promotion". #LGRW

342h ago

Mongoose292

Narrator: "They did not throw a bag at Eric Tulsky."

Spencer Meisner1

Fire up the emergency pod machine boys!

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Laas 🌸9

Hey! Get your own nerd and leave ours alone!!! 😤 #raiseup

caleb2

Will point out the Tigers did exactly this with Scott Harris and the Giants

Joe Yerdon

@joeyerdon.bsky.social

Steve Yzerman moving to a new role is definitely him being fired without being fired

272h ago

Weirdneal1

“Special advisor” Hey Stevie, advise me on why I shouldn’t fire you right now?

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Brian Hedger7

It's basically what #CBJ did w/ John Davidson, who had two years left after the Babcock debacle. He fires Jarmo, then assists the search for Waddell, who becomes POHO/GM. JD's a legend, so you he moves to a senior advisory role/backup TV analyst for the rest of his deal. Now he's a Sabre w/Jarmo.

Micah McCurdy

@hockeyviz.com

The Steve Yzerman era in Detroit, at 5v5: Goals: +946/-1187 (44%) Chances: +977.8/-1135.9 (46%) Average defence, weak offence.

242h ago

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LW3H2

No, you see he purposely sacrificed offence as he got older to be recognised as the best two-way GM in the game

Vinny Pickles 🐶🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈2

we need to acknowledge that Garth Snow is clearly a better GM than Steve Yzerman @wyshynski.bsky.social

Elliotte Friedman (Bot)

@notfriedgehnic.bsky.social

In a major development, the Red Wings announce Steve Yzerman is stepping down as the team’s head of Hockey Operations and becoming an advisor to Chris Ilitch. A search for the team’s next President/GM is underway [Response to a quoted post]

202h ago

Omar

@tictactomar.bsky.social

Hey [insert new GM], welcome to the Detroit Red Wings. Your first line of business is to trade our captain who has given us four, count em, four teams he’d go to.

192h ago

Detroit Red Wings (Unofficial)

@notdetroitredwings.bsky.social

An update from the Detroit Red Wings. Read more » bit.ly/0715update_ #LGRW

123h ago

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Matt Vader10

The real Yzerplan was the friends we made along the way.

Mike 3

I obviously wanted success for the Wings, but I wanted success for Yzerman, too. Sucks to see a franchise icon like Steve move on like this, but it's necessary. I'm not exactly brimming with confidence in the organization's ability to find a good replacement, but here's hoping 🤞

Dali Dimovski, Your Friend!3

YESSSSSSS WE DID IT! WE DID IT!

gwent champ3

Wild that this was done. Wild that this was not done sooner.

Chris Hewitt2

Live look at the Red Wings offseason:

David2

Very confused at the timing of this. Was the plan to let Steve get the minimal free agent signings done so that they could focus on a replacement? If you wanted a change, it makes more sense to me to bring in the new person and their team for the draft and free agency.

Sam2

Welp, now we’re cooked cooked 😩 Not that Stevie was THE guy but making this change at this point in the off season makes absolutely no sense.

Kyle Schwerin2

Things are going great here in Hockeytown.

Tom Gulitti

@tomgulittinhl.bsky.social

Red Wings announce Steve Yzerman will transition from his role as Executive Vice President and General Manager to senior advisor to Governor and CEO, Chris Ilitch. A search for a new head of hockey operations is underway.

83h ago

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horse massacre11

rip to the yzerplan which one day might lead to a single playoff game

phil6

alfie becoming a leafs coach could have been worse. he could have become the sens' GM

Ponsonby Britt3

Mike Keenan can finally get the Detroit job he's wanted for over 30 years.

ruth's chris drury steakhouse2

Embarrassing shit out Detroit, how do you let that guy grift you even more than he already did

Prashanth Iyer

@prashanthiyer.bsky.social

Story from @mbultman.bsky.social Steve Yzerman out as GM in Detroit www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...

151h ago

Jake Lahut

@jakelahut.bsky.social

Wow, the Detroit Red Wings announce Steve Yzerman is out as GM. RIP the Yzerplan

103h ago

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Robbie Bettelon2

Feels like strange timing considering this is after the draft/FA Another rebuild on the way

@peristy.bsky.social

steve yzerman is out as red wings gm, but ben chiarot will remain until 2029 at least (3 years remaining at $3.85MM per year)

133h ago

Frank Seravalli (Bot)

@notfrankseravalli.bsky.social

The /DetroitRedWings announce that Steve Yzerman is out as general manager, will transition to an advisor role. Owner Chris Ilitch will lead a search to find Detroit’s next GM, including internal and external candidates.

93h ago

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Hockey Chic 62

Steve out here failing upwards.

Back-in-MI-Train

@mackletrain.bsky.social

Two things can be true: Steve Yzerman is one the greatest Red Wings to ever play the game Steve Yzerman started strong and then fell into abject failure as a GM and needed to go. #LGRW

112h ago

Sean Shapiro

@seanshapiro.bsky.social

Steve Yzerman is out in Detroit, a demotion by promotion, what does it mean for what comes next? My latest at Shap Shots www.shapshotshockey.com/p/the-yzerpl...

91h ago

Chad Livengood

@chadlivengood.bsky.social

BREAKING: Steve Yzerman steps down as Detroit Red Wings GM, search begins for replacement www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...

53h ago

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