Steve Yzerman
Steve Yzerman
Stephen Gregory "Steve" Yzermanis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. Yzerman spent his entire NHL playing career with the Detroit Red Wings and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth9 May 1965
CountryCanada
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He's a good open ice hitter. Not the kind of guy who will deliver the big hit on the glass. He will get a reputation for that.
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He's a great young player and he played a big role for us. ... But we'll do what we can. We still should have a pretty strong lineup.
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If anything, it shows how good he was because he played probably four or five years less than I did. So, that's quite an achievement by him than anything I've done.
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I don't know. Not ready to play today. Skate Saturday and determine whether Sunday's a go.
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I don't know much about the techniques of fighting, but I know throwing a punch on skates is a lot different than throwing a punch from the ground.
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I would have loved the opportunity to play against Ottawa this year. We missed the entire division. Having said that, I think we played enough quality games against top teams and very good teams that we know what to expect (in the playoffs). We played well on the road. We played well at home. We went into good teams? buildings and won.
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Obviously there was concern. You fear for the guy's life.
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Now the puck goes from the goal line to the far blue line just like that.
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I felt better than expected, but watching Henrik skate around out there, I'm pretty envious; I'd like to be able to move like that, ... He clearly was the best player on the ice.
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We've had a good season and given ourselves a lot of hope for the playoffs.
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We're worse off without Pavel, ... We still should have a pretty strong lineup, but there's no question we don't have the depth we had a year and a half ago.
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We penalize and suspend players for making contact with the head while checking, in an effort to reduce head injuries, yet we still allow fighting. We're stuck in the middle and need to decide what kind of sport do we want to be. Either anything goes and we accept the consequences, or take the next step and eliminate fighting.
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We obviously played much better. It was a disappointing third period (Saturday) to say the least. We rebounded pretty well.
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I wore No. 19 because of Bryan Trottier. I liked the overall aspect of his game. I liked the way he conducted himself on the ice. He was a quiet guy. He played really hard; just a good all-around, prototypical center man who could do everything.