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
again determine ready saturday skate sunday whether
I'm going to skate again Saturday. I'm not ready to play today. We'll skate Saturday and determine whether Sunday is a go.
cup opportunity stanley thrilled
I'm getting one more opportunity to play for the Stanley Cup so I'm pretty thrilled about that.
played together worked
It's worked out well. We've been together for a while and played effectively.
analyze best decision everybody few home leave needs next personal situation week wrong
The best thing for everybody is that we go home and analyze as an organization what happened, where we went wrong and what needs to be done for the future. I'd like to leave my personal situation for a few days, and next week I can probably make a decision on what I'm going to do.
They want me to come back and play and do what I can do, just come and play and try,
areas playing
We were playing collectively, I don't want to say our best, but very well in all areas of the game.
accept allow contact decide either eliminate goes head middle next players reduce sports step stuck
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.
given good hope ourselves season
We've had a good season and given ourselves a lot of hope for the playoffs.
care keeping penalty playing power ready specific sure themselves wins
Concentrate on more specific things -- on playing well defensively, on keeping our goals-against down, on our penalty kill and power play. Concentrate on those and make sure we're sharp. The wins will take care of themselves and we'll be ready for the playoffs.
everybody keeps saying
Everybody keeps saying it's great. It's not great. It's not hockey.
bit communication country guys knowing players similar together unique whether worked
Every country's players play a similar style, every country is a little bit unique in how they play. I think those guys are really comfortable together on the ice. Whether it's just communication or just knowing the player a little bit better, I'm not sure, but it worked well with the Russians.
bit gap open stock win
You can't much stock in one or two games. But if we're able to win these games, it will open the gap a little bit more.
feeling tried
I tried to get through the first part of camp, that was my concern, and got through it and I was feeling pretty good,
deserve playing sure
For me at this stage, now, I've got to play really well to keep up and make sure I'm playing well enough to deserve to be on that line.