from Pierre LeBrun of the Athletic,
So, he’s back home. But he’s got work to do. It’s a bigger task now in Detroit than when he arrived in Tampa in 2011. The Wings’ amazing 25-year playoff run emptied the reserves. The cupboards were somewhat bare when Yzerman came on as GM last spring. But he has rolled up his sleeves and is digging into a project that in many ways may help define his management career.
The three-time Olympic hockey champion (as a player in 2002, as the architect of Team Canada in 2010 and 2014) and three-time Stanley Cup champion was the latest executive to take part in my series of Q&A interviews with NHL GMs:
Last question, you traded Athanasiou at the deadline, he will be RFA July 1, it was interesting to me anyway because I think I felt you might trade him because you’re going to make important changes; it’s not just guys who are UFA.