At yesterday’s press conference to formally announce that Steve Yzerman is stepping down from his role as General Manager to take on a position of Senior Advisor, Yzerman was vintage Yzerman: concise, thoughtful, and endearing. His reasoning focused on his desire to be with his family and on his own perception about how the job should be handled, stating, “With some time to reflect, to do the job the way it needs to be done, the way I feel it needs to be done, and to ultimately be with my family as well, it was becoming difficult to do, hence the decision.
Steve Yzerman did what he felt was best for himself and the Tampa Bay Lightning
