Steve Yzerman Retires From Detroit Red Wings

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Steve Yzerman has officially announced his retirement from the Detroit Red Wings after a remarkable 22-year career, all spent with the team, which is a rarity in professional sports. While many anticipated this decision, there was hope for one more season from fans. Yzerman is celebrated as an exemplary sportsman and a significant figure in hockey, with discussions highlighting his classy demeanor and impressive legacy. Some fans expressed sadness over his retirement, wishing he could have had a farewell season akin to other legends. The conversation also touched on the impact of his career and the hope that he would remain involved with the Red Wings organization in some capacity.
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Not that any of you soccer hethens will care...

Steve Yzerman announced his retirement today from the Detroit Red Wings. Stevie spent all 22 years of his career in Detroit. That is unheard of in any sport. We all knew it was coming, but some hoped for one more year. I, personally, was hoping he would retire because he was just getting tired. Still, it's tough to see a legend retire.

Stevie is probably the best representative of any professional sport.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Yzerman
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=Apk7LbZT9uev_RHA1JVVJWk5nYcB?slug=ap-redwings-yzerman&prov=ap&type=lgns
 
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:rolleyes: I thought something terrible had happened...

Uhm, I mean, OH NO! This is terrible! :wink:
 
Mentor hethen.
 
FredGarvin said:
Mentor hethen.
One of the nicer things I've been called. :smile:
 
Beats making a fool of himself the way Unitas did.
 
Bystander said:
Beats making a fool of himself the way Unitas did.


The Favre agony just continues. Denial all around.
 
god, at first I thought he died!

Anyways, that is sad he is retiring. I used to love going to wing's games and watching him play.
 
FredGarvin said:
Not that any of you soccer hethens will care...

Steve Yzerman announced his retirement today from the Detroit Red Wings. Stevie spent all 22 years of his career in Detroit. That is unheard of in any sport. We all knew it was coming, but some hoped for one more year. I, personally, was hoping he would retire because he was just getting tired. Still, it's tough to see a legend retire.

Stevie is probably the best representative of any professional sport.
Wow! I thought by the title that someone must have died.

Yzerman has had an impressive career and I think he is an outstanding example as a sportsman.

Mentor hethen.
That's heathen. And no she's not - she's too sweet and nice to be considered a heathen. I should know. :biggrin:
 
This sucks ... :cry: . A great career comes to an end, would've hoped he could've been lured into complete one another season, which might have ended his career more proper. Instant all-star.
 
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PerennialII said:
This sucks ... :cry: . A great career comes to an end, would've hoped he could've been lured into complete one another season, which might have ended his career more proper. Instant all-star.
I'm not sure if I would have liked to have seen an Yzerman retirement tour the likes Lemieux had. This way is short and sweet and seems to match his personality when it comes to things like this.
 
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FredGarvin said:
Stevie is probably the best representative of any professional... sport.
http://cdn.nhl.com/image-upload/yzerman_action_cu_194x250.jpg
Indeed he is!
 
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FredGarvin said:
Not that any of you soccer hethens will care...

Some of us soccer heathens watch hockey too.

This is a good way to go out. The 2001/02 finals will always stand out for me, on one leg he was still the best guy on the ice. Extremely classy guy.
 
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FredGarvin said:
I'm not sure if I would have liked to have seen an Yzerman retirement tour the likes Lemieux had. This way is short and sweet and seems to match his personality when it comes to things like this.

Yeah, he had lots of problems and taking the Lemieux way out would be far worse than retiring now. Hope they can find him something visible to do in the Wings organization.
 
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I have never been a big Red Wings fan (Go Leafs!), but I have always been a huge fan of Steve Yzerman.
 

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