Detroit Free Press Columnist Calls for Ilitch to Fire Steve Yzerman

Steve Yzerman

As a Red Wings player, Steve Yzerman is legendary. As a general manager, the 60-year-old is forgettable.

Detroit Free Press columnist Carlos Monarrez is calling for owner Chris Ilitch to fire Yzerman, writing:

After 10 years of missing the Stanley Cup playoffs – including, most importantly, seven years under Yzerman, as the Wings have taken over the Buffalo Sabres' mantle as the longest active playoff drought this year – it’s time for owner Christopher Ilitch to act.

It’s time to admit that for the better part of a decade, since bringing back one of the team’s most iconic players in 2019 to return the franchise to prominence, Yzerman’s tenure has yielded little more than mediocrity and frustration.

It’s time for Ilitch to do exactly what his GM has not done. It’s time for him to make a bold decision. And that means acting decisively and firing Yzerman.