Do you foresee the Ilitches actually firing Steve Yzerman? He's too beloved in Detroit to fire.
It’s got nothing to do with “too beloved to fire”. It’s that talk of firing Yzerman is so f***in premature as to be ridiculous.
There is not an upgrade at GM out there. I’m not saying that because he’s Stevie Y, one of my favorites of my youth. I’m saying that because he built Tampa into a perennial contender from having low picks such that they’re still running damn strong and putting an expectation on a timeframe for you landing ultra mega stars like Kucherov or finding a Vezina level superstar like Vasilevskiy is insane.
This is the same shit people wanted to do with Harbaugh at Michigan. Oh, he hasn’t won a Big Ten and natty within four years, he’s worthless and we should fire him. There should be expectations for success… but it is beyond stupid to toss him now. All of the “overpaid plugs” he signed? 2/3rds are gone at the end of this year and the others are gone in a couple.
it’s really easy to stamp your little feet and demand a coach or GM be fired for a team not winning. But honestly, you have Reimer swimming in net, not feeling the puck. The goalie clearly not feeling it permeates to the rest of the team