Here in the Furriners offices, we tend to be a pretty critical bunch. What with the BP oil spill disaster, Democrats unwillingness to actually get tough on Wall St, and Matt Leinart threatening to unleash his noodle arm as the starting QB of the Arizona Cardinals... it can be pretty tempting to feel disheartened.
Well, I am here to share some positive thoughts:
It was announced today that Steve Yzerman will become the new GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
It would be hard to overstate what a local icon "Stevie" is here in the Detroit area. If Brett Favre wasn't a big baby and had won three titles instead of one, he could have meant in Green Bay what Steve Yzerman means to Detroit.
I mean, of course, we love Nick Lidstrom. We love Barry Sanders. We love Al Kaline. We love Ernie Harwell. We love Bo Schembechler. We love Vladimir Konstantinov. We love Derek Anderson... uh, actually, maybe that is just me? (By the way, memo to ESPN: we hate Matt Millen. Please do not let him broadcast any University of Michigan football games. Thank you!)
But Yzerman is The Captain. He is different. He is special.
There's probably going to be a lot of bittersweet feelings in Detroit today. Early in the day, former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to up to 5 years in jail for probation violations pertaining to crimes committed while mayor of Detroit. Certainly, there will be a lot of people thinking justice was served even as, perhaps, they still feel a bit unsatisfied (like when Brad Pitt shot Kevin Spacey at the end of Se7en). And Steve Yzerman leaving to be the GM of Tampa Bay? Well, I think most Wings fans are more than satisfied with the job done by current GM Ken Holland. So, it's unfortunate it had to happen but I can truthfully say that I wish Steve Yzerman nothing but the best of luck in his new position. (Let's just make sure he doesn't have the phone number for the agent of Nicklas Lidstrom).
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