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Steve Yzerman Addresses the Detroit Red Wings Free Agency | July 3, 2025



Detroit Red Wings SVP & GM Steve Yzerman speaks about Red Wings free agency signings on Thursday July 3, 2025.

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  1. Anthony Beaullivier Led the Capitals in Playoff Even Ice Points and added 14 Even Ice Goals in bottom 6 role.
    How are we not running to sign him to a 2yr deal?

    Honestly I see at least 10 really good opportunities via trade or signings…. Yzerman has no vision.
    His own words he basically is just sitting back waiting for things to fall in his lap.

    That being said…. NHL GMs are so Bad. I'm happy to have Yzerman.

  2. I was hoping someone would pose this question to Steve.

    "Seeing how ASP and some of the younger D have progressed and grown, do you think that there's a possibility that they can edge out a experienced 30+ YO veteran RD?" 😅😅😅

  3. Thank you Stevie, for not signing a long overpaid FA contract this offsesason. Also, kudos to you for making all of your improvements at basically the same Cap hit as last year.
    You wielding $12M in Cap space during the season is like a Scotsman with sharp shears. You just know a vulnerable GM is going to get fleeced.

  4. Bro, why even post these with the audio like this? It's just embarrassing for the organization. Spend some money on fixing your audio issues PLEASE!

  5. Very happy with the moves so far , tons of cap to work some magic with over the course of the summer , also just finished watching some of development camp , boi some of these kids r dynamite

  6. Steve, you have to tamper like the rest of the league! Amazing how quick all the higher end names all signed or found themselves in deals right before or at the start of free agency. These teams are talking to players well before free agency. Just do it Steve, there are no consequences. Just ask Vegas.

  7. Wings will be lucky to finish above Philly and Columbus this season. All he does is take on everyone else’s castoffs. JVR is 36 ffs! And don’t tell me about all the talent in the minors. If they were any good they’d already be in Detroit. It’s time to take grandpa’s car key away and get a GM with ambitions to build a winner

  8. All horrible pick up’s that won’t help us in anyway. So many delusional wings fans in the comment section here. Gonna be Another 5 years of no playoffs for the wings

  9. Did someone not plug in the mic? Is Steve whispering? Media department looks like bush league with poor audio. Maybe Steve doesn’t want us to hear what he’s saying.

  10. Lol i can tell its summer bc all the kids are commenting on how great this off season is. Of.course no one wants to talk to you when youre offering a 2 year contract! Big names want long term contracts! You made fun of ken for giving long term contracts but it held the great players together and to make a long history of play off runs! How can you build a team on 1 year contracts?? Yzerman is done

  11. It’s funny when armchair gms that are twenty years old act like they could do better then yzerman lol , turn your PlayStations off kids .

  12. Sort of hard to sign 'big name' players when no one wants to live in/near Detroit. (especially young rich hockey players) lol

  13. Yzerman hasn’t been the best GM in his tenure, but he definitely hasn’t been the worst. He came in with a long term vision and he’s sticking to it, which I appreciate. He said from day 1 that it would be a long rebuild and done primarily through the draft. He’s drafted very well and we’re seeing those players steadily become regulars. I like what he’s done this offseason, even if it’s hasn’t been super exciting (outside of Gibson), the team is better now than it was at the end of last season. I’m still very bullish on the long term outlook of this team

  14. Only person I might want him to sign that’s left is Ehlers for the top 6 other than that barring trades leave it the way it is I believe in Yzerman even tho many people are losing faith I still believe in him and the Yzerplan

  15. An audio engineer could fix this bullshit audio in no time in post or he’ll spend a few hundred bucks and record it correctly! Bullshit YouTubers have better audio WTH

  16. You can rush a team into the playoffs or you can spend the time it takes to build a DYNASTY. Stevie was handed a team with almost no prospects, a maxed out cap and a team full of old washed up vets.
    He's made the best draft pics he can considering how the league has screwed us via the lottery. He gets at least 3 more seasons from me. the question of whether Larkin is the one to lead us forward is my only concern. I'd like to see Mo or Marco move into a leadership role.

  17. Thirty-two teams is too many, and the league continues to talk about expansion. You can get good players through 5 rounds in the NFL, but the NHL draft is a real crap-shoot outside the top half of the first round. Drafting 18 yr. old kids is a lot of guess work.

  18. What's with these 20 year old armchair GMs crying about Stevie. Y'all are so pathetic!! Nobody cares about your crybaby opinions.

    He literally built the Tampa team that won 2 cups in 3 straight finals. Drafted Vasilesky.. and also Kucherov, Point etc OUTSIDE of the 1st round. Inherited the worst team in the league, that needed 2 years just to get rid of Holland;s bad contracts, before starting at less than zero. Drafted Mo, Raymond, Kasper, Edvinsson, ASP, MBN, DAnielson, Buchelnikov, etc, etc. And 2 of the top 5 goalie prospects. Traded for Debrincat and Gibson, both for basically nothing. He told us it would take a long time from the start. But get these crybaby clowns crying about him taking so long. Stfu. he is an awesome GM!! Grow up between the ears, armchair GMs. And go find a different team to cry about. Y'all are so pathetic.

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