BlackLabelJetsFan Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=131664 OTTAWA (CP) - The Detroit Red Wings have made a one-year contract offer to longtime captain Steve Yzerman. Red Wings GM Ken Holland made the offer during a three-hour meeting with the 40-year-old future Hall of Famer in Toronto on Wednesday. Yzerman can become an untrestricted free agent Monday. "He's not going to go anywhere else," Holland said Thursday after arriving in Ottawa for the draft. "Hopefully Steve will come back. I think he should go out playing the game on the ice." Holland said Yzerman would talk about it with his wife and get back to the Wings by Sunday. The classy Yzerman has played his entire career in Detroit, leading the Wings to three Stanley Cup championships. He was due to earn $4.5 million US during the wiped-out 2004-05 season but will need to take a pay cut to help Detroit fit all of its stars under the $39-million salary cap. The Wings still have to re-sign restricted free-agent stars Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk. The Wings cleared up $9 million in payroll by buying out Derian Hatcher, Ray Whitney and Darren McCarty earlier this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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