Ottawa Sun article
Feburary 2, 2005
by Bruce Garrioch
Steve Yzerman says NHL players can’t sell out the next generation. The Red Wings’ longtime captain and star centre told the Sun in an exclusive interview near his Detroit home yesterday that if the union was to accept the current offer from the NHL to end the labour dispute, the NHLPA would be ’selling out’ future players.
Saying he doesn’t expect the lockout to be settled this year and isn’t sure if hockey will be back before next January, Yzerman admitted he may have played his last game if there isn’t a new collective bargaining agreement in place by September.
‘I just kind of sit and wait,’ the Nepean native said. ‘I try to be objective, and as a guy who is still playing, I understand the league’s concerns. I know what’s been offered to the players. I’m at the end of my career, whether I play again or not, I know the players just want a fair deal.
