From The Atlantic’s Pierre LeBrun, should be readable even without a subscription.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7336718/2026/06/05/steve-yzerman-dylan-larkin-trade-red-wings/?source=user_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.olA.MoEU.bGq1DLYFJRFn
“Because Brisson is aware of what many of us are: You push Yzerman into a corner now with this kind of public attention on the matter, who knows what may come of this situation”.
”Puts Detroit in a tough place,” said one NHL GM, who requested anonymity because the league prohibits talking about other teams’ players. “They don’t have to trade him. He signed the contract and got the full trade protection.”
If I were to read between the lines of what the GM was saying there, the message is that Yzerman would be within his rights to say, “OK, you want to be traded, but then I get every team in the league on the table. Not just a few teams.”
My understanding is that Yzerman has been handed a short list of teams at this point, but sometimes these things evolve, and that list can grow or change.
Again, who knows how Yzerman will decide to manage this? But putting a gun to his head is not advisable.”