Burnside on the Wings, post-Yzerman and Shanahan

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HNIC interviewed Stevie after the 2nd period last night. After some chitchat about Team CAN, Stevie was asked,"Are the Wings better off this year for not having Stevie Yzerman in the locker room?" Stevie fired back, "You mean, are the Wings better off for not having the 41-YEAR-OLD Stevie Yzerman in the locker room?" and with his usual class, went on to calmly discuss it-- none of which I could hear because my ears were slowly filling with blood. I couldn't believe the rudeness and insensitivity of the question, but *shrug* it didn't seem to bother Stevie at all, so I suppose I'm making too much of it. I'm trying to find a clip or article about the interview, but no luck thus far.

On a happier note, Stevie looked brilliant-- happy and relaxed, so youthful and vital that I wanted, and badly, to slap a pair of skates on him and drag him out to Cali. I'm pretty sure there's a piainting of him in some lost, forgotten storage room at the Joe that's doing his aging for him (along with portaits of Cheli and Dom).