The People Chime In On Yzerman's Discouraging Press Conference
The Valenti Show
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🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | That's Steve Eisenman today. |
| 0:01.9 | And again, I'm not asking anybody to go smash their head into a toilet. |
| 0:05.9 | But it does begin to wear on you when you don't feel like your GM values how you feel. |
| 0:11.7 | Now, again, let me be clear about something. |
| 0:14.3 | When GMs make decisions like a fan, they end up sitting with the fans. |
| 0:19.3 | We're not saying that. |
| 0:21.1 | But you're seven years into this, and if you are so detached or so aloof as Izerman sounds, |
| 0:28.4 | that you can't come up with a better answer to that other than it takes time, talk to the owner. |
| 0:36.8 | It's not good enough. Part of your job as a president or general |
| 0:40.6 | manager of an organization, or as the Canadians like to say, organization, you are a bit of |
| 0:45.9 | arm of PR. Would it have killed Eisenman to come out and say, listen, this has been unacceptable. |
| 0:52.9 | Guys, this isn't lost on me. |
| 0:54.8 | They're not going to have to fire me because if I don't get this right soon, |
| 0:58.7 | I'll walk away before they fire me. |
| 1:00.9 | Say that! |
| 1:01.6 | Yeah, I will not destroy this organization. |
| 1:04.7 | I haven't slept in seven years. |
| 1:06.6 | I don't care. |
| 1:07.4 | Say something. |
| 1:09.8 | But that? |
| 1:10.6 | Go see ownership. |
| 1:11.5 | It takes time. |
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