According to the Detroit News’s Tony Paul, the Red Wings’ general manager lent a hand to the Detroit Tigers’ search for their new general manager, Scott Harris:
One of the surprising names mentioned as part of the Tigers’ search committee: Steve Yzerman. Yzerman, the Red Wings’ legendary captain who now is vice president and general manager of the Red Wings, had multiple conversations with Harris during the process.
“It’s a unique opportunity to have two heads of operations under the same ownership group,” Harris said. “I’ll imagine I’ll be talking to him quite a bit for some advice. I know I can learn a lot from him.”
This wasn’t the first time the two met, actually.
Once, during Harris’ time in the Cubs’ front office, Yzerman visited their suite at Wrigley Field.
“I remember being very impressed by him,” Harris said. “And I was even more impressed by him here.”
