Stevie Y from the Red Wings (whom they have owned since long before they acquired the Tigers).
Yzerman was getting no where though he is beloved locally. They mad e a hard call for success.
I think the hard call for success here is to trade him and build for the future. He is being wasted on this year's team, he would be gone by the time that his skills could make a difference for him, but his value from a trade could carry through to that time.