#i hand you my brain wrung out of all my stevie y knowledge (for now) 😂

[al-the-remix]

hey al! hope you're happy to know i have now developed a serious thirst for stevie y, thanks to you. it's to such an extent that knowing he has a horse named mario just makes me more intrigued!! who is this man!!!!

Who is he!!! Tbh I feel like every thing I learn about him is better than the last, so here’s a long list of Stevie Y Facts That Bring Me Joy:

obvs the horse named Mario to start off with (tbh I’m 99% sure it’s one of his daughter’s but the coincidence is just too funny)

in an interview it was mentioned he had a half-empty pack of Reece’s Pieces on his desk which was another almost too perfect coincidence considering the Sid fannon 

knew Sid had a hockey crush on him and called him to tell him he was “sorry he couldn’t play” when he missed Detroit’s first game against the Penguins *SHREIK*

seems to be DELIGHTED to be around Sid every time he sees him

like Sid, stuck the Stanley Cup in a life jacket and drove it around on a jet ski

there’s a photo of him in Sid’s basement. FACTS.

and I quote “I’m exhausting myself trying to say healthy”

and I quote “I can do whatever I want at the end of the day”

He was called both “pretty” and “beautiful” in an interview and his reaction was *chef’s kiss* adorable

Him trolling Kirby Dach about smoking weed

Joking (???) about doing yoga while on a zoom call about draft picks. Hard to tell if he was being serious or not but the mental image is enough to do me in for all eternity

on the topic of zoom calls in the ones on youtube half the time he wears a scarf with his sweaters (i know this isn’t interesting, again i just think it’s cute)

Got booed (lovingly) at his own jersey retirement ceremony for saying he wasn’t as good a leader as everyone thought he was and didn’t deserve all of his accolades  

on that topic got called annoyingly humble by steve dangle 

described as a “work out warrior” who has “legs like tree trunks”

had a wicked mullet 

likes Prada suits?

wears cool ties like one with tiny skulls on it

was the Robin to Brendan Shanahan’s Batman

was surprised that Justin Bieber recognized him at a concert, and I quote “people don’t normally recognize me in Florida.”

“No pain threshold like Steve Yzerman” (idk, could be useful)

described by friends and family as a: modest, shy, polite kid who barely allowed himself to dream. A very quiet and introverted, reflective person, who any time someone gave him a compliment he got embarrassed. Soft-spoken and serious and stern.

described specifically by Sean Avery as: Solid but sarcastic. A ball buster with humour you didn’t expect. A dry humoured, cutthroat motherfucker that if he didn’t like you, you were dead. You had hours on earth. 

Another Sean Avery story: when following Steve around his years with the Red Wings, when hit on by the “the most beautiful women (Sean Avery) had ever seen” turned them down with the line "I appreciate the offer but You're not worth 42 million." As in “I’m not going to divorce my high school sweetheart wife of 32 years for you. sorry.” (side note hockey players get paid way too much 😂 I guess you can buy all the horses named Mario you want when you’re worth 84 million dollars.)  

ages like fine wine. not just my opinion--FACTS!! 

#i hand you my brain wrung out of all my stevie y knowledge (for now) 😂 #asks #yzerman