Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Kaore i roa i muri i te whiwhinga o Ken Holland i tana kirimana, ko Craig Leipold, rangatira o Minnesota Wild, me Jeffrey Vinik, te rangatira hou o Tampa Bay Lightning, i rapu ki te utu i a Yzerman hei kaiwhakahaere matua. I muri i te whakaheke i te mahi a Minnesota i mua i te mutunga o te tau 2009-10, i whakaae a Yzerman ki te mahi a Lightning, a, ko ia te perehitini tuarua o te roopu me te kaiwhakahaere matua i te Mei 25, 2010. I te wa-kore, i te timatanga o tana kingitanga hou, i hainatia e ia a Martin St. Louis, i hainatia te kaitautoko a Pavel Kubina mo tana tuarua tuarua me te roopu, i hainatia te kaitiaki whaainga koreutu a Dan Ellis mo te kirimana e rua tau, i hainatia te kaitautoko a Brett Clark me te kawe mai i te parirau maui a Simon Gagné i roto i te whakawhitiwhitinga i kite a Matt Walker me te whiringa tuawha i roto i te
Ka wehe atu a 2011 i Tampa Bay. I te waenganui o te wa, i whakawhitihia hoki ia mo te kaitiaki ko Dwayne Roloson i te wa i eke ai te Rama ki te Whakamutunga o te Huihuinga o te Rawhiti kotahi tau i muri i te kore o te kapa i uru atu ki nga whiringa toa o te tau 2010. Mo tana waahanga, i tohua a Yzerman mo te NHL General Manager o te Tau Tohu, i ngaro ki a Mike Gillis o Vancouver.