Overview
- Shawn Horcoff was named interim general manager Tuesday and will report to governor and CEO Chris Ilitch with authority over day-to-day roster moves, the salary cap and hockey-operations personnel.
- Former GM Steve Yzerman has been moved to the title of Senior Advisor to the governor and CEO, a change that keeps him in the organization but shifts primary decision authority.
- Horcoff will keep his duties as GM of the AHL Grand Rapids Griffins while serving as Detroit’s interim GM, giving the club continuity in its player-development pipeline.
- Immediate tasks for the interim regime include signing restricted free agent Simon Edvinsson before a CBA-related window that affects contract length and resolving captain Dylan Larkin’s trade request and stripped-captain status.
- The team is continuing a methodical, externally aided search for a permanent head of hockey operations after a disappointing season and a long playoff drought, leaving players and fans watching how short-term moves in training camp shape the roster.