Steve Yzerman has one regret when looking back on his Hall of Fame career: He wishes he didn't return to ice four years ago after the NHL lockout.
"I really debated should I come back, is this the right thing or not?" Yzerman said yesterday after his induction into the Hall of Fame. "Looking back on the thing, I wouldn't have done it. If I had the opportunity (to do it again), I wouldn't have come back and played."
In addition to having remarkable careers and their names on the Stanley Cup, this year's inductees all endured the league's latest labor dispute. Yzerman, Brett Hull, Brian Leetch and Luc Robitaille went through it as players while Lou Lamoriello was on the other side as an executive with the New Jersey Devils.
They picked up their rings during a morning ceremony at the Hall with the induction speeches scheduled for last night.
They are the first players who played after the lockout to be enshrined.
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