Captain says farewell

"I've had a wonderful career," Steve Yzerman said, pausing -- and then apologizing -- as his voice trembled with emotion. "And I really will miss it."

I must be getting old as my favorite athletes are almost all retired now. Agassi is going and now Steve Yzerman is officially gone. I'm not sure I've ever rooted for an athlete that didn't play for Boston more than Yzerman. Few poeple have ever played the game the right way while being a class act off the ice more than Stevie Y. Few players ever wear the 'C' as well as he did.

Mitch Albom, Michael Rosenberg, Joanne Gerstner and John Niyo look back at the captain.