Arguably the best to wear the "C" on any team.
Pure class, in the room and in the community.
Freep mail/ping airborne or Hat-Trick if you want on or off the Hockey Ping List.
While I have a personal dislike for Detroit in general, its impossible to cast aspersions on Steve Yzerman. A franchise player, as has been noted, his accomplishments are second to very few in the modern game. Perhaps the most notable of them is sticking with the Wings for his whole career. This is something, in the modern free-agency cash grab paradigm that is extremely rare, and is very likely to be unheard of in our lifetimes in all major sports.
Congratulations Steve and family, you're 41, fit and healthy. Enjoy your family and best wishes for your future. Godspeed.