Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pasina nguva refu Ken Holland awana kuwedzera kondirakiti yake, Craig Leipold, muridzi weMinnesota Wild, naJeffrey Vinik, muridzi mutsva panguva iyoyo weTampa Bay Lightning, vakatsvaka kuhaya Yzerman somutungamiriri mukuru. Mushure mekuramba basa reMinnesota mwaka wa2009-10 usati wapera, Yzerman akagamuchira basa reRima uye akatumidzwa zita rekuti mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wechikwata uye maneja mukuru musi waMay 25, 2010. Mumwaka wepakati, uye pakutanga kwehutongi hwake hutsva, akasaina zvakare Martin St. Louis, akasaina mudziviriri Pavel Kubina kwenguva yake yechipiri nechikwata, akasaina muchengeti wemagariro akasununguka Dan Ellis pachibvumirano chemakore maviri, akasaina mudziviriri Brett Clark uye akaunza kuruboshwe-winger Simon Gagné mukutengeserana kwakaona Matt Walker uye wechina-kutenderera kusarudza mu
2011 vanobva muTampa Bay. Pakati pemwaka, akatengesawo muchengeti wepagedhi Dwayne Roloson sezvo Mheni yakafambira mberi kuenda kuEastern Conference Finals gore rimwe chete mushure mekunge timu isina kana kukwanisa kuenda kumakwikwi e2010. Kune chikamu chake, Yzerman akasarudzwa nokuda kweNHL General Manager of the Year Award, achirasikirwa naMike Gillis weVancouver.