RALEIGH, NC - JUNE 10: Fredrik Olausson #27, Sergei Fedorov #91, Brendan Shanahan #14, Steve Yzerman #19 and Nicklas Lidstrom #5 of the Detroit Red Wings celebrate during game four of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals against the Carolina Hurricanes on June 10, 2002 at Entertainment Sports Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Red Wings won 3-0. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images/NHLI)
Monday’s last-minute NHL Trade Deadline deal may one day be hailed as Detroit Red Wings General Manager Steve Yzerman’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor.
The move, like Beethoven’s recognizable composition, was an inspiration of genius.