TORONTO -- Steve Yzerman has one regret when looking back on his Hall of Fame career: He wishes he didn't return to the ice four years ago after the NHL lockout.
"I really debated should I come back, is this the right thing or not?" the former Red Wings captain said Monday after his induction into the Hall. "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."
That means he would have been part of the NHL Hall of Fame class of 2007.
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 the lockout as players, and 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 Monday night.
Hull signed with the Phoenix Coyotes after the lockout ended but appeared in just five games before retiring.
