Yzerman alaposan felfrissítette a megfigyelő hálózatot. A személyi változtatások összefoglalva a GM pozíciót is beleértve:

Hired:
- GM - Steve Yzerman (54 year-old, TBL General Manager)
- Assistant GM - Pat Verbeek (55 year-old, TBL assistant GM, Director of Player Personnel)
- Chief Amateur scout - Ryan Rezmierski (48 year-old, NSH amateur scout, former USNTDP Director of player Personnel)
- Chief Amateur Scout - Jesse Wallin (41 year-old, STL amateur scout, former Red Deer Rebels WHL Head Coach/GM)
- Scout - Bryce Thoma (37 year-old, former Saskatoon Blades/Red Deer Rebels Assistant coach, played ECHL level as defenceman.
- Scout - Rob Rassey (34 year-old, current Harvard University NCAA ass. Coach)
- Pro Scout Chris Yzerman (TBL pro/amateur scout)
- Pro Scout Kyle MacKinnon (31 year-old, played his last hockey season 1 year ago at Germany)
- Head of Goaltending scouting and Development - Phil Osaer (39 year-old, TBL goaltending scout, former Michigan University Director of Hockey operations)
- Video coach - LJ Scarpace (ex-CAR video coach)
- Director of sports science and human performance - Mike Barwis
- European Scout - Thomas Carlsson.

Promoted
- Scouting Director - Kris Draper (DET) (from assistant to GM position)
- Assistant coach - Adam Nightingale (from DET video coach duty)
- Director of player development/assistant director of player personnel - Shawn Horcoff
- Assistant director of player development - Dan Cleary
- Assistant director of player personnel - Jiri Fischer

Kept:
- Assistant GM - Ryan Martin
- Director of European Scouting - Håkan Andersson
- Director of Pro scouting - Mark Howe
- Pro scouts - Kirk Maltby, Bruce Haralson
- Amateur scouts - Kelly Harper, Brendan Flemming, Mark Mullen, Ross Yates, Marty Stein, Kevin Gibson
- Kept all European scouts, Vladimir Havluj, Antonin Routa, Nikolai Vakourov

Walked away/fired/retired:

Ken Holland - GM ( -->EDM)
Archie Henderson - Pro Scout ( -->EDM)
Tyler Wright - Scouting Director ( -->EDM)
Jeff Finley - Chief Amateur Scout ( -->WPG)
Andrew Dickson - Amateur scout ( -->?)
Glenn Merkosky - Pro Scout ( -->retired?)
Patrick Ferschweiler - Assistant Coach ( --> NCAA Western Michigan, U18 USA Head coach)
Mike Kadar - Strenght Coach