Ken Holland
Ken Holland
Kenneth Mark Hollandis the current General Manager and executive Vice President of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. Holland was drafted in the 12th round, 188th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1975 NHL Entry Draft. He played a total of four games in the NHL: one with Hartford, and three with Detroit. In 2009 Holland was listed at #2 on Sports Illustrated's Top GMs/Executives of the Decade...
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Obviously, the sooner the better. But if it means we have to wait to get Pavel in our lineup I'll wait. At this stage of the game I don't think it's going to have any impact as to our eventual roster. We're not going to be able to go out and find a player that's close to Pavel. If you look at the open market, there's lots of players out there that we think could be third- or fourth-line players in the NHL. But he's (Datsyuk) a top six forward.
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We've probably lost about five key players from the teams we were successful with, but we still have a lot of our nucleus together. I think teams like Nashville and Columbus are going to be closer to us with the new CBA. But I still think we have the potential to compete for the conference title and if you're doing that, you've got a chance to reach the goals everyone around here has for this franchise.
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We start from scratch, but the history between Detroit and Edmonton is we've always had close games. Both teams are really built on speed and skill.
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This is a big stretch for us. We saw what happened to San Jose last year when they got off to a slow start and what happened to Dallas two years ago. The Western Conference is so close that if you get too far behind the pack ...
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If some of our older players can play close to the level they were at two years ago, we've got a chance to have a good team,
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I'm not concerned, but the closer we get to Sept. 12, I will be.
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We weren't looking to do anything significant. Why do something significant? I think we've got five, six, seven players on our team that can play better. ... I still think as a team and individually, we can raise our game. So, again, why look to make a major overhaul at this stage of the game?
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We're very happy to have Jason return to the Red Wings. He's a veteran defenseman who handles the puck very well and should excel with the new rule changes in the NHL.
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We're very happy to have Jason return to the Red Wings, ... He's a veteran defenseman who handles the puck very well and should excel with the new rule changes in the NHL.
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We're very happy to have Chris return to the Red Wings. He's a veteran goaltender who knows what it takes to compete and win championships in a great hockey city like Detroit.
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I stayed in touch for two reasons. If we didn't have Pavel, I wanted to make sure we had open communication for next year to get him back then. At the same time, I was also told by Gary that even though Pavel had signed a contract in Russia, his first desire was to be in Detroit. They were never saying it's a done deal.
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I spoke to Pavel this morning. It's all confirmed. He's coming back. We certainly feel like we've won the lottery.
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I've called his cell number, the hotel. ... I've not gotten a hold of him.
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Even though they're older players, if they can play like they did two years ago, they're going to help us a lot.