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...
bit felt jamie nearly year
Jamie hasn't really had an opportunity, and when he did have an opportunity, he didn't play nearly as well this year as he did in 2003-04 (before the lockout). We felt it was a little bit of an opportunity, maybe, for an upgrade.
anxious both couple days everybody extra gets gives opponent prepare preparing process sure teams time watching year
This time of year everybody gets anxious to know who your opponent is. Now we know who our opponent is, and we can go about the process of preparing for them. It gives both teams an extra couple of days to prepare for your opposition. We've been watching them. I'm sure they've been watching us live and on tape.
defense good great last sign tried year
With Mathieu and Chris, I feel very good about our defense for this season. Mathieu had a great year for us in '03-04 and we tried to sign him last summer.
communication contract desire gary next open saying signed stayed sure though touch year
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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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 ...
basically bought coming free hank happy ourselves players prime year
Pavel and Hank are two young players who are very, very important to our franchise. In Hank's case, he's really coming into the prime of his career. I'm happy he made a long-term commitment; basically we bought ourselves one year of unrestricted free agency.
good happy hoping obviously player players skilled talented year
We're obviously very happy that we got Pavel back. He's a talented young player that had a very good year for us two years ago, and we're hoping for more of the same. With the new rules, I think skilled players like Pavel are really going to be helped.
five playing steve
I think Steve is playing as well as he was five years ago for us.
camp looking nobody people training
We've got some more people at training camp we're looking at, but nobody major.
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We've had great success, and Europeans have been a big part of that. When Scotty put together the Russian Five, that was really the start of the Red Wings we see today. I think it even had an impact on how we developed our drafting philosophy and scouting philosophy.
bring elite felt himself league national program ready scouts swedish time
Our scouts feel he is ready to play in the NHL. He established himself in the Swedish Elite League and their national program and we felt it was time to bring him over.
anticipate feeling period playing
Our feeling is, he'll be out for a period of time. Certainly, I don't anticipate him playing Thursday, for sure.
entire games maybe olympic solid three winning
Other than maybe two or three games right after the Olympic break, Manny has been very consistent, very solid the entire year. He has done a lot of winning for us.
afternoon final gary sunday talked time week
I talked to (agent) Gary Greenstin Sunday afternoon and he said they need another week - they need more time to make their final decision,