KEN HOLLAND RUMORS & GOSSIP

ESPN’s Craig Custance offered intriguing takes from Columbus Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson, Minnesota Wild GM Chuck Fletcher and Red Wings GM Ken Holland about the “seeds” for potential draft day trades possibly planted during the NHL’s general managers’ meetings in New York on Wednesday in an Insider-only blog... But Custance’s main thrust involves...

I heard Ken Holland mention this in passing during several interviews I’m cobbling together at present, and, thankfully, MLive’s Ansar Khan is confirming it: Ken Holland, incidentally, confirmed today that Lidstrom had a hairline fracture in his ankle, not just a deep bone bruise. (cont.) ... But the injury had no bearing on Lidstrom’s decision. The ankle would...

Nick Lidstrom is gone. While Red Wings fans mourn, the pressure falls squarely on the shoulders of two men - Ken Holland and Henrik Zetterberg. Holland has to try to replace Lidstrom on the roster, while Zetterberg has to replace him as captain. Neither one is going to have an easy time of it. Holland's job comes up first. With Lidstrom heading for the Hall of Fame and Brad...

Earlier today it was announced that the Detroit Red Wings will be having a press conference tomorrow at Joe Louis Arena, where General Manager, Ken Holland, and Nick Lidstrom will speak.At the conclusion of last season Lidstrom had considered retirement, only to announce that he would return for another season and sign a one year contract with the Red Wings. Lidstrom made this announcement...

Per the DRW Twitter: The Red Wings have called a press conference tomorrow morning at Joe Louis Arena. Ken Holland and Nick Lidstrom are expected to speak.It doesn't sound like a re-signing..as Josh just told me, Chesnokov said he's never announced live for re-signing. Dreger agrees, saying: Sure sounds like Lidstrom is retiring. Holland won't confirm. Says Lidstrom...

We all agree changes are needed. How much? Well that is still to be determined. However, this is one of the first indications that the Wings brass agrees with us: “I believe in stability; you bring in people, you keep them,'' Holland said. “(But) we were eliminated in the first round (by Nashville), had our shortest run since 2006.'' That's an honest...

We’ve been talking about the Red Wings’ signing prospects, gauging the team’s prospect pool and assessing potential draft picks over the past few days, but MLive’‘s Ansar Khan (via RedWingsFeed) brings our focus back to the most important dates on the Wings’ calendar for a long time in the team’s organizational powwow on June 2nd-5th. Red...

Red Wings GM Ken Holland consistently brings new ideas to general managers’ meetings, and while the Wings’ amateur scouts take in the draft combine in Toronto, Holland will visit with the NHL’s GM’s in New York today. Holland successfully lobbied his peers to change the tiebreaker for playoff seeding from any win to regulation or overtime wins, he’...

Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland likes to describe his job as winning today with an eye always on tomorrow. Its a simple philosophy to manage by, and nobody does it better than Holland -- even if he makes a mistake or two along the way. With the reacquisition of defenseman Kyle Quincey from Tampa Bay on Tuesday, Holland corrected one of his few miscalculations. He...