KEN HOLLAND RUMORS & GOSSIP
Holland, Babcock and the Red Wings’ players discuss ‘rebuilding on the fly’
Over the course of the both the Red Wings-Ducks and Red Wings-Blackhawks series, Ken Holland and Mike Babcock's roles on Detroit's "rebuilding on the fly" season (which, as the Oakland Press's Pat Caputo noted this afternoon, does not involve tanking to be bad enough for long enough to stockpile high draft picks like the Blackhawks did), and with the Grand Rapids...
Yes, Wings coach Mike Babcock once asked Ken Holland if he could be Scotty Bowman’s successor
The Associated Press's Larry Lage examined the battle between the Chicago Blackhawks' and Detroit Red Wings' coaches, discussing Joel Quenneville's role in his Hawks' successes (despite being 0-and-5 against the Wings in the playoffs) and Mike Babcock's presence behind the Wings' bench, and in doing so, Lage related a story from Wings GM Ken Holland that...
Recipe for Game 6 success includes leadership
Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland has a playoff recipe for success that contains four ingredients.
Ingredient 1: Your best players have to be your best players.
In Game 6 vs. the Anaheim Ducks, Detroits top line of Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader scored all four goals and had seven points between them.
Ingredient 2: Your goalie must be great.
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After Detroit Red Wings Let Another Deadline Pass, Pressure is on Ken Holland to Perform Soon
After another trade deadline passed without a move getting done, Ken Holland needs to do more this offseason to shake up his roster and surround his stars like Henrik Zetterberg with more talent. (Tom Gromak, Flickr)
“We like our team. There’s not a deal out there which can make us better. We’ll get a lot of guys back from injury, which should help us moving forward.” ...
Red Wings GM Ken Holland tells Khan, Pleiness that trades are unlikely, offers injury updates
As you might expect, Red Wings GM Ken Holland gave MLive's Ansar Khan and the Macomb Daily's Chuck Pleiness a late-Tuesday-night interview, and as of the present moment, Holland told Khan that it's highly unlikely that the Wings will make a move at this point, though he and the Wings' management staff will remain bunkered down at the Joe for the next day...
“With...
Ken Holland discusses the Red Wings’ plans in a Wings-centric Hockey World
The Edmonton Journal's Jim Matheson dedicated the bulk of his "Hockey World" column and blog entries to the Red Wings this week, engaging in a fascinating interview with Wings GM Ken Holland about the possibility that Detroit might not make the playoffs for the 22nd straight season, and they talk about the Wings' unrestricted free agents-to-be, too.
Matheson believes...
DARN TECHNOLOGY
NHL GMs can't figure out how to work remote
Edmonton Oilers GM Steve Tambellini had some trouble using the remote control for the television in his executive suite at Joe Louis Arena during Saturday night's game against the Detroit Red Wings. Tambellini had so much trouble that he asked Red Wings GM Ken Holland for help, but Holland couldn't seem to get the television on the right channel either. That begs the...
How Could We Have Ever Doubted Him? Ken Holland Is Looking Like A Genius
Our faith was weak. We doubted him all summer long. We said, what the hell Kenny? What happened to that plan? When did it change from being an active player in the market to sitting on your ass? We were pissed.
We should have known better, but we are, alas, just mere fans.
Turns out, it’s looking like Holland was smarter than us and almost every...
Mark Spizzirri: Time for Plan B to be put into action by Ken Holland & the Red Wings
Where do Holland & Co. go from here?
Itâs not often the Detroit Red Wings get left at the altar, but that is what happened today when defenseman Ryan Suter decided to join fellow American Zach Parise and take their talents to Minneapolis-St. Paul to play for the Minnesota Wild.
In the end, criticism of the Red Wing management group should be minimal. Although they...
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