Category Archive for ‘Ken Holland’ at On the Wings

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4/9 Links

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on April 9, 2008

in Henrik Zetterberg, Hockey Bloggers, Hockey Media, Injuries, Ken Holland, Mike Babcock, Playoffs, Predators and Sergei Fedorov

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Update (3:53 PM): Bruce MacLeod provides some perspective here. - Matt

Update (12:29 PM): Over at the NHL Fanhouse, the gang has a roundtable on the Western Conference playoffs. - Matt

Update (12:15 PM): Here’s yesterday’s obligatory read, in case you missed it: Scotty Bowman’s Q&A with the fans on Slapshot. Be sure to check out George Malik’s question. - Matt

Update (10:55 AM): Dave of Gorilla Crouch has a look at the Wings’ faceoff trends against Nashville this season here. Direct link to his handy Google Spreadsheet on the topic here. - Matt

Preview coming. For now, some links:

… IwoCPO, who’s been a veritable posting machine the past couple days, has his first round predictions up at Abel to Yzerman.

He also appeared on the New York Times’ Slapshot blog here.

… Bruce Ciskie previewed the Wings/Predators series over at the NHL Fanhouse.

… For those fluent in Portuguese, Humberto Ferndandes has a preview of the series at Red Wings Brasil. Here’s a rough translation.

… One of the few Predator bloggers, PredJoe, has some comments on his team here. His outlook is positive.

… Most media are writing the Wings off, but James Mirtle is one journalist who isn’t. He has them going all the way.

So does the Denver Post’s Terry Frei.

… Ansar Khan “dispels” some myths about the Wings in his latest. It’s pretty basic stuff and what’s surprising is so much of the hockey media just doesn’t get it.

… The Wings have noticed the animosity coming out of the media and, predictably, they are less than appreciative. George Malik has a brief roundup here. Note McCarty’s quote especially.

… Malik also has a roundup of the latest injury updates.

… Did you know that Mike Babcock is on the hot seat? Neither did Ken Holland.

… The News’ Bob Wojnowski has a nice long piece on Henrik Zetterberg in today’s edition. The best part? Hank’s final quote:

“Hopefully, we can come to an agreement and I can stay here for a long time. I’ve noticed the last two years, when I’m in Sweden at the end of August, I really want to come back home. They take care of us here and we have a good team. It’s nice.”

… The Washington Post has a piece on former Red Wing Sergei Fedorov that’s worth reading. (via Abel to Yzerman)

… TSN has a new look, but still doesn’t have sport-specific RSS feeds. What’s that about? On the new look: it’s slick, but will take some getting used to.

… On a related note, the new NHL TV portal has launched. It looks good. The Hockey Show is on at 11:30 AM ET today.

Illitch, Nill, Holland, Devallano, Bowman interviewed

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Matt Saler

on October 2, 2007

in Jim Nill, Jimmy Devellano, Ken Holland, Mike Illitch, Scotty Bowman and The Team

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The Detroit News has a great interview (full transcript) with the Wings’ braintrust in today’s edition. There’s a lot of interesting stuff in there, but I thought I’d point out this part:

News: Last year in the playoffs, when it was hard to sell tickets, was that a red flag for you?

Ilitch: It meant to us, wake up. Wake up. In other words, the price is too high and they’re sick and tired of playing Nashville and Columbus and all those teams. And the exhibition games, getting charged for the exhibition games.

There’s such a thing as being over-focused on winning and maybe being a little out of touch with the fans.

There is evidence of change coming, from the $9 tickets to their recent open practices to this very interview. The team seems to be opening up and that’s great news for us fans. (via Abel to Yzerman)

The Hockey News on NHL General Managers

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Matt Saler

on March 7, 2007

in Hockey Bloggers, Hockey Media, Ken Holland and Links

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Ansar Khan posted the recent THN GM rankings on his blog today. Ken Holland is on the top, a placement with which I couldn’t agree more, though I am a bit biased. Seriously though, he’s done a pretty good job, right?

Khan also points out the Forbes ranking of all sports GMs, which has Holland last of all the NHL front office bosses (90th overall). I guess that’s another reason not to go to Forbes for hockey-related content.

James Mirtle has also posted on the THN feature.

I don’t have this week’s THN yet because they get delivered to school and I’m at home for “Spring Break.” (It snowed last night. Real spring-like.)

Wings give Ken Holland and Jim Nill 3-year Extensions

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Brian List

on September 29, 2006

in Jim Nill, Ken Holland and The Team

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It looks like the Red Wings organization is buying into the offseason “success” that Ken Holland had…I would’ve liked to see the Wings wait until the end of the ‘06-’07 season, and at that point either re-sign Holland or give Nill the GM position. We can’t expect Jim Nill to be assistant GM forever…

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Belfour in Detroit for Physical, Holland Considering the 41 Year Old

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Brian List

on July 5, 2006

in Ed Belfour and Ken Holland

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It looks like the Wings’ tactic of waiting out the free agency market has led to Ed Belfour becoming a leading option in net. Belfour, 41, was in Detroit today to undergo a physical, and the results of MRI’s on his knees and back will help Wings management with a decision. Belfour, who has a home in St. Clair, seems excited:

“I feel great, the rehab has gone real well. I’m very interested. I’ve always loved Detroit.”

Holland clarifies his interest level:

“Depending on his health, we have some interest. He feels pretty optimistic about his back. Our doctors are going to look over him, and we’ll make a decision in the next couple of days…When he’s healthy and at his best, he’s a top goaltender.”

Belfour was slated to make $4.5 million with Toronto next season, but was bought out so the Leafs could sign the younger, healthier goaltender in Andrew Raycroft, 26. The former Bruin was recently signed to a three year, $6 million deal, after the Leafs acquired him in a trade for goalie prospect Tuukka Rask.

It all makes me think, if Raycroft is good enough for the Leafs, why not for us? They aren’t paying him all that much, and it’s not like they traded away a top line player for him. We’d probably sign Belfour for around the salary Raycroft is getting, so I don’t see the point in investing in a 41 year old goaltender over a 26 year old one. I’d rather have Hasek back instead, almost, if it weren’t for the nature of his second stint here. Ken Holland has a lot of questions to answer. Maybe he’ll use his new “special assistant” in Steve Yzerman as a point man on the answering to growing fan uncertainty. A2Y has a good take on Holland.