There’s been much speculation as to whether or not Ken Holland will return next season as the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings. He just achieved a career milestone on Feb. 2, passing Jack Adams as the winningest GM in Red Wings history, with his 914th victory. Holland has been around the block more than a few times when you start to look at the select few front office leaders around the league that have a comparable body of work to him—he’s been the Wings’ GM since 1997.
There was talk a couple of years ago about if he should receive an extension, and now here we are approaching the 2019 offseason with no sign from Chris Illitch if he will in fact return or not Adding fuel to the fire was Steve Yzerman’s sudden resignation from his GM duties with the Tampa Bay Lightning earlier this year.