Holland believes Yzerman is ready to be a GM

by Christy on Aug 21, 2008 2:43 PM CDT

According to the Sporting News Today, GM Ken Holland believes that former captain Steve Yzerman is ready to be a GM in the NHL.

“He’s probably getting to the point where he’s just about ready to run his own team,” Holland said. “He wanted to come in, spend some time and see how we do it.” …

There also have been some inquiries about assistant general manager Jim Nill. Holland says he has three years left on his contract.

“At some point in time, Jimmy wants to be a general manager,” Holland said. “I don’t think the timing has been right. I think he likes his role here, his responsibility.”

So let's say in three years, Holland and Nill's contracts expire. What do the Wings do?

The loss of either Nill or Holland would be hard to overcome for the team. Nill's involvement in the Wings' fantastic scouting program is the reason the Wings have been able to continually rebuild with low draft picks. However, I can't imagine Steve Yzerman leaving to be a GM at another franchise. So I have no idea how they are going to work that out.

What do you guys think the future holds for Detroit's management positions?

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Steve better come to Detroit.

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by Linix129 on Aug 21, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply actions

Keep him where he is at now if he wants to stay with Detroit. We need Holland and Nill…

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by Tony K on Aug 22, 2008 10:15 PM CDT reply actions

I agree Tony.

We definitely need Holland and Nill.

I don’t want Yzerman to leave because he’s the face of this franchise, but his loss would not have the negative impact in terms of management as the absence of Holland or Nill would.

I wonder if when Holland and Nill’s contracts expire in three years if Holland gets bumped up to President (a position with the Wings that does not currently exist), Nill to GM, and then Yzerman to Asst. GM or co-GM (like the Dallas Stars situtation). I guess we’ll just have to wait and see…

by Christy on Aug 23, 2008 11:23 AM CDT reply actions

Yzerman is gone. The Wings won’t keep him over Holland or Nill. It’s time for him to move on. He is not needed and he doesn’t belong here anymore. The best thing for both Yzerman and the Wings is for him to take a job elsewhere. The Wings have Lidstrom and Zetterberg and Datsyuk now, they don’t need Yzerman. His current job can be given to Lidstrom in a couple years when he retires.

by TheCaptain19 on Aug 25, 2008 3:06 PM CDT reply actions