freep.com
Jul 22, 2008
FREE PRESS STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES • July 22, 2008 The Hockey News' Jason Kay recently wrote about Ken Holland being named The Hockey News' executive of the year. Here's a portion of the story: Our executive of the year, Red Wings GM Ken Holland, is quick to reference some of his best decisions have been about team-building…in the front office. He is surrounded by an elite staff of advisors, including assistant GM Jim Nill, vice-presidents Jimmy Devellano and Steve Yzerman, consultant Scotty Bowman, Euro super-scout Hakan Andersson and an exceptional coach in Mike Babcock. And while our exec award takes into account both the regular season and playoffs, the roots of the honor snake down through several years of work; it’s not all about 2007-08. What makes the Wings’ achievements more remarkable is they’ve done it without the...
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