The Legacy of Ken Holland

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I just thought it would be fun to list all the moves Holland has made while GM of the Red Wings. I'm not going to analyze or grade them but instead leave that up to all the amateur GMs here. He's had some excellent moves, but some awful ones as well. I'm not including draft picks since Jim Nill handles the draft and I'm not sure exactly when he took over that role from Holland. If someone knows specifically let me know and I can add in the drafts before that time.

I plan on keeping this updated as time goes on. I know I've missed some things so if you notice anything missing let me know so I can add it. Also if you have any contract details that I didn't include let me know and I'll add them.

Years begin on July 1st and end on June 30th.

Blue = Trade
Red = Player signing or waiver claim
Orange = Player lost to waivers/expansion/retirement
Green = Coach/Executive signing/firing
Purple = Player claimed off waiver

He became the GM on July 18, 1997.....

Year 1
7/18/97 - Re-signed Scotty Bowman, Barry Smith, and Dave Lewis to 2-year extensions
7/26/97 - Re-signed D Bob Rouse to 1-year contract
8/1/97 - Re-signed C Igor Larionov to 3-year contract
8/15/97 - Re-signed LW Joe Kocur to 1-year contract
8/18/97 - Traded G Mike Vernon + 1999 5th round pick (#149/Andrei Maximenko) to San Jose Sharks for 1998 2nd round pick (#41/Maxim Linnik) + 1999 2nd round pick (#47/Sheldon Keefe)
9/3/97 - Signed D Jon Coleman to 2-year contract
9/8/97 - Re-signed D Viacheslav Fetisov to 1-year contract
9/18/97 - Re-signed LW Vyacheslav Kozlov to 3-year contract
9/28/97 - Lost C Tim Taylor to Boston Bruins in waiver draft
1/7/98 - Re-signed RW Doug Brown to 3-year contract
2/26/98 - Matched offer sheet from Carolina Hurricanes for C Sergei Fedorov (6yr/38M)
3/13/98 - Re-signed D Larry Murphy to 3-year contract
3/20/98 - Signed G Aren Miller to 3-year contract
3/24/98 - Traded D Jamie Pushor + 1998 4th round pick (#112/Viktor Wallin) to Anaheim Mighty Ducks for D Dmitri Mironov
3/24/98 - Traded 1998 4th round pick (#87/Alexei Ponikarovsky) to Toronto Maple Leafs for D Jamie Macoun
6/1/98 - Signed D Jesse Wallin to 3-year contract
6/18/98 - Exercised team option on D Jamie Macoun
6/26/98 - Lost RW Doug Brown to Nashville Predators in expansion draft
6/27/98 - Traded 1998 2nd round pick (#41/Maxim Linnik) to St. Louis Blues for 1998 2nd round pick (#55/Ryan Barnes) + 1998 4th round pick (#111/Brent Hobday)

Year 2
7/6/98 - Signed D Uwe Krupp
7/14/98 - Traded C Petr Sykora + 1999 3rd round pick (#91/Mike Comrie) + 1999 4th round pick (#124/Alexandr Krevsun) to Nashville Predators for RW Doug Brown
7/17/98 - Promoted Jim Nill to Assistant General Manager
7/21/98 - Signed RW Barry Potomski
8/6/98 - Signed D Shane Hnidy
8/25/98 - Signed D Barry Dreger
9/11/98 - Re-signed D/RW Mathieu Dandenault to 3-year contract
9/11/98 - Re-signed LW Tomas Holmstrom to 3-year contract
9/12/98 - Signed G Ryan Bach to 1-year contract
10/1/98 - Traded RW Mike Knuble to New York Rangers for 2000 3rd round pick (#74/Igor Radulov)
10/5/98 - Lost C Brent Gilchrist to Tampa Bay Lightning in waiver draft
10/5/98 - Traded 1999 6th round pick (#181/Kent McDonell) to Tampa Bay Lightning for C Brent Gilchrist
10/9/98 - Traded future considerations to Anaheim Mighty Ducks for D Doug Houda
10/22/98 - Traded G Ryan Bach to Los Angeles Kings for 2000 6th round pick (#187/Par Backer)
12/30/98 - Claimed D Todd Gill off waivers from St. Louis Blues
3/23/99 - Traded future considerations for Tampa Bay Lighting for G Bill Ranford
3/23/99 - Traded D Anders Eriksson + 1999 1st round pick (#23/Steve McCarthy) + 2001 1st round pick (#29/Adam Munro) to Chicago Blackhawks for D Chris Chelios
3/23/99 - Traded 1999 2nd round pick (#59/David Inman) + 2000 3rd round pick (#74/Igor Radulov) to New York Rangers for D Ulf Samuelsson
3/23/99 - Traded G Kevin Hodson + 1999 2nd round pick (#47/Sheldon Keefe) to Tampa Bay Lightning for LW Wendel Clark + 1999 6th round pick (#181/Kent McDonell)
5/28/99 - Re-signed Scotty Bowman to 1-year contract
5/28/99 - Signed C Stacy Roest to 2-year contract
6/1/99 - Declined team option on LW Wendel Clark
6/25/99 - Lost G Norm Maracle to Atlanta Thrashers in expansion draft
6/25/99 - Traded D Ulf Samuelsson to Atlanta Thrashers for future considerations
6/26/99 - Traded 2000 5th round pick (#166/Nolan Schaefer) to San Jose Sharks for 1999 5th round pick (#149/Andrei Maximenko)

Year 3
7/7/99 - Re-signed LW Kirk Maltby to 4-year contract
7/9/99 - Signed G Ken Wregget to multiyear contract
7/15/99 - Signed G Manny Legace to multiyear contract
7/17/99 - Signed C Yuri Butsayev to 3-year contract
7/29/99 - Re-signed D Aaron Ward to 1-year contract
8/10/99 - Re-signed assistant coach Barry Smith to 2-year contract
8/10/99 - Re-signed assistant coach Dave Lewis to 2-year contract
8/20/99 - Re-signed D Nicklas Lidstrom to 3-year contract
9/3/99 - Signed D Steve Duchesne to 1-year contract
9/15/99 - Re-signed C Steve Yzerman to 3-year contract
9/21/99 - Signed LW Sean Avery to 3-year contract
9/29/99 - Signed D Jiri Fischer to 3-year contract
9/30/99 - Lost G Manny Legace to Vancouver Canucks on waivers
10/7/99 - Re-signed RW Darren McCarty to 3-year contract
10/13/99 - Claimed G Manny Legace off waivers from Vancouver Canucks
11/10/99 - Signed RW Pat Verbeek to 2-year contract
3/13/00 - Traded LW Philippe Audet to Phoenix Coyotes for D Todd Gill
6/23/00 - Lost C Darryl Laplante to Minnesota Wild in expansion draft
6/23/00 - Lost C Stacy Roest to Minnesota Wild in expansion draft
6/24/00 - Traded 2001 3rd round pick (#95/Patrick Sharp) to Nashville Predators for 2000 4th round pick (#102/Stefan Liv)
6/24/00 - Traded 2000 2nd round pick (#64/Filip Novak) + 2000 3rd round pick (#95/Dominic Moore) to New York Rangers for 2000 2nd round pick (#38/Tomas Kopecky)
6/25/00 - Traded D Shane Hnidy to Ottawa Senators for 2000 8th round pick (#251/Todd Jackson)
6/25/00 - Traded 2000 9th round pick (#292/Louis Mandeville) to Columbus Blue Jackets for 2002 9th round pick (#262/Christian Soderstrom)

Year 4
7/20/00 - Signed RW Steve Brule
8/17/00 - Traded RW Kent McDonell to Columbus Blue Jackets for 2003 6th round pick (#170/Andreas Sundin)
8/23/00 - Signed C Boyd Devereaux to 3yr/4.6M contract
9/18/00 - Signed C Jason Williams
12/28/00 - Traded D Yan Golubovsky to Florida Panthers for C Igor Larionov
5/24/01 - Signed D Fredrik Olausson to 1-year contract
6/7/01 - Re-signed coach Scotty Bowman to 1-year contract
6/24/01 - Traded 2001 5th round pick (#164/Yuri Trubachev) + 2001 7th round pick (#226/Pontus Petterstrom) to Calgary Flames for 2001 5th round pick (#157/Andreas Jamtin)
6/30/01 - Traded LW Vyacheslav Kozlov + 2002 1st round pick (#30/Jim Slater) to Buffalo Sabres for G Dominik Hasek

Year 5
7/5/01 - Signed LW Luc Robitaille to 2-year contract
7/9/01 - Traded D Aaron Ward to Carolina Hurricanes for 2002 2nd round pick (#58/Jiri Hudler)
8/22/01 - Signed RW Brett Hull
9/1/01 - Signed D Josh DeWolf
9/28/01 - Lost G Chris Osgood to New York Islanders in waiver draft
1/15/02 - Signed G Joey MacDonald
2/13/02 - Lost C Brent Gilchrist to Dallas Stars on waivers
3/19/02 - Traded C Yuri Butsayev + 2002 3rd round pick (#96/Jeff Genovy) to Atlanta Thrashers for D Jiri Slegr
5/16/02 - Signed C Henrik Zetterberg to 3-year contract
5/19/02 - Signed C Matt Ellis
6/22/02 - Traded 2003 3rd round pick (#98/Grigory Shafigulin) to Nashville Predators for 2002 3rd round pick (#95/Valtteri Filppula)

Year 6
7/2/02 - Signed G Curtis Joseph
7/3/02 - Re-signed D Chris Chelios to 2-year contract
7/11/02 - Re-signed D/RW Mathieu Dandenault to 1-year contract
7/16/02 - Signed D Dmitri Bykov to 1-year contract
7/16/02 - Promoted assistant trainer Piet Van Zant to head trainer
7/17/02 - Hired Dave Lewis as head coach
7/17/02 - Hired Joe Kocur as assistant coach
7/24/02 - Signed LW Derek King
7/24/02 - Signed LW Michel Picard
7/25/02 - Signed RW Darryl Bootland
8/1/02 - Re-signed C Igor Larionov to 1-year contract
8/5/02 - Signed LW Bryan Adams
8/5/02 - Signed D Ed Campbell
8/5/02 - Signed G Marc Lamothe
8/5/02 - Signed C Mark Mowers
8/5/02 - Signed D Patrick Boileau
8/12/02 - Signed D Danny Groulx
8/27/02 - Signed C Stacy Roest to 1-year contract
9/3/02 - Re-signed D Jiri Fischer to 2-year contract
9/13/02 - Re-signed RW Darren McCarty to 1-year contract
10/15/02 - Signed C Nate Robinson
11/16/02 - Traded future considerations to Buffalo Sabres for D Jason Woolley
12/13/02 - Re-signed LW Kirk Maltby to 4-year contract
3/11/03 - Traded LW Sean Avery + D Maxim Kuznetsov + 2003 1st round pick (#27/Jeff Tambellini) + 2004 2nd round pick (#64/Martins Karsums) to Los Angeles Kings for D Mathieu Schneider
3/28/03 - Re-signed RW Brett Hull to 1-year contract
5/5/03 - Declined team option on LW Luc Robitaille
6/26/03 - Re-signed C Pavel Datsyuk to 1-year contract
6/30/03 - Exercised team option on G Dominik Hasek

Year 7
7/1/03 - Re-signed RW Darren McCarty to 4-year contract
7/1/03 - Re-signed D Jason Woolley to 2-year contract
7/3/03 - Signed D Derian Hatcher to 5-year contract
7/7/03 - Signed C Jiri Hudler to 3-year contract
7/15/03 - Re-signed D/RW Mathieu Dandenault to 1-year contract
7/15/03 - Signed D Niklas Kronwall to 2-year contract
7/16/03 - Re-signed C Mark Mowers to 1-year contract
7/29/03 - Signed D Jamie Rivers to 1-year contract
7/29/03 - Signed LW Ray Whitney to 3-year contract
8/20/03 - Signed LW Ryan Barnes to 1-year contract
8/25/03 - Re-signed C Steve Yzerman to 1-year contract
8/27/03 - Signed RW Kevin Miller
11/5/03 - Signed RW Steve Thomas
2/27/04 - Traded RW Tomas Fleischmann + 2004 1st round pick (#29/Mike Green) + 2006 4th round pick (#122/Luke Lynes) to Washington Capitals for C Robert Lang

Year 8 (Lockout)
7/21/04 - Signed D Brett Lebda
7/21/04 - Signed D Bryan Helmer
7/21/04 - Signed C Eric Himelfarb
7/21/04 - Signed LW Eric Manlow
8/16/04 - Signed LW Pete Vandermeer

Year 9
7/7/05 - Fired head coach Dave Lewis
7/14/05 - Hired head coach Mike Babcock
7/26/05 - Lost RW Darren McCarty to contract buyout
7/26/05 - Lost D Derian Hatcher to contract buyout
7/26/05 - Lost LW Ray Whitney to contract buyout
7/29/05 - Fired associate coach Barry Smith
7/29/05 - Fired assistant coach Joe Kocur
7/29/05 - Signed D Kyle Quincey to 3-year contract
7/29/05 - Hired assistant coach Paul MacLean
7/29/05 - Signed C Ryan Oulahen to 3-year contract
8/2/05 - Re-signed C Steve Yzerman to 1-year contract
8/3/05 - Re-signed D Mathieu Schneider to 2-year contract
8/4/05 - Re-signed D Chris Chelios to 1-year contract
8/4/05 - Signed RW Johan Franzen to 1-year contract
8/8/05 - Signed G Chris Osgood to 1yr/900k contract
8/10/05 - Hired Dave Lewis as a scout
8/10/05 - Signed RW Tomas Kopecky to 1-year contract
8/12/05 - Signed RW Kent McDonell to 1-year contract
8/16/05 - Signed D Andy Delmore to 1-year contract
8/16/05 - Re-signed RW Darryl Bootland to 1-year contract
8/16/05 - Re-signed C Jason Williams to 1-year contract
8/19/05 - Signed C Valtteri Filppula to 3-year contract
8/24/05 - Signed D Andreas Lilja to 1-year contract
8/24/05 - Signed C Don MacLean to 1-year contract
8/24/05 - Re-signed C Matt Ellis to 2-year contract
8/25/05 - Signed G Jimmy Howard to 3-year contract
8/26/05 - Signed D Niklas Kronwall to 2-year contract
9/7/05 - Signed C Henrik Zetterberg to 4-year contract
9/17/05 - Signed RW Mikael Samuelsson to 1-year contract
9/26/05 - Re-signed C Pavel Datsyuk to 2yr/7.8M contract
10/2/05 - Waived D Andy Delmore
10/4/05 - Signed RW Daniel Cleary to 1-year contract
10/5/05 - Promoted Joe McDonnell to director of amateur scouting
10/8/05 - Re-signed D Jason Woolley to 1-year contract
3/9/06 - Traded D Jamie Rivers to Phoenix Coyotes for 2006 7th round pick (#191/Nick Oslund)
3/9/06 - Traded 2007 4th round pick (#118/Alex Grant) to Pittsburgh Penguins for D Cory Cross
3/25/06 - Re-signed RW Mikael Samuelsson to 3-year contract
4/18/06 - Re-signed D Andreas Lilja to 2-year contract
5/24/06 - Re-signed D Chris Chelios to 1-year contract
5/31/06 - Signed C Evan McGrath to 3-year contract
5/31/06 - Signed D Jonathan Ericsson to 2-year contract
5/31/06 - Signed G Stefan Liv to 1-year contract
6/24/06 - Traded 2006 1st round pick (#29/Chris Summers) + 2006 5th round pick (#152/Jordan Bendfeld) to Phoenix Coyotes for 2006 2nd round pick (#41/Cory Emmerton) + 2006 2nd round pick (#47/Shawn Matthias)
6/30/06 - Re-signed D Nicklas Lidstrom to 2-year contract

Year 10
7/1/06 - Re-signed G Chris Osgood to 2-year contract
7/10/06 - Re-signed RW Daniel Cleary to 2-year contract
7/11/06 - Re-signed D Brett Lebda to 4-year contract
7/13/06 - Signed D Dan Smith to 1-year contract
7/13/06 - Signed C Matt Hussey to 1-year contract
7/14/06 - Re-signed RW Darryl Bootland
7/14/06 - Re-signed C Jiri Hudler
7/15/06 - Signed C Krystofer Kolanos
7/17/06 - Re-signed RW Tomas Kopecky to 1-year contract
7/26/06 - Signed D Danny Markov to 1-year contract
7/26/06 - Re-signed C Jason Williams to 2-year contract
7/29/06 - Signed RW Josh Langfeld
7/31/06 - Signed G Dominik Hasek to 1-year contract
8/7/06 - Signed RW Brendan Brooks to 1-year contract
8/8/06 - Signed D Brad Norton
8/14/06 - Signed C Greg Johnson to 1-year contract
8/25/06 - Re-signed RW Johan Franzen to 3-year contract
9/7/06 - Hired Pat Verbeek as a professional scout
9/12/06 - Traded G Drew MacIntyre to Vancouver Canucks for future considerations
9/25/06 - Hired Steve Yzerman as VP
9/27/06 - Signed C Darren Helm to 3-year entry level contract
9/29/06 - Re-signed GM Ken Holland through 2010-11 season
9/29/06 - Re-signed assistant GM Jim Nill through 2010-11 season
10/11/06 - Hired Greg Johnson to player development staff
11/23/06 - Re-signed D Niklas Kronwall to 5yr/15M contract
2/17/07 - Re-signed LW Tomas Holmstrom to 3yr/6.75M contract
2/23/07 - Lost G Joey MacDonald to Boston Bruins on waivers
2/26/07 - Traded C Jason Williams to Chicago Blackhawks for LW Kyle Calder
2/27/07 - Traded C Shawn Matthias + 2007 2nd round pick (#58/Nick Spaling) to Florida Panthers for LW Todd Bertuzzi
3/19/07 - Re-signed RW Tomas Kopecky to 2-year contract
4/4/07 - Signed C Cory Emmerton to 3-year contract
4/6/07 - Signed C Pavel Datsyuk to 7yr/46.9M contract
4/12/07 - Signed LW Jan Mursak to 3-year contract
5/4/07 - Re-signed LW Kirk Maltby to 3-year contract
5/9/07 - Signed RW Igor Grigorenko to 1-year contract
6/1/07 - Signed LW Johan Ryno to 3-year contract
6/1/07 - Signed C Mattias Ritola to 1-year contract
6/12/07 - Re-signed D Chris Chelios to 1-year contract

Year 11
7/1/07 - Signed D Brian Rafalski to 6yr/30M contract
7/3/07 - Signed G Adam Berkhoel to 1-year contract
7/3/07 - Sgined D Brad Ference to 1-year contract
7/5/07 - Re-signed G Dominik Hasek to 1-year contract
7/5/07 - Re-signed C Jiri Hudler to 2-year contract
7/5/07 - Signed C Mark Cullen to 1-year contract
7/9/07 - Signed RW Dallas Drake to 1-year contract
7/16/07 - Signed RW Carl Corazzini to 1-year contract
7/16/07 - Signed D Garrett Stafford to 1-year contract
7/16/07 - Signed C Mark Hartigan to 1-year contract
7/16/07 - Re-signed C Matt Ellis to 2-year contract
7/16/07 - Signed RW Randall Gelech to 2-year contract
10/3/07 - Signed RW Aaron Downey to 1-year contract
10/26/07 - Re-signed C Kris Draper to 3yr/4.75M contract
12/10/07 - Promoted Ken Holland to executive VP and GM
12/10/07 - Promoted Jim Nill to VP and assistant GM
12/26/07 - Re-signed D Nicklas Lidstrom to 2yr/14.9M contract
1/9/08 - Re-signed G Chris Osgood to 3yr/4.25M contract
2/8/08 - Traded RW Brett Engelhardt to Montreal Canadiens for C Francis Lemieux
2/12/08 - Lost C Matt Ellis to Los Angeles Kings on waivers
2/25/08 - Signed RW Darren McCarty to 1-year contract
2/26/08 - Traded 2008 2nd round pick (#61/Peter Delmas) + 2009 4th round pick (#119/Ben Chiarot) to Los Angeles Kings for D Brad Stuart
3/11/08 - Re-signed RW Daniel Cleary to 5yr/14M contract
4/3/08 - Signed LW Justin Abdelkader to 3-year entry level contract
4/15/08 - Signed LW Jamie Tardif to 2-year contract
5/9/08 - Signed G Daniel Larsson to 2-year entry level contract
5/10/08 - Signed LW Ville Leino to 1-year entry level contract
5/24/08 - Signed LW Dick Axelsson to 3-year entry level contract
5/24/08 - Signed D Logan Pyett to 3-year entry level contract
6/11/08 - Re-signed coach Mike Babcock to 3yr/4.5M contract
6/25/08 - Signed D Sergei Kolosov to 2-year entry level contract
6/30/08 - Re-signed D Andreas Lilja to 2yr/2.5M contract

Year 12
7/1/08 - Re-signed D Brad Stuart to 4yr/15M contract
7/1/08 - Signed G Ty Conklin to 1-year contract
7/2/08 - Signed RW Marian Hossa to 1-year contract
7/21/08 - Re-signed G Jimmy Howard to 3yr/2.15M contract
7/21/08 - Re-signed D Jonathan Ericsson to 3yr/2.7M contract
7/23/08 - Re-signed C Ryan Oulahen to 1-year contract
7/23/08 - Signed RW Darren Haydar to 1-year contract
7/30/08 - Signed C Valtteri Filppula to 5yr/15M contract
8/4/08 - Re-signed assistant coach Paul MacLean to 3-year contract
8/4/08 - Hired Brad McCrimmon as assistant coach to 3-year contract
8/4/08 - Hired Keith McKittrick as video coach to 2-year contract
8/20/08 - Re-signed RW Aaron Downey to 1-year contract
9/9/08 - Re-signed D Chris Chelios to 1-year contract
9/9/08 - Re-signed D Kyle Quincey to 2-year contract
9/17/08 - Re-signed RW Darren McCarty to 1-year two-way contract
9/30/08 - Signed LW Brent Raedeke to 3-year entry level contract
9/30/08 - Signed D Brian Lashoff to 3-year entry level contract
10/3/08 - Signed G Thomas McCollum to 3-year entry level contract
10/13/08 - Lost D Kyle Quincey to Los Angeles Kings on waivers
1/28/09 - Signed C Henrik Zetterberg to 12yr/73M contract extension
3/30/09 - Signed D Sebastien Piche to a 3-year entry level contract
4/6/09 - Signed RW Francis Pare to a 2-year entry level contract
4/10/09 - Signed G Jordan Pearce to a 2-year entry level contract
4/11/09 - Signed C Johan Franzen to 11yr/43M contract extension
6/24/09 - Traded 2009 1st round pick (#29/Carter Ashton) to Tampa Bay Lightning for 2009 2nd round pick (#32/Landon Ferraro) + 2009 3rd round pick (#75/Andrej Nestrasil)

Year 13
7/6/09 - Re-signed LW Ville Leino to a 2yr/1.6M contract extension
7/7/09 - Signed C Kris Newbury to a 1yr/500k two-way contract
7/7/09 - Signed RW Jeremy Williams to a 1yr/500k two-way contract
7/7/09 - Signed D Travis Ehrhardt to a 3-year entry level contract
7/8/09 - Signed D Doug Janik to a 1yr/500k two-way contact
7/22/09 - Signed C Evan McGrath to a 1yr/500k two-way contact
7/22/09 - Signed C Ryan Oulahen to a 1yr/500k two-way contact
7/28/09 - Signed D Andy Delmore to a 1yr/500k two-way contract
8/4/09 - Signed RW Patrick Eaves to a 1yr/500k contract
8/6/09 - Signed C Jason Williams to a 1yr/1.5M contact
8/18/09 - Signed LW Todd Bertuzzi to a 1yr/1.5M contact
9/18/09 - Signed LW Tomas Tatar to a 3-year entry level contract
9/18/09 - Signed RW Willie Coetzee to a 3-year entry level contract
10/8/09 - Signed LW Brad May to a 1yr/500k contact
11/11/09 - Claimed LW Drew Miller off waivers from Tampa Bay Lighting
12/7/09 - RW Darren McCarty retires
2/6/10 - Traded LW Ville Leino to Philadelphia Flyers for D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen + 2011 5th round pick (#145/Mattias Backman)
3/3/10 - Traded C Kris Newbury to New York Rangers for LW Jordan Owens
3/3/10 - Traded D Andy Delmore to Calgary Flames for RW Riley Armstrong
4/13/10 - Signed C Joakim Andersson to a 3-year entry level contract
5/14/10 - Signed RW Mitchell Callahan to a 3-year entry level contract
5/19/10 - Re-signed C Mattias Ritola to a 3yr/1.55M contract (1st year two-way)
5/27/10 - Signed D Brendan Smith to a 3-year entry level contract
6/1/10 - Re-signed D Nicklas Lidstrom to a 1yr/6.2M contract
6/4/10 - Re-signed RW Tomas Holmstrom to a 2yr/3.75M contract
6/10/10 - Re-signed D Doug Janik to a 2yr/1.025M contract (1st year two-way)
6/16/10 - Ken Holland signs a 5-year contract extension
6/16/10 - Re-signed assistant GM Jim Nill to a 5-year contract
6/16/10 - Signed C Ilari Filppula to a 1yr/500k two-way contract
6/16/10 - Re-signed LW Todd Bertuzzi to a 2yr/3.875M contract

Year 14
7/2/10 - Signed C Chris Minard to a 2yr/1.05M two-way contract
7/2/10 - Signed C Jamie Johnson to a 2yr/1M two-way contract
7/2/10 - Signed G Joey MacDonald to a 1yr/550k two-way contract
7/6/10 - Re-signed RW Drew Miller to a 1yr/650k contract
7/7/10 - Re-signed RW Patrick Eaves to a 1yr/750k contract
7/14/10 - Re-signed D Sergei Kolosov to a 1yr/500k two-way contract
7/15/10 - Re-signed D Derek Meech to a 1yr/500k contract
8/4/10 - Signed C Mike Modano to a 1yr/1.25M + 500k performance bonus contract
8/4/10 - Re-signed C Darren Helm to a 2yr/1.825M contract
8/9/10 - Signed D Ruslan Salei to a 1yr/750k + 350k performance bonus contract
8/13/10 - Re-signed RW Jamie Tardif to a 1yr/550k two-way contract
8/23/10 - Re-signed C Justin Abdelkader to a 2yr/1.575M contract
8/31/10 - Hired Chris Chelios as adviser to hockey operations
9/8/10 - Re-signed LW Kirk Maltby to a 1yr/525k two-way contract
9/23/10 - Signed RW Trevor Parkes to a 3-year entry level contract
10/4/10 - Lost C Mattias Ritola to Tampa Bay Lightning on waivers
10/11/10 - Re-signed head coach Mike Babcock to a 4-year contract
10/12/10 - LW Kirk Maltby retires
10/12/10 - Hired Kirk Maltby as a professional scout
11/2/10 - Signed C Landon Ferraro to a 3-year entry level contract
11/9/10 - Signed C Louis-Marc Aubry to a 3-year entry level contract
11/29/10 - Signed D Gleason Fournier to a 3-year entry level contract
1/21/11 - Signed G Evgeni Nabokov to a 1yr/570k contract with NMC
1/22/11 - Lost G Evgeni Nabokov to New York Islanders on waivers
2/18/11 - Re-signed LW Jan Mursak to a 2yr/1.1M contract
2/28/11 - Re-signed G Jimmy Howard to a 2yr/4.5M contract
3/25/11 - Signed C Gustav Nyquist to a 2-year entry level contract
5/19/10 - Assistant coach Brad McCrimmon resigns
5/25/11 - D Brian Rafalski retires
5/27/11 - Signed D Adam Almqvist to a 3-year entry level contract
5/31/11 - Signed RW Andrej Nestrasil to a 3-year entry level contract
6/20/11 - Re-signed D Nicklas Lidstrom to a 1yr/6.2M contract
6/24/11 - Traded 2011 1st round pick (#24/Matt Puempel) to Ottawa Senators for 2011 2nd round pick (#35/Tomas Jurco) + 2011 2nd round pick (#48/Xavier Ouellet)
6/30/11 - Re-signed D Jonathan Ericsson to a 3yr/9.75M contract

Year 15
7/1/11 - Re-signed LW Drew Miller to a 2yr/1.675M contract
7/1/11 - Re-signed RW Patrick Eaves to a 3yr/3.6M contract
7/1/11 - Signed D Mike Commodore to a 1yr/1M contract
7/2/11 - Signed D Ian White to a 2yr/5.75M contract
7/2/11 - Re-signed D Logan Pyett to a 1yr/525k two-way contract
7/5/11 - Signed D Garnet Exelby to a 1yr/600k two-way contract
7/7/11 - Signed RW Chris Conner to a 1yr/550k two-way contract
7/8/11 - Hired assistant coach Bill Peters to a 3-year contract
7/8/11 - Hired assistant coach Jeff Blashill to a 3-year contract
7/11/11 - Re-signed G Joey MacDonald to a 2yr/1.1M contract (1st year two-way)
7/19/11 - Hired Chris Osgood as goaltending consultant
7/20/11 - Signed G Ty Conklin to a 1yr/750k contract
7/21/11 - Re-signed G Jordan Pearce to a 2yr/1.05M two-way contract
7/25/11 - C Kris Draper retires
7/25/11 - Hired Kris Draper as a Special Assistant to General Manager
7/27/11 - Re-signed RW Francis Pare to a 2yr/1.115M two-way contract
10/2/11 - Signed LW Fabian Brunnstrom to a 1yr/600k two-way contract
10/19/11 - Signed G Petr Mrazek to a 3-year entry level contract
10/31/11 - Re-signed D Niklas Kronwall to a 7yr/33.25M contract with NTC
2/21/12 - Traded D Sebastien Piche + 2012 1st round pick (#19/Andrey Vasilevskiy) to Tampa Bay Lightning for D Kyle Quincey
2/22/12 - Re-signed RW Todd Bertuzzi to a 2yr/4.15M contract with modified NTC
2/27/12 - Traded D Mike Commodore to Tampa Bay Lightning for conditional 2013 7th round pick (conditions not met)
3/25/12 - Signed D Ryan Sproul to a 3-year entry level contract
3/25/12 - Signed D Xavier Ouellet to a 3-year entry level contract
4/5/12 - Signed C Riley Sheahan to a 3-year entry level contract
5/29/12 - Signed LW Teemu Pulkkinen to a 3-year entry level contract
5/30/12 - Signed C Calle Jarnkrok to a 3-year entry level contract
5/31/12 - D Nicklas Lidstrom retires
6/10/12 - Traded rights for D Brad Stuart to San Jose Sharks for C Andrew Murray + 2014 7th round pick (?/?)
6/19/12 - Re-signed C Darren Helm to a 4yr/8.5M contract
6/22/12 - Signed RW Damien Brunner to a 1-year entry level contract

Year 16 (Lockout)
7/1/12 - Signed G Jonas Gustavsson to a 2yr/3M contract with modified NTC
7/1/12 - Signed RW Jordin Tootoo to a 3yr/5.7M contract
7/1/12 - Signed RW Mikael Samuelsson to a 2yr/6M contract with NTC
7/2/12 - Signed LW Marek Tvrdon to a 3-year entry level contract
7/3/12 - Signed D Max Nicastro to a 2-year entry level contract
7/5/12 - Hired assistant coach Tom Renney to a 3-year contract
7/8/12 - Hired Nicklas Lidstrom as scout
7/18/12 - Re-signed D Kyle Quincey to a 2yr/7.55M contract
7/31/12 - Signed RW Martin Frk to a 3-year entry level contract
8/6/12 - Signed LW Tomas Jurco to a 3-year entry level contract
9/13/12 - Signed D Carlo Colaiacovo to a 2yr/5M contract
9/14/12 - Re-signed LW Justin Abdelkader to a 4yr/7.2M contract
1/22/13 - Signed D Kent Huskins to a 1yr/750k contract
2/11/13 - Lost G Joey MacDonald to Calgary Flames on waivers
2/25/13 - Re-signed D Brian Lashoff to a 3yr/2.175M contract
3/29/13 - Signed D Danny DeKeyser to a 2yr/2.7M entry level contract
3/30/13 - Traded D Kent Huskins to Philadelphia Flyers for conditional 2014 7th round pick (conditions not met)
4/3/13 - Signed G Jared Coreau to a 3-year entry level contract
4/5/13 - Signed D Richard Nedomlel to a 3-year entry level contract
4/11/13 - Re-signed G Jimmy Howard to a 6yr/31.75M contract w/NMC (through 2014-15) and partial NTC (through 2017-18)
4/29/13 - Lost assistant GM Jim Nill to Dallas Stars
5/2/13 - Signed D Nick Jensen to a 2-year entry level contract
5/22/13 - Signed D Mattias Backman to a 3-year entry level contract
5/30/13 - Signed D Alexei Marchenko to a 3-year entry level contract
6/14/13 - Re-signed LW Drew Miller to a 3yr/4.05M contract
6/18/13 - Re-signed C Pavel Datsyuk to a 3yr/22.5M contract extension w/NMC
6/28/13 - Re-signed D Jakub Kindl to a 4yr/9.6M contract
6/30/13 - Traded 2013 1st round pick (#18/Mirco Mueller) to San Jose Sharks for 2013 1st round pick (#20/Anthony Mantha) + 2013 2nd round pick (#58/Tyler Bertuzzi)

Year 17
7/4/13 - Lost D Carlo Colaiacovo to contract buyout
7/5/13 - Signed RW Luke Glendening to a 1-year entry level contract
7/5/13 - Signed RW Daniel Alfredsson to a 1yr/5.5M contract w/NMC
7/5/13 - Signed C Stephen Weiss to a 5yr/24.5M contract w/NMC and partial NTC (details unknown)
7/15/13 - Re-signed D Brendan Smith to a 2yr/2.525M contract
8/6/13 - Re-signed C Joakim Andersson to a 2yr/1.465M contract
8/6/13 - Lost director of amateur scouting Joe McDonnell to Dallas Stars
8/6/13 - Lost scout Mark Leach to Dallas Stars
8/11/13 - Hired Tyler Wright as director of amateur scouting
8/11/13 - Hired Andrew Dickson as scout
8/11/13 - Promoted Jeff Finley to chief amateur scout
8/11/13 - Hired Kelly Harper as part-time scout
8/20/13 - Re-signed LW Gustav Nyquist to a 2yr/1.9M contract
10/12/13 - Re-signed LW Daniel Cleary to a 1yr/1.75M contract
10/12/13 - Signed RW Anthony Mantha to a three-year entry-level contract
11/27/13 - Re-signed D Jonathan Ericsson to a 6yr/25.5M contract
3/05/14 - Traded RW Patrick Eaves, C Calle Jarnkrok and a conditional 2014 third-round draft pick to Nashville for C David Legwand
03/18/14 - Signed LW Colin Campbell to a two-year, entry-level contract.

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[Top Shelfer]

2008 is when Kenny lost his touch with that gross Mule resigning to lifetime contract. good for Mule (who I like as a player and as a Instagram legend).
Notice Nill traded with Boston to get Tyler Seguin! Nill could be our GM right now if Illich wasn't spending all his time on face lifts.

 

[Dotter]

2008 is when Kenny lost his touch with that gross Mule resigning to lifetime contract. good for Mule (who I like as a player and as a Instagram legend).
Notice Nill traded with Boston to get Tyler Seguin! Nill could be our GM right now if Illich wasn't spending all his time on face lifts.

Notice how Boston is in our division, and Dallas is out west?

Thanks FissionFire for putting this together. It was a lot of work, I bet. I read through it and noticed Scotty Bowman or Steve Yzerman's departure wasn't listed. Maybe it was because they left after their contract expired with the DRWs?

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Notice how Boston is in our division, and Dallas is out west?

Thanks FissionFire for putting this together. It was a lot of work, I bet. I read through it and noticed Scotty Bowman or Steve Yzerman's departure wasn't listed. Maybe it was because they left after their contract expired with the DRWs?

Divisions don't matter, teams trade in them all the time.

 

[FissionFire]

Notice how Boston is in our division, and Dallas is out west?

Thanks FissionFire for putting this together. It was a lot of work, I bet. I read through it and noticed Scotty Bowman or Steve Yzerman's departure wasn't listed. Maybe it was because they left after their contract expired with the DRWs?

Thanks! It's still a work in progress and I haven't had a chance to update it in quite some time since my laptop is kaput. I didn't list Bowman leaving as a coach since he retired. I could definitely add him however. Generally front office personnel and scouting moves are a bit harder to find info on so if you see anything I miss definitely point it out and I'll add it ASAP. Thanks for the feedback!

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

March 1 2015
Eric Cole and a conditional 3rd round pick for Mattias Backman, Mattias Janmark-Nylen, and a 2015 2nd round pick

March 1 2015
Marek Zidlicky for a conditional 2016 3rd pick.
June 15 2015
Red Wings sign Axel Holmstrom to ELC
June 26 2015
Red Wings re-sign Joakim Andersson to a one year contract.
June 30 2015
Red Wings re-sign Brendan Smith to a two year contract.
June 30 2015
Red Wings buy out Stephen Weiss' contract.
July 1 2015
Red Wings re-sign Andy Miele to a one year contract
July 1 2015
Red Wings sign Mike Green to a three year contract
July 1 2015
Red Wings re-sign Thomas McCollum to a one year contract.
July 1 2015
Red Wings sign Brad Richards to a one year contract.
July 2 2015
Red Wings sign Vili Saarijarvi to ELC.
July 5 2015
Red Wings re-sign Landon Ferraro to a one year deal.
July 8 2015
Red Wings sign Eric Tangradi to a one year deal.
July 9 2015
Red Wings re-sign Jared Coreau to a one year contract.
July 10 2015
Red Wings re-sign Gustav Nyquist to a 4 year extension.
July 13 2015
Red Wings re-sign Mitch Callahan to a 1 year contract.
July 15 2015
Red Wings re-sign Nick Jensen to a 1 year contract
July 15 2015
Red Wings re-sign Louis-Marc Aubry to a one year deal.
July 21 2015
Red Wings sign Teemu Pulkkinen to a one year contract.
July 24 2015
Red Wings re-sign Tomas Jurco to a two year extension.
August 16 2015
Red Wings sign Robbie Russo to a 2 year deal.
September 4 2015
Red Wings re-sign Dan Cleary to a one year deal.
October 2 2015
Red Wings sign Evgeni Svechnikov to his entry level 3 year deal.
November 12 2015
Red Wings extend Justin Abdelkader to a 7 year contract worth 4.25 per year.
November 16 2015

Red Wings extend Xavier Ouellet to a 1 year extension.
November 21 2015
Red Wings waive Landon Ferraro; Picked up by Boston Bruins


Here's a few.

 

[FlashyG]

Divisions don't matter, teams trade in them all the time.

They occasionally trade picks, prospects or spare parts.

They don't however trade #1 centers to division rivals.

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

They occasionally trade picks, prospects or spare parts.

They don't however trade #1 centers to division rivals.

Maybe my timeline is off, but weren't we still in the central when that trade was made?

 

[FlashyG]

I don't recall if they had moved yet, but it had already been announced and Boston was well aware that the Wings would be in their division going forward.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

They occasionally trade picks, prospects or spare parts.

They don't however trade #1 centers to division rivals.

Kesler isn't a #1 center but he certainly is a great one. But yet Vancouver still wants to win the cup somehow. Chicago traded Sharp to Dallas. Hes old and not as great as he used to be. But thats still a good/great player in Division.

 

[FlashyG]

Kesler isn't a #1 center but he certainly is a great one. But yet Vancouver still wants to win the cup somehow. Chicago traded Sharp to Dallas. Hes old and not as great as he used to be. But thats still a good/great player in Division.

I'm pretty sure Kesler had a NTC clause that limited where Vancouver could send him and Sharp was traded out of necessity to get under the cap so they too had little choice in where to send him.

The only way the Wings would have had any shot at Seguin would have been by offering a deal Boston couldn't say no to. It certainly wouldn't be anywhere near what Dallas got him for.

 

[Dotter]

They occasionally trade picks, prospects or spare parts.

They don't however trade #1 centers to division rivals.

But Jim Nill can part seas with his jedi mind while shooting fire out his arse

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

I'm pretty sure Kesler had a NTC clause that limited where Vancouver could send him and Sharp was traded out of necessity to get under the cap so they too had little choice in where to send him.

The only way the Wings would have had any shot at Seguin would have been by offering a deal Boston couldn't say no to. It certainly wouldn't be anywhere near what Dallas got him for.

Even at the time, the consensus here was we didn't have the assets to trade for Seguin. Eriksson was a Selke calibre, 70 point winger, we didn't have anything resembling that.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

I'm pretty sure Kesler had a NTC clause that limited where Vancouver could send him and Sharp was traded out of necessity to get under the cap so they too had little choice in where to send him.

The only way the Wings would have had any shot at Seguin would have been by offering a deal Boston couldn't say no to. It certainly wouldn't be anywhere near what Dallas got him for.

only cause sweeney wasnt there

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

only cause sweeney wasnt there

He was there, he's their assistant GM. He apparently was pretty terrible at that too.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

He was there, he's their assistant GM. He apparently was pretty terrible at that too.

but the assistant gm dont make no trades.

Young elite dman (at the time anyway, he will be in the future but things can happen i suppose) for draft picks


I bet we get seguin for pennies had he been the gm

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

but the assistant gm dont make no trades.

Young elite dman (at the time anyway, he will be in the future but things can happen i suppose) for draft picks


I bet we get seguin for pennies had he been the gm

I remember in the midst of all the trades he made over the summer, Boston fans said he was responsible for a really bad trade/signing(I don't remember which) as an assistant GM. As in, he really pushed Chiarelli to make it. I don't think it was the Seguin trade, but it was something.

 

[Classicnamesup]

6/24/09 - Traded 2009 1st round pick (#29/Ashton Carter) to Tampa Bay Lightning for 2009 2nd round pick (#32/Landon Ferraro) + 2009 3rd round pick (#75/Andrej Nestrasil)

Just a minor thing but his name is Carter Ashton.

This is a great list, thanks for compiling. You can see whee the big mistakes are, he went from signing players 2-3 years to handing out very long term contracts and then widening the range of who gets these contracts. Ericsson for 6 years? Abdelkader for 7?!

Only players who deserve this kind of term are the absolute top guys, Kronwall, Dats, Z, Lids, etc. Franzen I can forgive because, while a hilariously obvious cap circumvention, the cap hit was low and since he is injured he isn't hurting us. If he wasn't injured and he couldn't score, then we would be in **** with it. Plus of course it was made when these cap circumventions were a good move.

And of course letting Hossa walk which directly led to our rival winning 3 cups in the last 5 years.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Franzen was a beast. So holland flipped a coin

 

[PullHard]

Most of the years posted so far in the OP (up to year 17) look anywhere from "Hey, that's a pretty nice season, all things considered!" to "Oh my God I love you Ken Holland!!!"

Then you get to years 15, 16, 17 and what is left of your hair falls out

 

[Dotter]

Most of the years posted so far in the OP (up to year 17) look anywhere from "Hey, that's a pretty nice season, all things considered!" to "Oh my God I love you Ken Holland!!!"

Then you get to years 15, 16, 17 and what is left of your hair falls out

Which can be explained by lack of ELC top talent/stars, aging star players skating on one leg and no top 10 draft picks and no top dmen due to not having top 10 draft picks...

People complain about certain contracts, but not one contract held the team back from getting anyone they wanted. While Mike Illitch wanted Ryan Suter, he didn't seem too interested in giving Parise a blank check and probably wouldn't have offered Suter too much more than what he got. Wings were used to up Suter's bid in Minny, he had no intentions of coming here. He wanted to play with his butt buddy.

The past 3 years is less about Ken Holland doing a subpar job, but more to do with being too good for too long along with parity in the league with cap restrictions. It's becoming clear to be a top tier contender in the Nu:NHL a team needs to tank, stock pile top 5 picks and build a young core, along with having tons of scoring and defensive depth on ELC mixed in with a few veterans for leadership.

Drafting is key. Wings scouts have whiffed out on too many top tier dman. If that falls on Kenny, I don't know. He sends out his scouts and they return to him with what they find. Are these scouts too simple-minded to find good defensman? I'm leaning towards yes. I would like Ken Holland to start poaching Nashville's scouts... but I am too simple-minded to know the rules, policies, and repercussions of doing that. It might be a big no-no in the league. I don't know. But it is clear to me that Nashville have a winning formula to finding top defensemen in later rounds. On the flip side, Nashville are subpar at finding top centers.

 

[Henkka]

Poile has always been good finding defencmen. Also at his Washington days.

Holland has turned our drafting nicely around letting Jim Nill and Joe McDonell walk and aquiring Tyler Wright. Phenomenal difference since day 1.

Our North American drafting/developing was abysmal under Nill's tenure. All current core is basicly HÃ¥kan Andersson's European steals from last 2 decades.

Now Wright has changed all and NA looks to be again our strong area. At least for forwards. Tough to say about defencemen yet. It takes so much time.

 

[PullHard]

Which can be explained by lack of ELC top talent/stars, aging star players skating on one leg and no top 10 draft picks and no top dmen due to not having top 10 draft picks...

People complain about certain contracts, but not one contract held the team back from getting anyone they wanted. While Mike Illitch wanted Ryan Suter, he didn't seem too interested in giving Parise a blank check and probably wouldn't have offered Suter too much more than what he got. Wings were used to up Suter's bid in Minny, he had no intentions of coming here. He wanted to play with his butt buddy.

The past 3 years is less about Ken Holland doing a subpar job, but more to do with being too good for too long along with parity in the league with cap restrictions. It's becoming clear to be a top tier contender in the Nu:NHL a team needs to tank, stock pile top 5 picks and build a young core, along with having tons of scoring and defensive depth on ELC mixed in with a few veterans for leadership.

Drafting is key. Wings scouts have whiffed out on too many top tier dman. If that falls on Kenny, I don't know. He sends out his scouts and they return to him with what they find. Are these scouts too simple-minded to find good defensman? I'm leaning towards yes. I would like Ken Holland to start poaching Nashville's scouts... but I am too simple-minded to know the rules, policies, and repercussions of doing that. It might be a big no-no in the league. I don't know. But it is clear to me that Nashville have a winning formula to finding top defensemen in later rounds. On the flip side, Nashville are subpar at finding top centers.

I don't think Holland has done a "bad" job, I just wish he was a little less rigid in how he operated

Trying something new would be cool, like trading a roster player (???)

I often joke with my friends irl that if Andrew Brunette had signed with Detroit instead of Chicago a few years ago, he would probably still be a Wing. Holland is loyal to a fault, and it is a good problem to have as a fan as it is good for your GM to be a good character guy, but rather than make a few moves to accommodate a new player, like say playing hardball with Abby, letting Miller, Helm, Quincey walk this offseason, etc. and make a competitive offer for Byfuglien and get creative filling in any holes on the 4th line/ 3rd pair, I'd wager he brings back at least some of those guys and give Byfuglien a terrible offer on July 1st which he obviously declines.

For example: when Stralman hit UFA it was reported that Holland offered him a 2 or 3 year offer IIRC, while Stralman wanted term because of his situation in the NHL. Rather than be competitive and clearing a roster spot and/or cap space by trading Kindl for anything, he gave him a whimper of an offer. Now Stralman is a 1st pairing D on the team that just went to the finals and we have Quincey

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Most of the years posted so far in the OP (up to year 17) look anywhere from "Hey, that's a pretty nice season, all things considered!" to "Oh my God I love you Ken Holland!!!"

Then you get to years 15, 16, 17 and what is left of your hair falls out

That's a great way to put it.

Holland deserves a massive amount of credit and thanks for the success of the Wings over the last 18 years. But it seems like he's had as many missteps in just the last few seasons as he did all the years before it combined.

The Red Wings are no longer a well-oiled machine that only requires subtle tweaking, and Holland seems reluctant to change his conservative style in making changes.

 

[Retire91]

That's a great way to put it.

Holland deserves a massive amount of credit and thanks for the success of the Wings over the last 18 years. But it seems like he's had as many missteps in just the last few seasons as he did all the years before it combined.

The Red Wings are no longer a well-oiled machine that only requires subtle tweaking, and Holland seems reluctant to change his conservative style in making changes.

It was a nice way to sum it up in a sentence. Who in this city doesn't love Holland for what he brought to the team. Not sure if he is the right guy for a rebuild though looks like we'll get to see.

LOL I love the crying faces on the Abby contract. Holly crap I can't believe that guy is here this plus 7 more seasons.