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“He’s probably getting to the point where he’s just about ready to run his own team.” -Ken Holland on Steve Yzerman in Sporting News Today [link]

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Holland's head-scratchers
Published 8/21/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... 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." Bowman's defection to Chicago actually opens up a spot for Yzerman to take a more active role with the Wings' braintrust, and, as far as I know, Nill is well-paid and enjoys more responsibilities as the Wings' assistant GM than some full-fledged general managers do. Many thanks to Paul from Kukla's Korner for the link.

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