Confirmed Signing with Link: [DET] D Justin Holl signs with the Red Wings (3 years, $3.4M AAV)

[TheGreenTBer]

One of the happiest days as a leaf fan. Never wanted a player gone so bad. Him kerfoot the 2 most pathetic players I’ve seen in years. Sorry Detroit

Kerfoot was kind of just there most of the time imo.

Holl was a legitimately large negative impact because of how overplayed he was.

 

[ShelbyZ]

I don't like it... But bad contracts for defense don't really mean shit in Detroit considering they're building it entirely on prospects.

Detroit just looking for plugs while their prospects develop.

You can get "plugs" for like $775k on a one year.

If Holland signed this contract as Detroit GM, he'd be getting absolutely roasted right now.

 

[TMLegend]

Are you nuts?
He was on the ice for 73.7% of the goals against in the playoffs. He is awful.

Which is an extremely small sample size.

 

[Dotter]

Does he hit? Is he mean? That's what Detroit needs is toughness.

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

Johnson signed in Buffalo.

I know. So why not get him (before he signed), or Dumoulin, Graves, Hamonic, etc. There's no need to pay Holl 3.4 mil and give him 3 years for something you could do for much cheaper.

I'm just saying if the guy who signed this contract was Ken Holland, Detroit fans would be all over him. Stevie Y is untouchable though.

 

[Tatar Shots]

Detroit has a bunch of young LHD coming into the league the next two years. Holl could be a good guy for these kids to pair with while adapting to the league

 

[Legion34]

Does he hit? Is he mean? That's what Detroit needs is toughness.

Sweet Jesus no.

He got pumped by RNH

 

[Price is Wright]

Does he hit? Is he mean? That's what Detroit needs is toughness.

He sometimes hits. People are mean to him. You won't enjoy him.

 

[Funk21]

I could not be more happy about this.

This is our SC Parade. What is Yzerman thinking. My god the fact that I never have to see Holl in a TML jersey ever again brings tears of Joy to me.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Does he hit? Is he mean? That's what Detroit needs is toughness.

No and no. He got the shit beat out of him by the Nuge this year.

 

[Leafs87]

Pretty happy he’s not returning next year. The guy was a tool

 

[ClydeLee]

Aight I am convinced Stevie Y didn't build the bolts.

Who was the bolts' secret builder?

He had trash kine Corburn and Sutr for years when they needed to improve their bottom pairs. They were big blunders in the playoffs like Holl was for the Leafs too

 

[Leafs87]

No and no.

He got folded by RNH last year lmao

 

[Seider and Donuts]

You can get "plugs" for like $775k on a one year.

If Holland signed this contract as Detroit GM, he'd be getting absolutely roasted right now.

Yzerman's not getting roasted for this? Uhh...

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

The Wings make this move to hit the cap floor and finish out the roster. It's not a serious NHL move. Yzerman is going for an outright tank next year.

I don't understand what this ownership and management group is doing. Last year was the year to tank. Why do you sign Larkin to an 8 year deal and then immediately trade his best friend on the team and proceed to tank your draft, your offseason, and the next season.

This isn't Yzerman, this is ownership finally saying "yeah, we're a cap floor team, and as long as I make money off revenue sharing I'm fine with it".

 

[robertmac43]

Justin seems like a nice guy, the team loved him. Happy he gets his pay day but even happier it's with a division rival.

 

[AHLdepth]

I was literally just thinking about how today might be the most tempered, level headed opening day in forever, then boom ....

 

[dez]

Avoids body contact, soft stick checker, Schenn would of been perfect for this young Red Wings team, Yzerplan not going well.

 

[Go Wings]

Which is an extremely small sample size.

He played 8 playoff games, he didnt play more because the Leafs were trying to win. He was shit the previous year too. I have watched plenty of leafs hockey cause I enjoy watching them lose.

Justin Holl is a terrible defensemen.

 

[Gabe Kupari]

My question for Yzerman would be.

Stevie why?

 

[Pavels Dog]

I know. So why not get him (before he signed), or Dumoulin, Graves, Hamonic, etc. There's no need to pay Holl 3.4 mil and give him 3 years for something you could do for much cheaper.

I'm just saying if the guy who signed this contract was Ken Holland, Detroit fans would be all over him. Stevie Y is untouchable though.

Presumably Johnson is a human being who can choose where he signs and not just automatically go to Detroit if they want him. Might need to outbid Buffalo. He's also older.

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

SYs shine is diminishing

 

[Zur En Arrh]

Thank god!!!

 

[WarriorofTime]

Yikes. Wings rebuild has really gone off the rails last couple years. Condolences to wings fans.

 

[TJHaskell1988]

Does he hit? Is he mean? That's what Detroit needs is toughness.

He will throw a hit here and there, but he consistently gets out muscled in front of the net. That and he got beat up by Ryan Nugent Hopkins.. no toughness I'm afraid.