We Have one Holl of a problem

[Holden Caufield]

Not too many problems in Red Wings land these days.
The wins keep stacking up and some younger players are earning bigger roles!

But there is one big problem. It will be interesting to see what happens here and how quick the team moves to address this.

It doesn’t take an advanced scout to realize Holl is struggling terribly. The average fans heart is skipping beats every time Holl gets a shift.

With Petry out long term , I don’t think a serious team can continue to have Holl in the lineup for the next 2 months.

Not to pile on the guy. But what is the solution here ? Anyone still think we can get away with trying to hide Him for 10 mins a game ?

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[Coach Reggie Dunlop]

He sucks. 7d next year and should be that this year. I’d like to see some griffins in his place for right now but I don’t think any of them are really ready to make that leap. Hoping we upgrade that at the deadline. If we could get a guy who could handle being the RD for that bottom pairing for the next couple years that would be ideal but unlikely to get that at the deadline.

 

[splot]

Not too many problems in Red Wings land these days.
The wins keep stacking up and some younger players are earning bigger roles!

But there is one big problem. It will be interesting to see what happens here and how quick the team moves to address this.

It doesn’t take an advanced scout to realize Holl is struggling terribly. The average fans heart is skipping beats every time Holl gets a shift.

With Petry out long term , I don’t think a serious team can continue to have Holl in the lineup for the next 2 months.

Not to pile on the guy. But what is the solution here ? Anyone still think we can get away with trying to hide Him for 10 mins a game ?

Most likely stuck with him for the rest of the season, but might be a buyout candidate for the next one.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

We must have a really good prospects to have so many plugs and continue to win lol. Holl is atrociously horrible.

 

[Reddwit]

This is the first time in my 30ish years of rabid Red Wings fandom where I’ve felt like upgrading our 6th defenseman was a necessity and not a luxury. He’s that bad.

 

[Coach Reggie Dunlop]

This is the first time in my 30ish years of rabid Red Wings fandom where I’ve felt like upgrading our 6th defenseman was a necessity and not a luxury. He’s that bad.

He’s genuinely one of the worst defenseman in the NHL. Getting a good 3rd pairing defenseman over him would do our team wonders.

 

[Holden Caufield]

I want to call up Buium and see what happens!

Always liked his skill set and he has that championship pedigre, so I don’t think the early call up will be too big for him.

Yzerman said Gus was originally slated to play the right side… So Buium being a lefty is not a dealbreaker.