Bob Duff: Teammates believe Datsyuk's mind already made up His Detroit Red Wings teammates seemed resigned to the fact that they will no longer be playing alongside Pavel Datsyuk.

What a crappy situation for Kenny Holland to be in.

It's his own fault

they should trade his rights to the panthers. then he changes his mind and decides to come back and plays with Jagr...

It's his own fault
- Zmloste

theres tons of things i can point at and say kenny (frank)ed up, but Pav leaving isnt one of them, obviously had he known he wouldnt complete his contract he wouldnt have signed him to it

pav himself didnt know he wanted to leave when he signed last

Ericsson contract. Kenny's fault, abbys contract in a few years when its awful, we can say, kenny shouldnt have done that

but how can you blame him for pav wanting to retire?

theres tons of things i can point at and say kenny (frank)ed up, but Pav leaving isnt one of them, obviously had he known he wouldnt complete his contract he wouldnt have signed him to it

pav himself didnt know he wanted to leave when he signed last

Ericsson contract. Kenny's fault, abbys contract in a few years when its awful, we can say, kenny shouldnt have done that

but how can you blame him for pav wanting to retire?
- digitalbath

holland knows the risks of signing a +35 contract. He was willing to take the risk and may now have to deal with it.

If you’re blogger is right and deal is already in place, it doesn't seem like a big issue.

My guess is the trade will be structured similar to Horton for Clarskon; say to AZ for Michalek and Vermette.

theres tons of things i can point at and say kenny (frank)ed up, but Pav leaving isnt one of them, obviously had he known he wouldnt complete his contract he wouldnt have signed him to it

pav himself didnt know he wanted to leave when he signed last

Ericsson contract. Kenny's fault, abbys contract in a few years when its awful, we can say, kenny shouldnt have done that

but how can you blame him for pav wanting to retire?
- digitalbath[/quote


Ken Holland is the man at top of totem poll(minus illitches) therefore everything goes back to him as in any business]

Trade his rights (salary 5.5M) to the Coyotes for Michalek (salary 3.2M) or something. There are enough possibilites to find a deal with teams far off from the cap

Can his rights be traded? If he retires doesn't his cap recapture go against the team that he signed the contract with? And can he go play in Russia without retiring?

Can his rights be traded? If he retires doesn't his cap recapture go against the team that he signed the contract with? And can he go play in Russia without retiring?
- StammerScores

I dont think there's any agreement with the nhl and khl that would stop him from just jumping to another in a contract, especially when Holland said he's going to respect dats wishes

Can his rights be traded? If he retires doesn't his cap recapture go against the team that he signed the contract with? And can he go play in Russia without retiring?
- StammerScores

he can be traded, its ded cap space, and he idnt owed any actual money so it shouldnt be to hard to do

hes retiring from the NHL so he can play in KHL