Ken Holland just traded Calle Jarnkrok, who is this: (according to elite prospects.com)
"A very skilled center that will get the job done on the wing as well. Järnkrok's main asset is his outstanding hockey sense, which allows him to be the great playmaker that he is. Overall a very smart player with good positioning in all zones. Also quite shifty with soft hands and impressive puckhandling skills. Not a physical player, but plays pretty well through heavy traffic although in need of gaining strength and muscles. Good character. Often used as pointman on the man advantage, but can still improve his release. Is a good skater, but there is still some room for improvement in that department."
For David Legwand, who (according to me), is a serviceable, underachieving NHL player who is 33 years old and his best attribute might be that his Grosse Pointe family might spring for a suite and decide to keep it when the new (publicly funded) stadium opens.
I know quite a few people in this town, and I was fortunate enough to spend some time with Ken Holland in the hours leading up to the trade deadline. This is my video diary of that:
I am the biggest slappy sucker I know when it comes to the playoff streak. But I never wanted them to mortgage the future to keep it going. And Ken Holland didn't just mortgage it, he did an insurance job on it for a few more hits off the postseason pipe. And what happens now ? Do they rush back injured players in the playoffs to justify the trade ? Was Legwand really the missing piece to a puzzle ? It wasn't a puzzle in my mind, it was a monochromatic Rubik's cube: The Detroit Red Wings suffered multiple injuries to key players in a year where some of them had to play extra games due to the NHL's Olympic commitment. Sorry. See ya in September. Except this coming September a guy they adjudged to be the 51st best player in the draft (or better) will now be in Music City instead of Traverse City, and oh yeah, Ken Holland would like to tell you about one of his experiences in Sochi:
A future draft pick and Patrick Eaves were part of the trade, too. I didn't dislike Eaves as much as some people seem to, but I didn't like the playoff streak nearly enough to part with a guy who could be an assist machine, like a Swedish Adam Oates, and come back to haunt that pretty new building residents of the city just bought for Ken Holland's boss.
"A very skilled center that will get the job done on the wing as well. Järnkrok's main asset is his outstanding hockey sense, which allows him to be the great playmaker that he is. Overall a very smart player with good positioning in all zones. Also quite shifty with soft hands and impressive puckhandling skills. Not a physical player, but plays pretty well through heavy traffic although in need of gaining strength and muscles. Good character. Often used as pointman on the man advantage, but can still improve his release. Is a good skater, but there is still some room for improvement in that department."
For David Legwand, who (according to me), is a serviceable, underachieving NHL player who is 33 years old and his best attribute might be that his Grosse Pointe family might spring for a suite and decide to keep it when the new (publicly funded) stadium opens.
I know quite a few people in this town, and I was fortunate enough to spend some time with Ken Holland in the hours leading up to the trade deadline. This is my video diary of that:
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