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Sharp: Holland knows hard future ahead for Wings

Drew Sharp and Helene St. James discuss Pavel Datsyuk's expected exit and GM Ken Holland's strategy for fixing the Detroit Red Wings.

Question now: how much patience will Hockeytown fan base, Ilitch have for shaking up the pot?

This was unfamiliar terrain for Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland, and he navigated it clumsily at times. Defiant one instant. Logic-defying the next. Holland spun himself in circles Monday as the Wings formally closed up shop for the season. Another early playoff exit leaving far more questions than answers.

He strongly defended his personnel decisions while dismissing his growing legion of critics as merely beneficiaries of always-clear hindsight.