Ken Holland, a Hall of Fame inductee in 2020, and one of the best general managers the NHL has ever seen, is returning with a new role at league headquarters. Ken Holland is a career leader within hockey management, with almost three decades as an NHL general manager. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1856401428291486094'> </a></blockquote></div> <a href='https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/ken-holland-named-consultant-nhl-s-hockey-operations-department-1.2203800' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>He will now work with the NHL's Hockey Operations Department as a consultant</a>. Colin Campbell, NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations, announced today that one of the sport's most accomplished leaders has joined the league's core operational structure. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1856400835510710466'> </a></blockquote></div> All told, throughout his management journey, Holland has collected four Stanley Cup championships, two Olympic gold medals, and an induction as a Builder into the 2020 Hockey Hall of Fame. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/HockeyHallFame/status/1275889741481807878'> </a></blockquote></div> He most recently spent a term as President of Hockey Operations and <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/edmonton-oilers/ken-holland-reportedly-leaving-oilers-front-office' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>General Manager of the Edmonton Oilers before leaving them this summer</a>, a period which culminated in guiding the club into the 2024 Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 18 years. Before coming to Edmonton, Holland spent 22 years with the Detroit Red Wings in various roles before becoming GM in 1997. Under Holland's watch, Detroit won 10 division titles and the Stanley Cup in 1997, 1998, 2002, and 2008, making him inseparable from the franchise's success. In his career as a general manager, he had 1,145 regular-season wins, the fifth-best in NHL history, along with the number of games managed. Along with an illustrious front-office career in the NHL, Holland is considered one of the architects of Canada's gold-medal victories at both the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, as well as the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Throughout his career, Holland has been a proactive voice in the development of hockey, contributing to rule innovations such as three-on-three overtime. The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Holland, a goaltender, in 1975; he has played, scouted, and managed his way to one of the most respected voices in the sport.