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Ken Holland had a great run as a Red Wings GM, pre-salary cap. The entire mission of Jimmy D. and Holland going into the 1990s with the Russian 5 was that the Ilitch family gave them an open check book. Holland doesn't understand developing talent, working within a framework of caps, nor how to re-attract a fan base. While most intelligent teams got grittier, to counterbalance the lack of ability to sign big stars, Holland got smaller and less talented.