Ken Holland may not be out of work for much longer.
According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, the National Hockey League is interested in signing him.
“There's been a little bit of talk about his future and what he might be doing,” Friedman said during the Saturday Headlines segment of Hockey night in Canada.
“I think one of the options on the table is a role in hockey operations in the NHL. “They have spoken with him about it, they think it would be a big step, but he has time to decide his future.”
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Holland, 68, last worked for the Edmonton Oilers as the organization's general manager and president of hockey operations. He and the Oilers mutually agreed to part ways this summer upon the expiration of his contract after the team lost in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Holland had been with the Oilers since the 2019-20 season and, prior to that, had spent more than two decades in the Detroit Pink Wings organization.
As executive vice president and general manager of the Pink Wings from 1997 to 2019, Holland won four Stanley Cup championships.
The Vernon, BC native was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builders category in 2020.
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