Red Wings: 3 Bad Contracts That Will Haunt Detroit

PLYMOUTH, MI - FEBRUARY 15: Detroit Red Wings, Steve Yzerman, Kris Draper and Dan Cleary watch the game action between Sweden and Finland from a suite during the 2018 Under-18 Five Nations Tournament game at USA Hockey Arena (Photo by Dave Reginek/Getty Images)
PLYMOUTH, MI - FEBRUARY 15: Detroit Red Wings, Steve Yzerman, Kris Draper and Dan Cleary watch the game action between Sweden and Finland from a suite during the 2018 Under-18 Five Nations Tournament game at USA Hockey Arena (Photo by Dave Reginek/Getty Images)
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Former general manager Ken Holland isn’t signing players for the Detroit Red Wings, but the team still feels the effects of these three bad contracts.

The Detroit Red Wings “paid the price” and now they’re “paying the price.”

Former general manager Ken Holland is long gone from the city of Detroit. In fact, according to Google Maps, he’s approximately 1,942 miles away in his new home of Edmonton.

But despite being in a different country and two time zones away, Holland’s fingerprints are all over this Red Wings roster, obviously.

As Monday’s trade deadline approaches, let’s take a look at the three worst contracts on the roster (not named Henrik Zetterberg and Johan Franzen) that will be IMPOSSIBLE to move and leave general manager Steve Yzerman wondering, “what was Kenny thinking?”