Ken Holland might not be out of a job much longer.
According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the National Hockey League is interested in hiring him.
“There’s been some talk of his future and what he might be up to do,” Friedman said during the Saturday Headlines segment of Hockey Night in Canada.
“I believe one of the options on the table is a role in hockey operations in the NHL. They’ve spoken to him about it, think it would be a great move, but he has time to decide his future.”
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 at the expiry 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, before that, had spent over two decades in the Detroit Red Wings organization.
Serving as executive vice president and general manager of the Red Wings from 1997 to 2019, Holland won four Stanley Cup championships.
The Vernon, B.C., native was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builders category in 2020.