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Holland: We don’t need a right-shot defenseman for the power play anymore

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DETROIT - OCTOBER 12: Executive Vice President and General Manager, Ken Holland of the Detroit Red Wings address the media during a press conference to announce the retirement from hockey of Kirk Maltby #18 before a NHL game against the Colorado Avalanche at Joe Louis Arena on Friday October 12, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Dave Reginek/NHLI via Getty Images)

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Ken Holland is right -- there has been “a lot of talk about” the Red Wings “looking for a right-shot defenseman.”

For example, yesterday on PHT, when we listed three candidates -- Mike Green, Jeff Petry, and Cody Franson -- that could feasibly interest Holland.

Tyler Myers is another right-shot d-man that’s come up in Wings-related rumors.

But in a radio interview today on TSN 1040 (per Nichols on Hockey), Holland clarified that the Wings’ needs have changed since the summer when they were looking for a right shot to help the power play.

“As we speak today, I think we’re No. 1 in the league on the power play,” said Holland. “Mike Babcock puts out four forwards on each unit. Danny DeKeyser, a defenseman, on one unit. [Niklas] Kronwall on another unit.”

Which is to say, giving up assets to bring in a power-play expert like Green may not be something the Wings are dying to do.

That being said, if he can, Holland would still like to add a right-shot defenseman prior to the March 2 deadline.

It just has to be the “right right-shot defenseman.”

Whoever that may be.