Per the Red Wings:
UPDATE: The #RedWings today signed defenseman Justin Holl to a three-year contract with an AAV of $3,400,000. pic.twitter.com/2ECVEfT2LY— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 1, 2023
Justin Holl has signed a 3-year, $3.4m AAV contract with the Detroit Red Wings pic.twitter.com/JmEXcIuSaI— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) July 1, 2023
Red Wings sign defenseman Justin Holl to $10.2M, 3-year deal with $3.4M cap hit.— Stephen Whyno (@SWhyno) July 1, 2023
Justin Holl is heading to the #redwings on a three-year contract carrying a $3.4M AAV.@NorthStarBet @TSN_Sports— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) July 1, 2023
Justin Holl (3×3.4m, DET) can kill penalties a little. pic.twitter.com/2CGrs7o5M3— Micah Blake McCurdy (@IneffectiveMath) July 1, 2023
The right shooting D they were seeking. https://t.co/VBL7cyfwgW— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) July 1, 2023
Red Wings sign Holl to 3-year, $10.2M contract https://t.co/nCnjEoYPWE pic.twitter.com/B7FErZTmlk— theScore NHL (@theScoreNHL) July 1, 2023
Justin Holl has signed a three-year, $10.2M deal with the Red Wings. ✍️ pic.twitter.com/Ye02YGSXSe— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) July 1, 2023
Justin Holl secures the bag in Detroit💰He signs a three year deal worth $3.4 million AAV. pic.twitter.com/dyVgNk9cFV— TSN (@TSN_Sports) July 1, 2023
Here’s NHL.com on Holl:
Justin Holl signed a three-year, $10.2 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. It has an average annual value of $3.4 million.
The 31-year-old defenseman had 18 points (two goals, 16 assists) in 80 regular-season games for the Toronto Maple Leafs last season and one assist in six Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round (No. 54) of the 2010 NHL Draft, Holl has 82 points (11 goals, 71 assists) in 285 regular-season games for the Maple Leafs and three assists in 25 playoff games.
Here’s more from Helene St. James…
Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman filled his vacancy for a right-shot defenseman with Justin Holl.
The 31-year-old was signed for three years with an annual average value of $3.4 million on Saturday’s opening day of free agency. The Wings had an opening after trading Filip Hronek at the deadline to the Vancouver Canucks.
Holl does not have the offensive skills that Hronek brought, but Holl will strengthen the Wings’ top-four defense corps.
Holl (6 foot 3, 197 pounds) adds size to the Wings’ back end. He’s a bit older than the core group that is in the mid-20s, but certainly not nearing retirement age. The Wings’ depth of right-shot defenders now reads Moritz Seider, Holl, and Gustav Lindström.
The Hockey News’s Mike Stephens also weighed in:
Holl has proven to be a capable puck-mover and penalty-killer throughout his time in Toronto, logging upwards of 20 minutes in average ice time in the club’s top four in each of his past three seasons. Offensively, though, Holl offers little value, finishing the 2022-23 season with just two goals and 16 assists for 18 points in 80 games, even spending two separate stints as a healthy scratch both in the regular season and playoffs.
Not to mention, Holl has become notorious among Maple Leafs fans for his lapses, with the 31-year-old struggling to show poise with the puck and making questionable decisions in pressure situations.
Nevertheless, though, Holl is a mobile right-shot defender who can succeed in transition, which is clearly what the Red Wings are looking for. A yearly price tag of $3.4 million, however, is incredibly steep.
Stay tuned. More moves are continuing to roll in.
As did MLive’s Ansar Khan:
The Detroit Red Wings filled their void for a right-shooting defenseman Saturday by signing Justin Holl to a three-year deal with an annual average value of $3.4 million.
Holl, 31, has averaged 20 minutes a game the past three seasons with Toronto and is good penalty killer. He has decent size (6-4, 210) but isn’t a physical player. He won’t provide a lot of offense (career highs of three goals, 23 points).
He struggled in the playoffs (minus-7 in eight games, in scratched four games).
Here’s the Wings’ press release:
RED WINGS SIGN DEFENSEMAN JUSTIN HOLL TO THREE-YEAR CONTRACT
… Blueliner Has Spent Last Six Seasons with Toronto Maple Leafs, Logging 82 Points in
285 Games …
DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today signed defenseman Justin Holl to a three-year contract with an average annual value of $3.4 million.
Holl, 31, skated in 80 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 2022-23 season, recording 18 points (2-16-18), a plus-15 rating, 39 penalty minutes, 151 hits and 139 blocked shots. The blueliner has spent the last six seasons with Toronto, totaling 82 points (11-71-82), a plus-58 rating and 150 penalty minutes in 285 games with the Maple Leafs. Holl has also appeared in 25 postseason games for Toronto, tallying three assists and 23 penalty minutes. Originally selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round (54th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, Holl has suited up in 194 games across four seasons (2014-18) at the American Hockey League level, totaling 68 points (20-48-68), a plus-59 rating and 79 penalty minutes for the Toronto Marlies and Rockford IceHogs. During the 2017-18 campaign, Holl was named an AHL All-Star and helped the Marlies to the franchise’s first Calder Cup championship, recording five points (3-2-5) and 16 penalty minutes in 20 postseason games.
The 6-foot-3, 197-pound blueliner skated in his first professional season during the 2014-15 campaign with the Indy Fuel of the ECHL, posting 34 points (7-27-34) and 39 penalty minutes in 66 games. A native of Tonka Bay, Minn., Holl played four seasons (2010-14) at the University of Minnesota prior to turning professional, logging 38 points (8-30-38) and 76 penalty minutes in 142 games and helping the Golden Gophers to Frozen Four appearances in 2012 and 2014. Holl also suited up for the Omaha Lancers of the USHL during the 2009-10 season, tallying four assists in 11 games.
