PITTSBURGH -- Marco Kasper has played in every game with the Detroit Red Wings since he was recalled from the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins under emergency conditions on Oct. 18, and the 20-year-old forward wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.

For the first time in 40 years, Ken Holland is not affiliated with a team, but he remains active in the game. The longtime Detroit Red Wings general manager has joined the NHL’s hockey operations department as a consultant.

This afternoon, the NHL announced a new addition to its Hockey Operations Department: Longtime Red Wings GM Ken Holland, who joins the league office in a consulting role. "We are delighted to welcome Ken to NHL Hockey Operations,

NHL senior executive vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell said Holland ‘will provide invaluable insight from his decades in the game as a player, scout and executive’

Ken Holland has been hired by the league as a hockey operations consultant, NHL senior executive vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell announced Tuesday in a press release.