“I’ve contacted Petr Svoboda, and told him we will not be offering a contract to Robert Lang,” Holland said today.

This isn’t much of a surprise: Lang, despite entering the 2007 playoffs as the team’s leading scorer during the previous two playoff runs, had just two goals and eight points in 18 games this past spring. His ice time hovered around 15 minutes — low for a player considered a top-six forward — and there was tension between he and coach Mike Babcock.

• GM Holland: Lang won’t be back