DETROIT ? The return of two-time league MVP Dominik Hasek gives the Red Wings an unusual problem: too many top-notch goaltenders.

The 38-year-old Hasek, who led Detroit to a Stanley Cup title a year ago, announced Tuesday he planned to come out of retirement and rejoin the Red Wings.

“My batteries are recharged, and I have the fire for competing for the Cup again,” he said during a conference call.

The Red Wings late last month exercised an $8 million option on Hasek, who lives in the Czech Republic. It wasn’t clear until Tuesday whether he would play this season.

Hasek’s re-emergence in Detroit means the Wings have a glut of quality goaltenders, with two set to earn $8 million each this season.

Among those who will probably be traded: Curtis Joseph, signed last summer to a three-year, $24 million deal to replace Hasek. He first would need to waive a no-trade clause in his contract.

“Ideally, as quickly as possible, I’d like to get a goaltender moved,” general manager Ken Holland said Tuesday.

He added: “We’re going to have to be creative with some other teams to try to put something together.”

Holland said he planned to talk later to the 36-year-old Joseph. Don Meehan, Joseph’s agent, said he had a good relationship with Holland and hoped to be able to resolve the situation.

“We’re going to work with each other to this extent that he understands full well what Curtis’s rights are under the agreement that they’ve agreed to,” Meehan said. “We’ll understand where they’re at and what their intentions are and we’ll go from there.”