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Prospect Info: 15th overall — C Dylan Larkin: Larkin signs 3 year entry deal

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Leadzedder said:
Let it go.Tired of reading this same **** over and over. We understand. You're not telling us anything we don't know. The guy was shorted like 20 games of his NHL career. Who cares.
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Probably made him more mad and he went on a super streak


People need to remember he wasnt that good in 2013
 
Bench said:
Then you've got Zetterberg and Helm, injury wildcards. They stayed healthy last year, though, so that's nice.

There will be injuries at center, we can bank on that, I think.
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I don't get why people say Helm is injury prone, He came back from a terrible terrible injury not surprised he got injured again in the Season.

Hes had like 4 healthy seasons in Six seasons or somewhere along those lines.

Zetterberg isn't injury prone (maybe anyway) He could hav been playing injured this year, But his carrer has been really healthy, Until his back gets in the way, He is getting up there in age though so injuries will come eventually.
 
I'd say we're pretty fortunate he was stuck behind Eichel in his pre-draft year.

The more I see him, the more I see why the organization fell in love with him.
 
AD1066 said:
I'd say we're pretty fortunate he was stuck behind Eichel in his pre-draft year.

The more I see him, the more I see why the organization fell in love with him.
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Yep, he's got captain written all over him in a few years when Z is done. The dude is passionate and has a fire and competitiveness in him.
 
Pavels Dog said:
Peter Forsberg was "made of glass", Eric Lindros too, maybe Mario Lemieux and Pavel Bure as well.
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I'm not sure why you bring those guys up as if made of glass isnt a bad thing. They all played short careers and never really reached the full potential they could have because of injuries
 
Oh wait it had to do with helm being an injury wildcard opening a spot for larkinstein. It's pretty safe to assume the wings will have injury issues again. Let's just hope Larkin gets off to a fast start in GR so it's a high priority call up. I could easily see him being one of those guys that once he gets his foot in the door he never walks back through it.
 
obey86 said:
Exactly. Nyquist, Tatar, Pulks, etc are different types of prospects than someone like Larkin. Larkin already does all the little things the Red Wings like and isn't so undersized and weak.
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Our slow development process isn't the ideal path, but is a consequence of our situation. That is, if we were to suddenly draft a Sidney Crosby-ready 18 year old, I highly doubt that the Wings would be like "Well, he's super good but he is going to have to go through the patented, Holland Slow Cooker Process or we just won't accept them!"

The reason that Detroit has such a long development process is tied more to the fact that until recently we have had tremendous veteran depth and hadn't needed the prospect to play immediately (till our rash of injuries last season) and more importantly, due to the ridiculously long success we've had, we haven't exactly gotten first crack at top quality prospects.

The later you pick, the more flaws a prospect is going to have. Super intelligent, 6'4, 230 pound, mature 18 year old power forwards typically don't last in the 20+ draft position. That left the Wings with guys that other teams passed on but demonstrated enough potential and key attributes for us to work on. Maybe they were undersized (Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Nyquist, Tatar, etc.). Maybe there were questions about their work ethic or maturity (Mantha, Smith) or the were under-scouted and misjudged their skill ceiling (Franzen).

Point being, there are blemishes on our prospects that we believe in a good structured, and slow development process we can smooth out the rough edges and they can grow into a more complete player.

In the case with Larkin, the kid just seems to have everything clicking for him, and vastly exceeded everyone's expectations at this point of his projected development. If he proves himself to be ready, the Wings won't hesitate to move him in the NHL.
 
I tended to agree with you until I saw how Nyquist was handled. Will need to see it to beleive it. If I were Larkin I might have considered sticking with UoM just so I had the Justin Shultz option if it looked like the NHL wasn't going to be a possibility until I was 23.

I know Holland was better this year but only because re-signing Bertuzzi would have been laughable and Franzen is pretty much done. He still tried to biring in his usual deadline mediocrity which he will probably re-sign to plug up next years roster.

I am sure these kids are excited to be wings but I wonder if a higher profile Jarnkock situation will come down the road if this continues.

Here is hoping Holland is turning over a new leaf and taking this in the right direction.
 
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I feel like it's safe to say Larkin is going to be one of the best 14 forwards at training camp. I would like to believe that will be enough to secure him a roster spot on the Wings, but i suspect the Wings will stash him in GR because they can.
 
loudernow said:
He's a 96 same as Turgeon. They can't play in the A next year.
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Turgeon can't play in the AHL but Larkin can.

It all has to do with NHL transfer agreements; the NHL and CHL agreement states that any kid drafted from the CHL can't play in the AHL until they are 20. Since Larkin was drafted out of the NCAA he is exempt from this agreement.
 
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