He will be traded for picks and prospects. Don’t be surprised if there is also a cap dump in there bringing in even more value as Detroit is going to need to hit the cap floor and exchange salaries.
If you had to guess, where do you think he ends up most? My money is on Utah or Anaheim, with Dallas as a dark horse. Dallas could offer Detroit a C and a high end D in bichsel making an edvinsson trade for 2nd overall more palatable.
Very very low chance. With everything that has gone on in their locker room they aren’t going to trade for someone with low compete and leadership right now.
Why? It will make them much better in the long run. Spending the past few years in the mushy middle has been the worst thing for Detroit.
Anyone thinking Florida removing themselves from consideration hurts the Wings in negotiations with both Larkin's camp and prospective teams don't understand positional value or contracts. If anything this sets the absolute floor for what a team that wants him can even bring to the table and then the Wings can negotiate up from there.
They aren’t going to try to compete, I can guarantee you that. The only way they would is if ownership demands it for some reason.
Yeah - this Detroit fan prefers ‘quality’ roster player/s over draft picks, or prospects with the exception of Desnoyers and Iginla.
I don’t think ownership or the STH would stand for a rebuild at this point.
The hilarious thing is that Kasper might break out in that type of role, so I don't see the problem. We were always going to be taking a step back in any permutation of a Larkin trade, unless the assets the other team gives up are then flipped for win now pieces. Hell, we were probably taking a step back without a big add to this team even with Larkin, given that the Atlantic is still going to be hyper competitive.
Why? There's no realistic version of a Larkin trade that brings Detroit anywhere close to Cup contention in the near future. Take the hit in terms of how the team does this year and (re)build around long term success.
That means no picks then. And the prospects need to start contributing this coming season. Utah probably could make the best offer. Maybe the ducks if Detroit is willing to take mctavish as the main piece in return.
I'd be happy to accommodate that...as soon as somebody trades Minnesota some assets I would want.
Not necessarily. No matter what Larkin returns, Detroit needs to make additional moves. Some of those moves can include flipping picks for players or prospects.
They can take picks along with prospects, they aren’t going to do only picks though. I’d be shocked if they did. They are going to want a center and defense prospect coming back.
