Friedman: Dylan Larkin requests trade

[Cancuks]

Does he want out because he doesn't think the Wings can win a Cup anytime soon? If that's the case then he's not going to want to go to LA or some of these other teams being floated around on here.

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

This is the barrier to getting a haul.

Larkin’s barrier to moving is a trade that Stevie thinks is worth it.

 

[GigaChad]

I'd like to see someone compile a list of individual stats from the past 5 years that shows which players truly have contributed negatively during the Wings spring playoff hunt collapses.
Corsi, giveaways, points, +- etc.
Posting this here because it'd be interesting to see if Larkin has himself been one of the biggest reason stat wise why the team always falls flat in spring.

 

[biturbo19]

Feels like the only real question about where he ends up is exactly how he ends up in Minnesota. Subsequent to that...how does Steven Y manage to flip whatever he can get from the Wild, for any kind of even halfway credible replacement?



To me, it kind of hints at "come on down, Elias Pettersson". In some sort of roundabout pseudo three-way deal.

ie. Larkin to MIN for some combination of multiple amongst Yurov, Stramel, 2027 1st, 2028 1st, and anything else they can manage to find left in the cupboards that i'm forgetting about. Maybe even Wallstedt or Gustavsson even though DET don't need them.


Then DET flip a bunch of that package and mix in some of their own guys like Danielson/Kasper, or Bear, MBN, or some of the young defencemen/prospects...plus a cap dump like Compher or something, to VAN for Elias Pettersson.


I think the pieces might be there to make it work...but it'd be one heck of a messy daisy-chained sort of deal, on a pretty massive scale.

 

[Albatros]

Players that negotiates a NMC should have to give that up if they all of a sudden wants to move. They put their team in a sh***y situation and should get penalised somehow

If he refuses to fulfill his contractual obligations with the Wings he will be penalised. Wanting out is ultimately just an opinion.

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

Minnesota (not sure for what), Anaheim and LA all make sense as West fits

Mactavish and Zelly, Byfield as center pieces

Holland and Todd Mac would know both pieces in that hypothetical deal well

Anaheim fans gotta stop including Zelly. Sure he’s expendable by Anaheim but that doesn’t mean he’s valuable by Detroit.

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

what does that say about the wisdom of making that guy the cornerstone of the franchise?

he’s a whiny quitter and it won’t matter if he goes to division rival, yet for Yzerman’s entire tenure he’s pinned the team’s hopes to him as 1C?

This serious? Crosby was a whiny dipshit early in his career. He got better Wings probably hoped Larkin grew up too

 

[Bounces R Way]

Minnesota would be a very good fit for him but kinda seems they're a bit cleaned out asset wise. This is a player Seattle should be aggressively looking at. Badly need a top line capable player.

Detroit entered their rebuild with Dylan Larkin as their only center worth a damn, pretty incredible all these years later that's still the case.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

I hope this clown can never be in a Michigan bar without getting booed out

Mentally the weakest captain we’ve had

Go play golf in Vegas in the offseason