Good. He has stated multiple times and clearly that
The bad GM did draft very well and there have been really good young players that have carried the team, especially defensively, where a 22 year old defenseman was playing by far the hardest minutes in the entire NHL.
I mean, objectively speaking, drafting is the most importantly thing to get right for the long term. Not sure how that equals a D..
Because I can’t pass judgment on 23 and 24 yet and everything else he’s done in those two years has been god awful?
Larkin has no trade clause, if he wants out, he decides where he wants to go. And that team in question has no need to pay value. That is no-win situation, like DeBrincat trade. Cat wanted to come to Detroit and Sens got late 1st+UFA winger+AHL/ECHL tweener prospect. Larkin trade would fetch better package than that but nowhere near Fantilli/Byfield-department what people seems to be expecting.
I, of course, did not say that. What I said is that the plan has been articulated clearly and is being followed fairly strictly.
All this is fine.
This is the part that's ridiculous. The current roster neither puts butts in seats nor is poised to make the playoffs. Unless Yzerman makes an actual move or two this summer, they'll miss the playoffs again next year as well. So he's both missing any real draft assets and missing any real games. Yay.
He can manage however he wants. But I'm not wasting my time watching this crap. When he gets serious about the roster, I'll get serious about watching the games.
And Soderblom came back and looks OK. And (to me) AlJo looks serviceable. I'm just parroting smart people now, but with Seider, Edvinsson, AlJo, and an addition, isn't that a soild 1-2, 3-4 D pair that they don't have to worry about anymore? And Chiarot as 5 or 6 doesn't feel wrong at all. To me.people cry about wings being bad , mean while im enjoying the heck out of this rebuild watching the prospects develop . and the detractors live in denial about how long it takes to rebuild an empty nhl depth chart . and are crying for quick fixes at the cost of long term success while ignoring all the monsters yzerman has stacked up on the draft floor ! i hope henkka's saving every red wing bashing thread so we can have a big bash the bash thread 2026/27
*i know , all the bashers know better than yzerman
*mean while kasper just joined the stock pile of yzer'locks monster draft pix , and pelli just rocked another season . but lets bitch 24/7
I know nothing, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone told me that Todd & SY had a conversation like this:
I've never quite known what to make of the Pierre Luc-Dubois stuff, but Kings fans seem to think McLellan had a big issue with him. Perhaps after the Lalonde experience, Steve was willing to hire McLellan and have the conversation you suggest.
True, but you can't kiss Larkin's soft ass. If you think he's not going to cut it, you have to move on. Keeping him would sabotage McLellan and ultimately Yzerman. Don't fall for the sunk cost fallacy, if Yzerman doesn't think he can win with Larkin you have to bite the bullet and move on.
You have to get Larkin to give a list of teams where he would accept a trade and then let Yzerman figure out which team would give him the best return. This isn't DeBrincat wanting to come back to Michigan, this is Larkin wanting to play on a winner I guess. If he's fairly open on his destination that would improve the chances of making a good trade.
Why do you think Steve Yzerman hasn't given his end of season press conference yet?
I don't know. Isn't he always slow with this stuff? Also someone mentioned he is at the U18 World Championship. Might be some other elements to where they want to have certain meetings before having the media press conference. Don't think its anything special reason for it, just logistics.
