Yzerman End of Season pressconference

[FriendlyGhost92]

Todd calling the team out for being streaky and getting stuck in ruts for long periods of time is accurate.

And that's something that has gone one since Blashill. So I dunno that you can necessarily blame the coach at all.

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

Stevie seem not interested in offer sheets.

 

[RedHawkDown]

Yeah I think the message is clear....

No bro, Yzerman doesn't care, Larkin is 100% in the right, Yzerman will just come out and say he would say the same thing when he was captain!!!!

Lol. He did the exact opposite of saying he would do the same thing. Called Larkin out as directly as possible for a guy as professional as he is. Yzerman translated into Jim Rutherford's vocabulary would probably have included a bunch of cursing.

 

[ShakenNotStirred]

I always though Larkin was going to retire a red wing. I don't have that feeling anymore.

 

[RedHawkDown]

Larkin is not a good leader and to me it seems clear Yzerman and McLellan (especially McLellan, tbh) are very unhappy with the leaders in the room and that starts with Larkin.

I have a feeling he's traded at the draft. I can see something sneaky like a 1 for 1 for Pettersson.

 

[schuelma24]

I always though Larkin was going to retire a red wing. I don't have that feeling anymore.

Yeah..I was firmly in the camp that he'd calm things down today and it would be over as a story.

And it's pretty clearly the opposite.

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

Wow. After that response, I wouldn't be surprised if Walman was macking on one of Steve's daughters.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

"We need the goalie to stop the puck more." -Steve Yzerman

Dang.

I disagree with this one. Every goalie we get plays well somewhere else and sucks with us.

There's a reason for that. And comments like Todd highlighting JUSTIN HOLL as one of the highly improved players as the season went on appears to signal that they don't get their defensive group f***ing blows.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Yzerman has balls of steel. He is a real leader. He doesn't care if it's awkward or if you care. Got to respect that shit. Right or wrong.

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

Seems the Walman disciplinary issues were correct?

 

[RedHawkDown]

Wow. After that response, I wouldn't be surprised if Walman was macking on one of Steve's daughters.

LMAO this part was hilarious. Walman must have taken a dookie on the Wings logo in the dressing room mid-game. Brutal.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Larkin is not a good leader and to me it seems clear Yzerman and McLellan (especially McLellan, tbh) is very unhappy with the leaders in the room and that starts with Larkin.

I have a feeling he's traded at the draft. I can see something sneaky like a 1 for 1 for Pettersson.

Larkin has a NMC he has to agree to go to Vancouver. Good luck with that.

 

[RedHawkDown]

Larkin has a NMC he has to agree to go to Vancouver. Good luck with that.

Larkin wants to win. IDK if Vancouver is the place, but I can see him being shipped out regardless.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Stevie seem not interested in offer sheets.

There's not much point in them right now. The cap is inflating heavily and there's not much pressure on a lot of these teams with desirable RFAs. Their team will re-sign them.

 

[lhsgolf19]

Guys Larkin is going nowhere lol

 

[schuelma24]

Larkin wants to win. IDK if Vancouver is the place, but I can see him being shipped out regardless.

I'm wondering about Minny.

 

[schuelma24]

Guys Larkin is going nowhere lol

I still think its unlikely, but I don't see how you can watch this and think all is well right now.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Larkin is not a good leader and to me it seems clear Yzerman and McLellan (especially McLellan, tbh) are very unhappy with the leaders in the room and that starts with Larkin.

I have a feeling he's traded at the draft. I can see something sneaky like a 1 for 1 for Pettersson.

Criticizing Larkin's effort level and then trading him for Pettersson is definitely a choice...

 

[RedHawkDown]

Guys Larkin is going nowhere lol

Keep parroting that. Now that Yzerman's comments are the exact opposite of what the guys in here were telling us, I wonder where the goal posts will shift to next.

It's clear as day that Yzerman and McLellan are very unhappy with Larkin's leadership based on this interview.

 

[JediOrderPizza]

Something def went down with Walman that we will never know, you don't ship a 2nd to just rid of a guy that quickly.

I agree with Yzerman and Todd that the team could've made the playoffs, and Todd point to a handful of games where they pissed away points. I know many more including those lol.

 

[RedHawkDown]

Criticizing Larkin's effort level and then trading him for Pettersson is definitely a choice...

I don't think effort is the issue at all. I think leadership is. Larkin tries hard and I've never said that's an issue with him.

Pettersson should not get a letter here. I would go Seider C, Raymond A, Kane A.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Larkin is not a good leader and to me it seems clear Yzerman and McLellan (especially McLellan, tbh) is very unhappy with the leaders in the room and that starts with Larkin.

I have a feeling he's traded at the draft. I can see something sneaky like a 1 for 1 for Pettersson.

Larkin has to ask out. Like it or not if those two talking right now cannot make tangible changes and make the playoffs Larkin will last longer than them.

I am glad he lit a fire under them. This is the first time he has had a pulse in one of these. Yzerman is always honest, glad somebody has kicked his ass in gear though and Larkin isn’t in trouble unless he asks out. It’s why he is the one that said it to begin with.

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

I think they're just publically challenging Larkin. We'll just have to see if he's answering the call.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

I think they're just publically challenging Larkin. We'll just have to see if he's answering the call.

That'd be my guess as well. I think both these guys are professional enough that they're not gonna blow up a relationship over petty shit.

Now, if we continue to miss the playoffs, yeah, it'll develop.

 

[RedHawkDown]

I'm not saying a trade is for sure happening, that's just where my guess leans towards.
But I do think it's funny that Yzerman's response is the opposite of what people in here were saying...lol

Now we're changing the narrative to "Larkin lit a fire under Yzerman". I do not think that's what happened. I think Yzerman and McLellan are clearly saying Larkin needs to step up and lead the room and not whine about adding guys.