We’re going over the latest on the Detroit Red Wings trade talks surrounding Dylan Larkin and the Minnesota Wild, as well as some other Steve Yzerman notes.
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Larkin already burned that bridge of staying as soon as he requested the trade. Fans will not welcome him back. If he's still with the team come preseason, I expect a lot of boo-birds whenever he touches the puck.
I don’t see that happening at all. First of all, the fans have turned on him. The C is gone. Mo will be the next Cap. Secondly, I don’t believe for a minute that Larks wants to leave because of SY. He wants to leave because he wants to play for a Cup contender. That’s the reason for his short list of teams. If he just wanted away from Yzerman, the list would have been much longer. He wants to play with his US buddies. Period. He’s done in Detroit.
Larkin has all the cards now he can just say I want here or I sit out and trade value is low
If anything ,Larkins trade request exposed the deeply flawed project Wings fans called the Yzerplan. Fans expectations for a competitive team seven years into Yzerman's tenor was not unreasonable.
So what's next? Immediately following the season, Yzerman stated the Wings needed better players.Yet he made no changes to the organization he managed. No changes to the scouting and player development group he was responsible for.
Staying the course , following the same course hatched seven years ago was not creating results. But stubbornness won over.
If the Wings are able to find a new GM to lead them out of this mediocrity, Larkin's trade will be seen as a good thing rather than the betrayal it has been characterized as.
They would never fire Yzerman like the Avs would never fire Sakic, nor would the Leafs fire Sundine.
Larkin don't let the door hit you where the good lord spit you . Bye bye take your crying elsewhere
Convince him by going and getting another center that is capable of playing on the first line…
That being said, I’m one of the fans that doesn’t know if I can forgive him for asking out. I figure the best path to forgiveness is to make the playoffs…
Ship him to winnipeg
Safe to say Larkin has had his fill of long term “plans”!
Toronto would be a perfect fit for STEVE
They aren't asking Steve to step down because of his GMing. They are trying to stop a possible cascade mutiny of the players.
If Larkin just asked for a trade, then Kane walked, it's clear the dominoes could keep falling. So they announced he's out now to stop any other players from leaving.
talking so much about a guy scoring 30 goals a year in this stage of his career, just shows you the level of non talent in today's NHL
The fans will never allow Larkin a day of peace if he isnt traded. The prevailing thought process here is Larkin is a traitor, and no amount of "good will" be say otherwise. Plus his Captain C will be yanked (deservedly so).
As a life long wings fan. Latkin striped of the c and traded when it makes sense.