- Larkin will reportedly only waive his no-trade clause for three teams
- The list: Vegas Golden Knights, Minnesota Wild, and Florida Panthers
- Read below for the Olympic ties that link all three spots
Dylan Larkin has handed Steve Yzerman a short list, and it really is short.
Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press reported Monday that the Red Wings captain will only waive his no-trade clause for three teams: the Vegas Golden Knights, Minnesota Wild, and Florida Panthers. Frank Seravalli passed along the same names.
Larkin asked out of Detroit last week. The request landed after a 10th straight season without the playoffs, the longest drought in franchise history.
The no-trade clause hands Larkin the controls. Yzerman can call anyone he wants, but nothing happens until the captain signs off. That is why the list matters.
His three names aren’t random, either. Larkin just won Olympic gold with Team USA in Milan, and his picks are stocked with guys from that locker room. Florida has Matthew Tkachuk. Vegas has Jack Eichel, a buddy going back to their national team development days. Minnesota is run by Bill Guerin, who built that gold-medal roster.
There’s plenty of term attached, too. Larkin has five years left on an eight-year, $69.6 million contract with an $8.7 million cap hit, and the full no-trade runs deep into it. Whoever lands him is getting a long-term piece, not a rental.
Two of his three teams are still alive. Vegas is in the Stanley Cup Final right now, and Florida has reached the last three. Larkin wants to win, and he’s pointing Yzerman straight at the contenders to get there.
