- Kevin Kurz reported the Flyers checked in on Dylan Larkin and were told they are not on his list
- Minnesota, Vegas and Florida are still the teams Larkin wants, and none of them has met Detroit’s price
- Read below for the third star Philadelphia has been turned down on this offseason
The Flyers made the call on Dylan Larkin. They never got to the part where you talk about players.
Kevin Kurz of The Athletic reported that Philadelphia checked in on Detroit’s captain once his trade request became public, and got told the Flyers are not on his list of approved destinations.
The teams that are on it have not moved either. Minnesota, Vegas and Florida remain the places Larkin wants to go, and none of the three has been willing to pay what Detroit is asking.
Kurz was asked in his weekend mailbag to handicap which stars could end up in Philadelphia, and the Larkin answer was the shortest one:
“The Flyers checked in on Dylan Larkin after his trade request became public, but were told they weren’t on his list of acceptable destinations.”
That list showed up in June, and how short it was became the story right away. Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press was first with it:
Dallas surfaced as a possible fourth option in July. Philadelphia has never appeared on any version of the list, and neither has Montreal, no matter how hard it keeps getting pitched.
Larkin is the third big name the Flyers have chased and missed since the summer started. They put a five-year, $90 million offer sheet in front of Leo Carlsson, an $18 million cap hit that would have been the richest in league history, and Anaheim matched it inside the week.
Vancouver gave them the same answer on Quinn Hughes last season. Kurz also reported a Philadelphia call to Columbus about Zach Werenski before that situation cooled off.
Daniel Briere has the room to keep swinging. The Flyers still carry roughly $13 million in cap space for this season and are set up with far more than that in each of the next few.
Larkin is 30 and has five years left at an $8.7 million cap hit. He scored 34 goals and put up 67 points in 74 games last season, his fourth straight 30-goal year.
Detroit still has no general manager to run any of this. Whoever takes the job inherits a captain with a three-team list and three teams that will not pay for him.
