- Dylan Larkin’s trade list has grown past the original three teams
- Steve Yzerman has no timeline and won’t move his captain without the right offer
- Read below for the teams in play and why Detroit is taking its time
Dylan Larkin’s exit from Detroit is getting more crowded by the day.
Detroit’s captain asked for a trade last week, and the short list he handed Steve Yzerman has already grown. Larkin started with three teams he’d waive his no-trade clause for, but that group is now longer, per Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic, as Yzerman and agent Pat Brisson work to line up a deal that suits both sides.
Florida, Minnesota, Dallas, Tampa, Vegas, Utah, Anaheim and Los Angeles are all names that could land on the list as interest piles up. The original three were the Wild, Panthers and Golden Knights, so the market has widened in a hurry.
Yzerman, though, isn’t rushing anything. He doesn’t have to move Larkin until an offer shows up that he believes makes the Wings better, and no deadline is forcing his hand.
A draft weekend on June 26 and 27 is the kind of window where these deals get done. Yzerman could also let the situation drag toward training camp and wait for the market to heat up even more.
Whoever lands him gets a real one. Larkin put up 34 goals and 67 points in 74 games last season, his fifth straight year with at least 30 goals. He turns 30 in July and has five years left on an eight-year deal that carries an $8.7 million cap hit.
Catch what a Larkin night can look like, including the overtime winner he dropped on Dallas back in December:
It’s an awkward spot for a franchise that has missed the playoffs 10 years running with Larkin around for every one of them. He’s spent his entire career in Michigan and took over as captain in 2021:
Now the face of that drought wants a new home, and Yzerman holds the cards on when and where it happens.
