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He was one of the speakers at Home Plate Detroit, the faith outreach program held once a year at Comerica. It was last Saturday before the Mariners game. https://www.homeplatedetroit.org/downloads/2026/HP2026 - HOME PLATE Promo Flyer.pdf

8 games back of 1st place Cleveland.

Yet another 2-goal lead gone. Vegas has come back to tie it 3-3 late in the 2nd.

Larkin may not want to play in Canada and he probably wouldn’t like the Montreal microscope, but the Habs have a need and they have assets. Such as assets they had been willing to part with for Knies.

Nico Hischier for Dylan Larkin straight up. Hischier is 2 1/2 years younger and as good as Larkin, but an extension beyond his remaining year would be higher than Larkin’s cap hit.

Maybe amidst all the yapping in the U.S. dressing room at the Olympics, Quinn Hughes told Larkin he had wanted to be traded to the Wings from the Canucks but that Yzerman didn’t commit to what it takes to get a deal done. And that getting out of a toxic mediocre (at best) situation like Vancouver was the best thing he has ever done.

T "Pfft, no big deal to score 155 points in 1989, all those lousy stand-up goalies with skinny pads".

From The Atlantic’s Pierre LeBrun, should be readable even without a subscription. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7336718/2026/06/05/steve-yzerman-dylan-larkin-trade-red-wings/?source=user_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.olA.MoEU.bGq1DLYFJRFn “Because Brisson is aware of what many of us are: You push Yzerman into a corner now with this kind of public attention on the matter, who knows what may come of this situation”. ”Puts Detroit in a tough place,” said one NHL GM, who requested anonymity because the league prohibits talking about other teams’ players. “They don’t have to trade him. He signed the contract and got the full trade protection.” If I were to read between the lines of what the GM was saying there, the message is that Yzerman would be within his rights to say, “OK, you want to be traded, but then I get every team in the league on the table. Not just a few teams.” My understanding is that Yzerman has been handed a short list of teams at this point, but sometimes these things evolve, and that list can grow or change. Again, who knows how Yzerman will decide to manage this? But putting a gun to his head is not advisable.”

I hate posting Jeff Moss, but I’m sure he is right about this

It’s a negotiation between the player and the GM. Not every organization just caves when a player holds out. What if Larkin had given a 1 team list and dictated that Yzerman can only get draft picks back not roster players, would Yzerman be expected to agree to that too? 3 teams isn’t reasonable, it ties Yzerman’s hands too much. Expand the list or else Yzerman and Larkin can call each other’s bluff.

I’d rather let Larkin pout and cry in the corner of the press box for the next 3 years than let him call the shots. Screw his 3 team list. I think Yzerman should ask him for 10 teams or else Larkin can bite it.

By April of this year I loved the idea of Larkin getting traded. But I thought it would be initiated by Yzerman asking Larkin for which teams he’d waive his NMC. Anyways, I don’t blame Larkin for wanting out and I won’t blame Yzerman for agreeing to do so. I do blame Yzerman for not surrounding Larkin with enough good players and I do blame Larkin for repeated late-season sags.