Yeah, it sucks that the Wings won’t clarify Dylan Larkin’s status. But he’s not a bum for being absent.

The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan took note of the Red Wings’ unwillingness to clarify Dylan Larkin’s status today

Larkin has been out of the lineup for “personal reasons” since Monday. Coach Jeff Blashill said after Friday’s practice there was “no further update as of right now,” and wouldn’t speculate as to when Larkin would return.

The Wings haven’t disclosed anything other than “personal reasons” for Larkin’s absence. Blashill said Friday the Wings support Larkin.

“He’s somebody we all care tons about and we’ll continue to care tons about him,” Blashill said. “Certainly I don’t want to get into it too deep, because that’s not fair. So our guys care a ton about him and certainly that continues.”

Now I’m not going to deny for a second that this approach isn’t working for most Wings fans, who would desperately want to know something, anything, about Dylan Larkin, whether he’s dealing with a personal issue, an illness, the illness of a family member, if his dog, Ellie is ill, if he has a hangnail, you name it…

But a lot of the same people who said that Tyler Bertuzzi is “brave” for declining a vaccination for COVID at the expense of his teammates are the people who are bitching about Larkin’s absence, suggesting that Larkin is being selfish by putting himself ahead of the team, and that’s just silly.

The truth of the matter is that we just…don’t…know…And absent information, we can’t really pass judgment on the Wings’ captain. I hope that whatever’s taken him away from the team for almost a week will end soon, and that he’s okay. That’s about all I can do.

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George Malik

My name is George Malik, and I'm the Malik Report's editor/blogger/poster. I have been blogging about the Red Wings since 2006, when MLive hired me to work their SlapShots blog, and I joined Kukla's Korner in 2011 as The Malik Report. I'm starting The Malik Report as a stand-alone site, hoping that having my readers fund the website is indeed the way to go to build a better community and create better content.

2 thoughts on “Yeah, it sucks that the Wings won’t clarify Dylan Larkin’s status. But he’s not a bum for being absent.”

  1. Well said. I agree with your take 100%. I’m sure we’ll find out whenever Larkin is ready for us to know.

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