Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman offers some late-night, pre-free agency thoughts and predictions, including the following:
Dylan Larkin: Steve Yzerman would rather make no trade than what he thinks is a bad trade.
Jason Robertson: Wants Dallas to budge. Don’t see it now. My guess is they go to arbitration. Unless Yzerman decides he’s the best option for Larkin.
Continued, briefly (hey, it’s the night before a very busy day for Elliotte and the rest of us)…
Former Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski appeared on the “Ozzy and Keats” podcast recently, and the episode was posted on YouTube this morning:
According to Frank Seravalli, Red Wings forward David Perron will test the free agent marketplace today at 12 PM EDT:
Sounds like David Perron will hit the market at 12 noon on Wednesday.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) July 1, 2026
Talks continue with #LGRW and he remains open to signing there, but does not seem likely to materialize in a deal at this point in time.
