The Free Press’s Helene St. James counters MLive’s Ansar Khan’s report suggesting that disgruntled Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin has expanded his trade list from Florida, Vegas and Minnesota to include the Dallas Stars:
In the two-plus months since Larkin’s agent, Pat Brisson, requested a trade, Wings general manager Steve Yzerman has not received an offer he believes is worth his time from the three teams on the list Larkin submitted: The Florida Panthers, the Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights.
The Wing have listened to other teams – as is their right – but no trade is forthcoming.
Brisson told USA TODAY/Detroit Free Press on Wednesday, July 8, that there was nothing new to report.
Larkin, who turns 30 on July 30, has five years left on a contract carrying an $8.7 million salary cap hit.
More to the Wings’ point, they’re already paid him, in actual salary, $31 million, making his contract all the more favorable.
The Wings are not interested in future assets in this potential trade. A person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY/Detroit Free Press on condition on anonymity that Yzerman is prepared for Larkin to report to camp rather than trade him for the sake of trading him.
