NHL.com checks in on the Detroit Red Wings via a mid-summer “Team Reset,” and NHL.com’s Wes Crosby surmises that Detroit’s “reset” is not yet finished:
What they still need
A resolution to the Dylan Larkin saga. The 29-year-old center and Detroit captain requested a trade after last season, which became public knowledge June 4. As it stands, Larkin remains with the Red Wings and has five years left on an eight-year, $69.9 million contract he signed with Detroit on March 1, 2023. General manager Steve Yzerman has indicated he doesn’t feel pressured to grant the request and would be comfortable retaining Larkin if the right trade doesn’t materialize.
They said it
“My job as the manager of the Detroit Red Wings is always to do what is in the best interest of the Detroit Red Wings, and I will act accordingly to that. I cannot make any guarantees, or did not make any guarantees, that that request could or would be met.” — general manager Steve Yzerman on Larkin’s trade request
EDGE stat to watch
Defenseman Moritz Seider ranked fourth in the NHL in total skating distance (299.85 miles) last season and had one of the more robust EDGE profiles in terms of his shooting metrics; he was second in long-range shots on goal (115; behind Darren Raddysh’s 130), tied for fourth in long-range goals (six) and ranked in the 93rd percentile or higher at his position in average shot speed (72.70 mph), hardest shot (98.93 mph) and mid-range shots on goal (38). Another standout in terms of shot metrics is Alex DeBrincat, who ranked third in mid-range shots on goal (118) and in the 95th percentile or higher among forwards in both high-danger goals (20) and mid-range goals (12) last season. — Troy Perlowitz
Continued; Crosby still has Larkin lining up as the Red Wings’ #1 center, and I realize that there is some probability that he remains a Red Wing into October…
But I sure as hell hope that, if a trade is not consummated by the time the regular season begins, Larkin is told to stay home.
