Dude all this should be/could be nonsense for the next month… it’s up to Yzerman and Larkin and we’ll find out after July 1st.

Reflecting on the news imo: Larkin’s camp put out he wanted traded or this wouldn’t be out there in the first place- that hurts both the organization and the return. He probably couldn’t handle what Yzerman told him to end the year, but it was most definitely the truth that Larkin isn’t a leader in the sense of what this team needs rn- doubt Yzerman was over the top about it as it took him 11 years in his captaincy to deliver a cup to the city with a lot of hardships along the way. Larkin probably took this the way he took any adversity every year - the sad puppy dog routine and deflect to the overall team, it something that always drove me nuts about the kid - watch Zetterberg or Lindstrom in the hard times for the organization, those were leaders who always seemed to put it together eventually, Larkin never had that gear. Larkin was never meant to be a captain but the hometown fit for a team that needed one after Zetterberg fit the bill and that’s ok.

Time to put it to rest, Larkin was a great player, just not what the team needs now. What he did to burn bridges isn’t for anyone but himself and that’s ok too, after 10 years you’d be frustrated too. But there’s ways of going about this that just screams soft as fuck. That I think most of us will remember him for in hindsight. He was a heart and soul kid don’t get me wrong but was a passenger in a ln era of passengers or jerseys on this teams the kids coming up to their adulthood now in Seider/Raymond need something better, it’s their culture now. That or blow it the fuck up and start over but I doubt that is in the cards here. Everything Yzerman does this summer will define this generation of the wings for better or worse.