Overview
- Reports say Detroit captain Dylan Larkin has asked to be traded and gave the Red Wings a list of only three teams he would accept: the Florida Panthers, Vegas Golden Knights and Minnesota Wild.
- Larkin is 29, under an eight-year contract through 2030–31 with an $8.7 million cap hit, and holds full no-trade/no-movement protection through 2027–28 before that protection becomes a 10-team list.
- The tight shortlist hands Larkin outsized control and limits GM Steve Yzerman’s ability to spark a multi-team bidding war or extract a large package of prospects and early picks.
- The Panthers, Golden Knights and Wild are viewed as bona fide contenders but each faces roster, cap or asset constraints that would make it hard to offer Detroit the high-end return usually required for a top-line center.
- Neither Larkin nor GM Steve Yzerman has commented publicly and league interest is active, so talks may continue into the offseason while Detroit weighs replacing its long-serving captain and adjusting its roster plans.