{"id":452405,"date":"2026-02-09T18:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/452405\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T18:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:44:25","slug":"red-wings-dylan-larkin-snubbed-from-team-usa-leadership-group-in-upcoming-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/452405\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Wings&#8217; Dylan Larkin snubbed from Team USA leadership group in upcoming Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/640655.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Feb 20, 2025; Boston, MA, USA; [Imagn Images direct customers only] United States forward Dylan Larkin (21) during the 4 Nations Face-Off ice hockey championship game against Canada at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-Imagn Images\" title=\"Feb 20, 2025; Boston, MA, USA; [Imagn Images direct customers only] United States forward Dylan Larkin (21) during the 4 Nations Face-Off ice hockey championship game against Canada at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-Imagn Images\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Winslow Townson-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Right after their first Olympic practice, Team USA confirmed that the Detroit Red Wings captain, Dylan Larkin, was snubbed for a greater role on the team.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA members flew to Italy yesterday and finally had their first practice today ahead of the start of the Men&#8217;s Ice Hockey Preliminary Round, set to start on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>After practice, the team confirmed who would be on the leadership group for the Olympics, and the announcement surprised a few people.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA Snubs Dylan Larkin From Leadership Group<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, after losing the 4-Nation Face-Off Finals against Canada, Team USA decided to bring back the same leadership group, consisting of Auston Matthews as captain, with Charlie McAvoy and Matthew Tkachuk as alternate captains.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Auston, Charlie, and Matthew did a great job in leading our team a year ago at the 4 Nations Face-Off, and it\u2019s great to have them back in those roles for the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>They all bring different leadership traits to the table, and I know all three are excited, as is our whole team, about representing our country as part of Team USA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Considering the past results, some fans hoped to see some changes, but that&#8217;s not what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being a game-changer for Team USA at the 4 Nations, Dylan Larkin, the Wings captain, didn&#8217;t make the cut.<\/p>\n<p>He had notably helped Team USA win the first game against Canada by beating Jordan Binnington with an elite shot:<\/p>\n<p>What will also be interesting to see is what kind of role Larkin ends up filling for his country on the ice.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the elite offensive talent on the team, it wouldn&#8217;t be surprising to see him on the bottom six in a more defensive role than what he usually brings to the table.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Detroit Hockey Insider<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>23 HOURS AGO|194 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Red Wings&#8217; Dylan Larkin snubbed from Team USA leadership group in upcoming Olympics<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Dylan Larkin should&#8217;ve been included in Team USA&#8217;s leadership group?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Photo credit: Winslow Townson-Imagn Images Right after their first Olympic practice, Team USA confirmed that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5101],"tags":[532,811,599,93,5137,595,5,54861,4,3358,5138,31624],"class_list":{"0":"post-452405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-red-wings","8":"tag-auston-matthews","9":"tag-captain","10":"tag-detroit","11":"tag-detroit-red-wings","12":"tag-detroitredwings","13":"tag-dylan-larkin","14":"tag-hockey","15":"tag-leadership-group","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-red-wings","18":"tag-redwings","19":"tag-team-usa-olympics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116042155631475915","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}