{"id":593211,"date":"2026-06-07T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/593211\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T07:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T07:00:28","slug":"detroit-red-wings-are-screwed-after-dylan-larkin-trade-request-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/593211\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Red Wings are ‘screwed’ after Dylan Larkin trade request"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Red Wings<\/a> entered the offseason facing difficult questions, and the full picture is finally unfurling. Dylan Larkin<\/a>\u2018s trade request has now turned those questions into a full-scale organizational crisis.<\/p>\n

The longtime captain reportedly wants out after 11 NHL<\/a> seasons, becoming the biggest potential name on the trade market. ESPN\u2019s Emily Kaplan reported that tensions between Larkin and Red Wings management have been building for years, dating back to difficult contract negotiations in 2023.<\/p>\n

Larkin ultimately signed an eight-year, $69.6 million contract, which pays him on average $8.7 million per year, but frustration appears to have lingered. Detroit\u2019s inability to end its playoff drought has only added to the strain.<\/p>\n

MORE: Oilers could target Red Wings goalie Sebastian Cossa in NHL offseason<\/a><\/p>\n

The 29-year-old center has repeatedly voiced disappointment with the club\u2019s direction. Following last season\u2019s trade deadline, Larkin openly questioned management\u2019s lack of additions, saying, \u201cIt was hard that we didn\u2019t do anything\u2026 It\u2019d be nice to add something and bring a little bit of a spark on the ice, and maybe a morale boost as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Larkin\u2019s frustrations came after another collapse. Detroit held a strong playoff position during the season before fading down the stretch and extending its postseason drought to 10 years, now the longest active drought in the NHL.<\/p>\n

Why the Red Wings\u2019 leverage has suddenly weakened?<\/p>\n

\"DetroitDetroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin (71) celebrates after scoring at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The public nature of the trade request has shifted the balance of power.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the SDPN podcast, Steve Dangle summed up how rival teams may view the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch bad news for Detroit that this news got out,\u201d Dangle said. \u201cThey were \u2013 sort of interesting, like, \u2018Oh, Cossa might get traded, and teams need goalies.\u2019 Everyone\u2019s gonna be calling them with anvils. Anchors and anvils. What do you need? Here\u2019s some garbage. \u2018Cause they know the Red Wings are between a rock and a hard place. They\u2019re screwed.\u201d<\/p>\n

While that assessment may sound harsh, there is logic behind it. Larkin possesses a full no-move clause, giving him significant control over any destination. At the same time, every general manager now knows Detroit is dealing with an unhappy captain.<\/p>\n

For Detroit, losing Larkin would be devastating. He remains their top center, producing 34 goals and 67 points in 74 games this season. His contract is also increasingly valuable as the NHL salary cap rises.<\/p>\n

MORE: Canadiens Rumors: Montreal could prioritize $50.75M center over Dylan Larkin<\/a><\/p>\n

The Red Wings still have promising pieces in Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond, along with substantial cap space. However, trading away the captain would signal a major shift in general manager Steve Yzerman\u2019s rebuilding plan.<\/p>\n

Yzerman has a reputation for patience and discipline, so a quick deal appears unlikely. Still, if the relationship is beyond repair, Detroit faces an uncomfortable reality of replacing a top-line center entering his prime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Red Wings entered the offseason facing difficult questions, and the full picture is finally unfurling. Dylan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5101],"tags":[599,93,5137,595,5,4,546,3358,5138],"class_list":["post-593211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-red-wings","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-detroitredwings","tag-dylan-larkin","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-trade-rumors","tag-red-wings","tag-redwings"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116707539328395246","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593211","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=593211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}