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Status quo with the Detroit Red Wings and Dylan Larkin
Helene St. James: It has now been two months since Dylan Larkin requested a trade from the Detroit Red Wings. He has not expanded his trade list from the Florida Panthers, Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights.
The Red Wings want ‘value-now players’ for Larkin, and non of the offers they’ve received so far have intrigued them.
How the Philadelphia Flyers could have made the Leo Carlsson offer sheet even harder to match
The Sheet with Jeff Marek: Steve Werier on how the Philadelphia Flyers could have made the Leo Carlsson offer sheet harder to match.
Marek: “If you were the Philadelphia Flyers then, in retrospect, if you wanted to throw another poison pill into this one, could you have done it with the bonus structure. And if so, how?
Werier: “So, here’s what I think I would have done. I think I wouldn’t have overguessed on saying I’m going to bully Henry and the ducks with this $40 million front-loaded. I don’t think Henry gets bullied by that. I don’t think the Ducks get bullied by that in the end.
NHL Rumors: Morgan Rielly Trade out of Toronto is a “When Not If” Scenario
What I would have done if I was Philly, and you know, maybe depending on what Matt Keator wanted to do, depending on the player’s interest, is I would have shifted the year two signing bonus. Which you can do under the CBA, to the day after the 2027-28 day trade deadline.
And if I did that, then instead of that $18 million being a problem for a multi billion dollar owner in Anaheim, who’s got a chip on his shoulder right now, it becomes a deterrent to the club that’s going to acquire him.
Because the way it’s structured right now, at the start of 2027-28 the Ducks can call up, you know, Winnipeg or Columbus, whoever, and say here’s an amazing player on a $1 million salary this year. But if you shifted that signing bonus to March, whatever the day after the deadline is in 2027-28, all of a sudden it becomes, here’s a great player, but you own $18 million cash.”
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