Things Just Took a Major Turn For The Wild...

Things have taken a significant turn in the Minnesota Wilds pursuit for Dylan Larkin as Michael Russo has just dropped a very interesting update detailing how the removal of Steve Iserman as GM of the Detroit Red Wings completely erases any progress the Minnesota Wilds have made and how the next GM has to be in a very good spot for the Wilds to be able to make this happen. Folks, before we do kind of go into all of this We have a lot of stuff coming, a lot of stuff discussing surrounding Dylan Larkin as we're back to phase one We're back to square one in this situation. Be sure to drop a sub here on the channel We're getting videos out here just about every single day You will not want to miss it and still with everything going on right now You're gonna want to make sure you're staying up to date and join the already 5,281 of you guys watching these videos day in and day out. I appreciate all you guys tuning in to these videos Your support's been incredible. I appreciate all you guys and shout out to you This is where we currently stand. As Michael Russo took a few days off, was in Europe and the Athletic article that he most recently dropped says this The biggest issue for the Wilds isn't that the news kills the Larkin train, not the case It's that it removes whatever momentum there was towards one. Detroit suddenly has every reason to pause, let a new executive settle in Meet with Larkin and reassess before making arguably the biggest decision the franchise has made in years I don't think this eliminates any trade, but this may even knock down a little bit of what Dillon Larkin's plan is for the future of his career with the Detroit Reds There's a lot of stuff that I think has to play into it whether it's on the GM side, Dillon Larkin's side And we're gonna touch on that here in this video Before we do though folks, very quickly, we do have a word from the sponsor of this one, PrizePix. PrizePix is America's number one sports picks app. They want to get you in on all of the action Go ahead, sign up using the link below in the pinned comment and the description. Use the code Digest while doing so, you will get $50 instantly when you play five in lineups, and tomorrow is the World Cup final If you're watching this today, the day comes out Saturday the 18th of July 2026 We're seeing Spain and Argentina in the finals tomorrow, and if you want to go ahead and get in on this Be sure to go check out my picks here at the end of this video, check out PrizePix down below I'm also gonna go over their promotions they have going on over there as well Thank you again to PrizePix for sponsoring this video. Now when we look at the team, this is where things currently stand And these are the four teams that are going to be in the mix and you throw Minnesota in there We've seen that, Vegas, Florida I'm taking a little bit of Florida out of this now that they've gotten Brady and Chuck But recently the Dallas Stars have been added and they have a good candidate to make something like this happen by Doing some sort of swap for Jason Robertson But with this new GM, with whoever it is that comes in, there's been talks of Brennan Shanahan There's been talks of some people inside the organization. It will still matter what the plan is What they think the plan is for the Reds Are they going to rebuild? Are they going to retool? I guess. Are they going to go ahead and say no, we need to keep Bill Narkin, we're buyers That is the biggest question and the first part of that if the Wilds are Able to make a deal that we've seen them offer To the Red Wings and they choose the rebuilding stage They immediately have the best offer and this is why we look at the trade ships for the Wilds and all of their trade ships have been Reportedly going to Detroit in this deal. Daniil Yurov, Charlie Strammel And whatever of the first round picks that they are willing to give up or Detroit One Sorry about that, just had a sneeze off camera, but when you're looking at these Players you don't get these assets going to Detroit. This is exactly what any sort of retooling Rebuilding team would need and I don't think it's something that necessarily The Wilds want to give up But if it has to be this they're willing to do it because this is one of the big reasons they put all of their Chips on Bill Narkin. You see this here continuing from the same athletic article from Michael Russo and Joe Smith What is harder to tell at least right away is whether this new development will help or hurt the Wilds chances Of landing the ever elusive number one center. Remember, the Wilds have been holding off in hopes of Larkin They essentially backed out of Attempting a trade for Vincent Trocek because Larkin wants to come to Minnesota They know that. Of course, it still will matter. He wants to stay with Bill Guerin, Quinn Hughes, Matt Boldy, Brock Faber Whoever, whoever played on Team USA Olympic team He wants to play with a few of those guys Plus the Wilds are just a very good team as are everybody that we've seen on this list They know he would love to come to Minnesota He would probably like to go elsewhere as well just to be able to win But Minnesota I think has another kind of upper standpoint from this But once again, it still all depends on what this new GM will be looking for for this team. I think also how CEO, president of the Red Wings wants this team to kind of go He's not gonna hire a GM who thinks maybe they're going in the wrong direction So really comparing the loss of Vincent Trocek what could have been for probably very close to what we just saw in that report And you know their estimated I guess deal For Dylan Larkin if you're like really comparing Vincent Trocek to Dylan Larkin Which I don't think it's a fair thing to do. 53 points in 67 games a 57% win on the faceoff Trocek's a good player, but I think ultimately his value Was too high. It's too high regardless of what it is But you look at Dylan Larkin put it into his space see what Dylan Larkin has done And although he's never had you know a crazy high point season 67 points 74 games 53% on the dot and you know, you know what kind of player he is. He's fast. He's able to shoot good on the power play It's the same thing but a little bit better than what the Wild need in Vincent Trocek And I think that the contracts are something as well that are really gonna boost Dylan Larkin's price up more than what Vincent Trocek would be Even though Vincent Trocek still I guess I think it's a little bit too high 5.6 in your five of seven of that deal and then you go ahead and look at where they are for Dylan Larkin Eight by seven eight point seven, excuse me by eight years four remaining on that or five remaining on that now the new year has kicked in It's a much better deal. It's something the Wild really would need to make happen if they want to be able to have a Queen Hughes on a major team a Kirill Kaprizov and a lot of more a lot more bigger contracts eventually will be on this team It's a much better scenario so I think it makes sense why Dylan Larkin is still their number one target why they backed out of a deal or a Potential deal or Vincent Trocek and when you consider the positive side of this right here Michael Russo and Joe Smith continue with this the Wild still believe they have one major thing working in their favor Larkin's desire to come to Minnesota Wild hasn't changed that doesn't mean Detroit It was forced to trade him anywhere anytime and soon In fact Wednesday's news probably gives your organization every reason to see a new front office convince the captain to stay So this is a pretty big risk for the Wild knowing that you know, this was the center option. This was it There's nobody right now on free agency that would move the needle down the middle Is there anybody by a trade anymore that would really move the needle? I don't think so so it's gonna be interesting to see where things go and if they can you know, eventually either get Dylan Larkin or maybe even have Carly Strammel as Push him elevate him to a bigger center role. I think what anybody would thought right away from him now You see this as well from kind of the other side of it where you're getting a little bit of negative here Problem for now is Minnesota's perspective at least is the real no plan B Other than Dylan Larkin down the middle the Wild passed out or passed on the price Excuse me for Trocek who was acquired obviously by the Utah Mammoth for Sean Jersey Cole Beaudoin the third round pick which ultimately wasn't horrible and And then they also went and grabbed Aunders Lee, you know, the Wilds have no other opportunities right now It's Dylan Larkin or Bust at this point. I really want to know what you guys think about it if This kind of moves the needle in the positive direction negative direction what you guys think about it And if the Wilds feel chill, I should still excuse me push for Dylan Larkin So folks, let me know what you think down below very quickly I am gonna go over my price picks for tomorrow's World Cup final Messi more than half the goal Enzo Fernandez more than half a shot on target and we mean you know more than half a shot on target as well It's gonna be a crazy game folks. I think there's no other way of putting it If you want to stay up to date with everything going on with the Wilds be sure to drop the sub here on the channel But of course price picks motion taco Tuesday this kind of projections up and down the board everything Flex Friday 40% higher payoff boost on your boards. You may not get him for the World Cup final But you're still gonna get a lot of other cool sports and Esports whatever it is going on with all of this on price pick so folks be sure to go check it out down below But that is all I have here in this video. Enjoy give it a like hit the sub button as well I am signing out. Thank you for watching. Hope you have a great day