Trade Reports INTENSIFYING... Dylan Larkin trade IMMINENT | Red Wings News

Trade reports revolving around Dylan Larkin are continuing to escalate for the Detroit Red Wings as multiple new insiders have revealed that a trade is imminent and Darren Dreger just revealed what the trade package the Detroit Red Wings are looking for is and we're going to break down all of that and many more updates on this episode of Red Wings Digest including a big win against the San Jose Sharks and of course what's happening with Simon Edvinsson and a roster move that the team has made. We're going to break that down and much more in this episode but before we get into all of that a quick reminder to hit that subscribe button we've noticed that about 85 percent of you who watch these videos on a regular basis are not subscribed to the channel so if you want to stay up to date with everything that's happening with the Red Wings every single day make sure to hit that subscribe button so you can stay up to date with everything that's happening with the Red Wings, well Mark, let's get right into it so yesterday we saw that Jacob Bernard-Docker was put on waivers now there's a lot of speculation that a lot of teams could use some defensive help and maybe he would be claimed but as we found out literally two minutes ago as of the recording of this video uh he cleared waivers so he's going down to the Grand Rapids Griffins so they retain his services and could this be a move a lot of people are speculating that you know could result in a subsequent trade maybe revolving around Dylan Larkin now there's a lot that we've heard over the last 24 hours including what the Red Wings want in return for Dylan Larkin and um Another thing that we've heard is from John Buccigross, he said, I think there's going to be a trade, including Dylan Larkin, or when he was prompted who he thinks it was going to be, he did say Dylan Larkin, within the next week, seven to 10 days. So Mark, what do you make of this? It sounds like things could be ramping up. And again, a lot of people are speculating that the move to send Jacob Bernard-Docker down to the AHL is to free up cap roster spaces, because this is, of course, going to be a massive trade, right? this is not like one piece for one piece or anything like this it would be you know a four or five piece deal something like that multiple pieces like Darren Dreger reported yesterday I think the biggest thing is too is right now there's no word that Dylan Larkin's even open to still staying so the trade is still the only outcome coming with the former captain within this franchise and despite having some good games here and there of course the first game he played was very good and then everything kind of went down a little bit but it's bouncing back and forth with Dylan Larkin he's still playing but with the trade you still need to get this done sooner rather than later and of course traction is going to pick up teams are dealing with injuries teams are finally at the point where they've evaluated their roster and see exactly what they need you look at Minnesota once again not saying that that's where he's going exactly but again a team that desperately needs another sentiment to join their team and with everything popping up with the reports coming out there's going to be so much traction with that and especially when you're getting into an American Thanksgiving when you're getting into Christmas there's going to be a ticking time bomb with this franchise to move on from Larkin the longer you wait the more disgruntled he could truly become and with the seven to ten day window honestly at this point i genuinely could see that happen where they have to bring it already signs and of course you move on to your next biggest thing which is Edmon but this team works backwards so then you got Dylan Larkin that seems to be the next up and again this could be coming fast and there is the return they want is insane yeah and they want we heard from Darren Dreger yesterday that they want two pretty much a tier prospects they want a player that can play in the NHL right now a top nine player and a first round pick that's the package that they're looking for from Dylan Larkin I also heard and if you look out there on social media the sentiment right now I believe from the Red Wings organization whether it's Steve Yzerman whether it's somebody else whether it's Chris Ilitch is if you don't want to pay this price then you don't want Dylan Larkin like the sentiment right now is like oh I guess you don't want Dylan Larkin then when they're talking to the Minnesota Wild the Montreal Canadiens and these other teams on Montreal too and I had it up here on screen for a little bit uh we heard yesterday you know Elliot Friedman revealed hey maybe the reaction last week from the Montreal crowd maybe creaked the door open a little bit for Dylan Larkin Darren Dreger does not believe that that's the case right like if it was Montreal if they were even on the table if there's even an option it probably would have been done by now according to him so I thought that was pretty interesting and Chris Johnson revealing like you said Mark uh Dylan Larkin still wants to be moved like the trade request still stands like nothing has really changed on that front so um you know when you look at everything that's happened to this point there could be something to and including the roster moves what John Butcher Gross is saying where hey I think a trade could be coming fairly soon here and maybe teams are starting to say you know what now that we actually have a clear idea of what you want for Dylan Larkin because that was a thing through the summer in the preseason where the Red Wings had no idea what they wanted now that you've established that maybe we pay that and obviously Dylan Larkin you know halfway through his contract at this point um whoever's trading for him is getting great value now things have took a bit of an interesting turn with this uh situation because as we'll dive into in a little bit the numbers now that we have a larger sample size this season they're actually not a better team with him in the lineup like it's pretty interesting so uh and they're definitely not out of it yet they're at the bottom of the conference not exactly right at the bottom but near the bottom of the conference but they have a record that suggests that they can slowly pick it up here and they're not completely out of it yet so uh you can see you know his ice time has increased over the last little while he did start the season pretty well obviously putting up a couple points for the Red Wings in that time but you can see fans are just you know mad about it they some fans don't want to move they want to send a message to players some fans are saying just get it over and done with it's the worst kept secret in the league send them to Minnesota already and take whatever you want back fans are blaming Chris Ilitch all of that type of stuff there's a lot going on right now but like I mentioned with and without Dylan Larkin this season we have a large enough sample size and while it is small it does suggest that they are better without him so I think that's pretty uh pretty interesting without him on the ice so Mark any final thoughts on that before we move on to uh some other updates on the wing I mean you've seen with Brady Kachuk last year in Ottawa there's a lot of traction and tension within the locker room that we've seen coming out of Ottawa Ottawa's playing a hell of a season because they have that out maybe this is starting to trickle in where guys in Detroit are saying hey our former captain still doesn't want to be here he's showing up but again a guy that doesn't enjoy a nine to five we don't want to work with this guy so i don't want to say that is the whole reason and i'm not trying to say players on this team hate Dylan Larkin but the numbers back it up i mean if you're going to make a trade you might as well do it now because the team is performing better without Dylan Larkin on the ice which again small sample size and Dylan Larkin's an incredible player but the numbers back it up do something at this point and a trade needs to come down before Christmas and i think with that set price things will move a little bit quicker and i think that's where that report from Don Wirtz is coming from and i did say a couple minutes ago that it's slightly worse it's actually much worse i mean the expected goals for differential like minus 12 with him on the ice that's insane so um not you know it's interesting so uh we'll see how that continues to progress uh now the Red Wings picked up a big win last night uh you know before going out on a road trip against the San Jose Sharks in a shootout to bring it was very good too they now have two straight wins the Red Wings do which is uh you know great continuing to build some momentum here which is which is cool but uh you can take a look at the standings here after that win Mark do you have any uh thoughts on you know the Atlantic Division they've won two in a row here they still have a negative a goal differential but they're in the fight right like everyone's still in the fight early in the season i mean the second and third in the conference has 12 points and Detroit only has eight points right like you're right there you're four points back of a playoff spot so everybody's still in the mix i think everybody will be in the mix in this conference like the fact that Montreal is six the Leafs are eight like it's tight right like it's super tight so do you have any thoughts on where this team could end up you know do you think and like you said you know removing Dylan Larkin and just ridding themselves of this whole you know circus of will he won't he for a couple players including Simon Edvinsson with the Brady Kachuk thing happening you could see like a weight lifted off the Ottawa Senators shoulders as well so do you think they could maybe take off a little bit if he were to be traded but again not to say just trade him for nothing obviously I just feel like we're closer to getting a package that that Detroit's happy with and the fans might be happy with because they've actually set a price with the standings too this is going to be one of the most blood-crunching uh standings when it comes to the conferences wow that wasn't even english but looking at the Atlantic Division this is of course a very hard one to stay competitive in the Boston Bruins are good every year they're cockroaches the Ottawa Senators run a hot streak after moving Brady the Florida Panthers dealing with injuries are still in the wild card spot you cannot fall behind in this of course it's only four points from you stretching to the wildcard spot but again these teams are going to get better as the season goes on players are coming back you need to stay competitive and looking at Ottawa trading Brady again that took this summer for them to get back into where they wanted to be and now a competitive team third in the Atlantic I'm not going to say that Detroit trades Dylan Larkin the next week they're the best team in the Eastern Conference but again it's going to build there's going to be less noise around this team the media is not going to only be talking and asking questions about Dylan Larkin they're going to talk about the play we know that a lot of guys are mad with the way the season has started I guess you've got a two-game win streak but again you're not in a wild card spot yet early season but when looking at this series I think you need to go on a bit of a heater to at least gain some traction because Florida is going to be a team that's probably going to make a push is Ottawa going to stay hot you want to get above them and with Dylan Larkin if he's worse on this team man it's going to get weird on how you're going to go into Christmas once again with a guy that if your team's worse how are you going to get a meaningful minutes that keep his value high definitely yeah and you know you're talking about you know big performances the rest of the way too I'm looking at a guy like Alex Ovechkin scored last night right and um you know they're gonna need him to be big too he just got his new contract and you know he's feeling pretty good and the future's kind of set at least there so guys let us know in the comments how you feel about everything we discussed today do you think there's anything to what John Butcher gross is saying in terms of a trade coming down soon they've made some roster moves that could lend to the fact that yeah a trade could be coming so let us know how you feel about the return what's happening with the Red Wings and do you think they can still make the playoffs let us know how you feel about all of that in the comments below and we'll see you for another video tomorrow