Insider drops new BOMBSHELL report

Insider drops new bombshell report around a highly coveted player that will turn these sweepstakes into a straight dogfight. And for someone like Sonny Mehta, whose plan is to make this team more offensive, he looks like he just found some luck. Welcome in to Devil's Digest. Appreciate you guys being here today. Always love when you guys stick around, talk more Devils Hockey. It helps out the channel a ton when you hit subscribe. Likes don't hurt too much either. so we've known for a little bit Dylan Larkin wants out of Detroit that experiment seems to be over and we have some more news on it according to Helene St. James Dylan Larkin has extended his trade list to 10 teams and New Jersey's on it so you're thinking about the Dylan Larkin situation and you think about where it's gotten to at this point he's still playing for the team he wants out He's wanted out since pretty much, I mean, now we're coming up on months, but he's still playing for the team. He's extended his trade, expanded his trade list to 10 teams. Look, they're working together. I mean, this is a lot different than the Connor Hellebuyck situation in Winnipeg. I mean, that's, you know, a note out there. We've been trying to work at this for six months. Hasn't happened. And guess what? I'm not playing either. I have a contract here, but you know, I don't want to play here anymore. So I'm just not going to do it. This seems like a more of a situation where Detroit, Dylan Larkin, his agent, they want to work together. They want to get it done. I mean, clearly, when you submit 10 more teams that you'd rather be on than the team that you're on, you want out of there. But they're finding out a way to make this work for both sides. So this becomes important because Detroit feels like they can be a little bit more selective. I mean, they have more teams they can talk to. Dylan Larkin's still playing. There's a lot more factors here. That's going to make a Dylan Larkin trade probably a little bit harder to do. Now, it has been said, they haven't been able to find something that they love out there on the market. Okay, nobody's came out here and given a big enough deal. So for the devil's side, does this thing work? Do the devils go out and they get Dylan Larkin? Well, you think about what Sonny Mehta has right now. He's got a superstar first line center. He's got one of the best two-way centers on the second line. he went out and got a third line center in Evan Rodriguez and that made Cody Glass become the fourth line center where it all evens out so does Dylan Larkin find a way to work here well I'm not a big fan of putting Jack Hughes a point per game player over point per game player switching up his position to the wing uh I've never never liked that idea I think of a player scoring you know at a hundred point pace as a center keep him as a center makes a little bit sense but when you get Dylan Larkin I mean you're talking about a 30 goal scorer 30 goal scorer last season um when looking at his number 67 points and he's a 30 goal scorer every single year I mean looking back just look at the numbers 31 32 33 30 34 don't let the one fool you we're seven games into this season he's gonna hit 30 again this year so every team has their centers can they get better they're sure but every team also needs another 30 goal scorer i mean think about today's nhl adding expansion teams uh you know rebuilds whatever you're trying to do teams are always looking for 30 goal scorers they always need 30 goal scorers i mean the nhl right now the argument is we can't go to another expansion team because we don't think we have enough talent and you're seeing it there's not as many 30 goal scorers or going to be available Dylan Larkin well he's a 30 goal scorer and he's on a contract that works great 8.7 till 2031 he'll be 34 years old even if he dips down to a 25 goal scorer um you're looking where the cap will be at that point this will work throughout the whole entire contract so for the devils does a Dylan Larkin trade make sense yeah he's a 30 goal scorer do I think it makes sense for him to stay at center no because you're thinking about it Jack Hughes Nico Hischier you know Evan Rodriguez Cody Glass I mean you kind of have your centers figured out now if you want to play him as a third line center playing third line minutes I mean we saw New Jersey's lineup last night against Colorado I mean Nico Hischier was the only player who played over 17 minutes so you could go a little bit more well balanced if you wanted to put him at third line center but putting that center for Jack Hughes I would never do it so what would New Jersey need to do to get a trade like this well when we look at what so far he's Detroit has been trying to get from Minnesota who's been very highly involved um it looks like they want daniela euro so when you think about Daniel Jaroslawski you know young center former a first round pick um Detroit sees it more as somebody's developing into you know that bottom six center but when you think what Detroit needs right now they need almost everything I mean centers they need defense they need scoring um you know you trade away a player like Dylan Larkin and now the past three years have gone and you continue to lose players I mean this is a team that's going through a rebuild retool put it generously so for Detroit to be looking for you know a Daniel Jaroslawski how would you compare it with New Jersey well this is the trade that I put together that I think the devils could come in and at least you know be with Minnesota and that's Alexander Cumand, Seamus Casey, a first round pick and I said Seamus Casey right now because I'm going with him, or Lenny Hamanyoa. You know, pick which one you want, because Detroit needs scoring, they need centers, they need defense. There's a ton of things that Detroit needs. With Dylan Larkin, you'd be giving up your first-round pick last year. New Jersey would be giving up one of their younger defensemen. They already have too many, and there's another guy in Minnesota that they want. And, you know, we'll see how that works out. um Lenny Emmanuele, look he's probably become the 15th 16th forward for this team right now I mean for a 30 goal scorer you know not losing too much sleep over it and then a 2027 first round pick I put Vegas is there you know if they're more interested in the devil's pick so be it just pick one 30 goal scorer you know wherever they're picking um as long as it's top 10 protected it doesn't really matter which one it is for the devils to you know do this trade and it opening up now to 10 teams total that Dylan Larkin is willing to go to right now could even expand um the bidding war is going to start because few players like this come on the market want out and you have a chance to go get them and if you're one of those 10 teams you're kind of saying yourself you know what we're not maybe in the biggest rush but Larkin and Detroit they're working together it's not a hold-up situation so could this open up more could they maybe get a trade from another team that's really good and Dylan Larkin's like you know what I don't mind going there there's actually 11 teams I'd rather be playing for than the Red Wings that's definitely a possibility but Dylan Larkin is expanding his vision on teams that he would go to so you're gonna have to get aggressive here i mean this is just a trade i'm putting together right now it could be completely different if the devils decide to go trade for him but this is something i feel you know comparing it with minnesota you know for first round pick center young talent upside those type of things and if they view right now somebody like Daniel Yurovev as more of that bottom six center well sunny meta compared out there to kuzmenko hoping to become like a lendl player so when you look at it um the devils will need to get aggressive here if they want to make this work but i mean this is a player you want he's somebody who fits the team his contract fits I know, you know, right now the Devils looking at their cap space, I mean, you know, that number doesn't fit right now, but this is not a trade where you try to figure out cap space. I mean, you can't be all into getting everything you want to trade like this. Now, would they have to move off a player to go and get Dylan Larkin? Yes, that would probably need to happen. But do I need to do it in this trade? No, I think you're focusing on trying to get a 30 goal scorer who scores 30 goals every single season. And when you look at, you know, just take it a little bit deeper, it's not a fluke either. I mean, this guy scores. He knows how to score. He's been a proven 30-goal scorer every single year. He scores more often than he should for the most part. I mean, this is a guy you want. Sweepstakes will get interesting there with Detroit. Dylan Larkin, he wants out. 10-team trade list right now, and New Jersey's on it. Their name's on it. Now, if you're saying, you know, the whole entire Minnesota situation, how Quinny signs if they get Dylan Larkin, I don't believe that for a second. I think it sounds honestly ridiculous because you're saying go get a center and Quinn Hughes is like, oh, well, you know what? We're in a better spot, which they would be, and I'm going to resign. Well, who's the Devils' number one center? Oh, his brother, who's better? Okay, that makes sense. but uh thanks for tuning in here today uh if you haven't already please go ahead hit the subscribe button it helps out the channel a ton uh likes don't hurt either uh but appreciate you guys being here today we'll see about Dylan Larkin let me know down in the comments if you want to throw a couple trades down there always appreciate it and i'll talk to you guys all really soon