insider drops MASSIVE report...

insider drops massive report that has the whole entire hockey world on the edge of their seats right now because a Dylan Larkin trade is imminent and there are only select few teams who could make this outcome possible welcome in to Devil's Digest appreciate you guys being here today always love when you guys decide to stick around hit the subscribe button talk more hockey likes don't hurt too much either and both help out the channel a ton so in the past little bit today uh things are heating up around the Dylan Larkin situation and uh it's just gotten ugly Detroit coach Todd McClellan just told reporters Dylan Larkin will not play tonight and general manager Steve Yzerman will address the media on this situation so it's a little interesting I find it a little bit ironic because a couple of days ago I came out here and said oh no the Dylan Larkin situation isn't like Connor Hullabuck's they're completely different yes they both both requested a trade but Connor Hullabuck has a message out here um he's not playing for the team he's been suspended no training camp you know this is a completely different situation from Dylan Larkin and things kind of felt that way until today because today uh it just got ugly and Pierre LeBrun reporting kind of the same thing we heard with Connor Hullabuck you know requesting a trade for a while felt that it could get done didn't get done and uh we're following in the same footsteps I mean one goaltender wants a trade uh says he's wanted it for a while things kind of stayed a little bit quiet and then all of a sudden it's like well you know I'm just not gonna play anymore I mean we're seeing this thing boil over and it's all of a sudden starting to boil over quicker and quicker because we knew Dylan Larkin has a no trade clause and there were certain teams he was going to go to now just over a little bit over a week ago it was uh reported that he expanded it to 10 teams so if I look all right you know what these two sides they're working together they're trying to find a way out now whether that has been because Dylan Larkin just like, hey, I want out of here, or it's like, you know what, I've been the captain here, I was drafted here, I've been here for the past decade, you know, let's try and make this work for both of us, well, today, how today's gone, it's making me lean a little bit more toward one way that he wants out, and Sean Horkov, look, he knows he wants out, I mean, like I said, he hasn't addressed the media on the situation yet, but we all know where this is going. This is a trade up. It's being reported that, you know what, Detroit, they're checking back in with teams, teams that have interest, teams that, you know, could make this trade work. Detroit's like, look, just get rid of this. We need to rip the bandaid off because there's no change of heart here. You know, remember how quickly things changed with Connor Hellebuyck? Oh, you know what? He might want to come back to the team. There is a change of heart. Well, how long did that last? Because Connor Hellebuyck is now a New Jersey Devil. And Winnipeg, you know, players are saying, you know, well, we're happy. We want guys who want to be here. I mean, we'll hear the same thing with wherever Dylan Larkin goes. We're going to hear the same exact thing. Now, which teams can make this work? Because he doesn't have no trade clause. There's 10 teams on this list. And that also came out a little bit more into that. David Panjota, Dylan Larkin, the Capitals, Wild, Devils and Hurricanes are among the teams that have been engaged in talks with Dylan Larkin this week per sources while the Montreal Canadiens continue to hold out hope now Montreal would be interesting I would not be surprised if they had the best offer out there um you know they're they need probably another center they know they're contending Jeremy Fowler looks like they found their goaltender so Montreal probably has a strong offer but Dylan Larkin has not yet you know given the green light so you look around this and you say okay which teams feel like they need Dylan Larkin the most and it kind of comes almost from an outside type of pressure that Minnesota's that team because Minnesota's been trying to find a first-line center you know for the past decade decade plus I mean you think about it they were trying to find their way through the draft you know they drafted Marco Rossi you know they've gone with you know Yurov as well two top picks you know in their drafts and it just didn't work because one of them they traded away for Quinn Hughes and the other one well you know what good start to the year but so far he hasn't lived up to it and could definitely be in this in this trade now the other part to it is look Minnesota they know you know they see what the Devils are doing and they know that you know they want Quinn Hughes so if they want to keep Quinn Hughes you know Dylan Larkin probably is a step toward that now I've always said it you know I think the argument doesn't make a ton of sense because you're saying oh well you know what if they get that center his friend you know he signs on the dotted line tomorrow or today well I play Devils advocate here and I go well there's a better center who also seems to be Quinn Hughes's friend in New Jersey actually it's also his brother so that doesn't make as much sense but you know Minnesota they clearly they want to make a move if they have any chance and they'll be interesting because do they make the trade if they don't get you know Quinn Hughes saying that I'm signing here and maybe that holds it back and one of these other teams can become aggressive you know we I heard that Carolina was really aggressive in the Connor Hellebuyck sweepstakes. New Jersey won those. Probably, I'd say all four of these teams are aggressive right now. They all want to get Dylan Larkin. Look, Dylan Larkin, I mean, the guy, he scores 30 goals every single season. He's a 30-goal scorer every single year. Those don't come by too often. Those don't come by on trade markets, with term, with not a bad contract. It's tough to get those guys. I mean, especially with the cap going up, you know, Dylan Larkin, he signed his contract before the cap went up. So you're thinking value wise, you're probably getting pretty good value here for a consistent 30 goal score. And I mean, all those teams on that list, look, they're looking to contend right now. They want to contend right now. You know, Washington probably feels toward the end. uh you know they're doing a good job going out and getting guys like you know Tucker Kyrou uh you know some of the younger guys leonard but with washington they're another team that look we need to win right now minnesota they're thinking about it we don't know what's going on with quinn we need to win right now um carolina just won last year new jersey just got their franchise goaltender so all these teams are going to create a bidding war it's just which team comes out on top and when i think about it from the devil's perspective because i'd love to come out here and make a mock trade for you guys and show what i think they would do well the cap pretty much makes that impossible you know to make a complete mock trade this feels impossible completely not impossible to go trade for him but you're gonna need somebody to waive their no trade call and i think it's tougher to get a player to waive a no trade clause when your team is playing well you just made a trade for Connor Hellebuyck and oh wow now this team's gonna go get Dylan Larkin and i'm the guy out you know that becomes a little bit tougher harder to navigate so i mean trying to make a mock trade out of this uh all i can give you is that a first round pick is gonna be involved can't give you much more than that um can Steve Yzerman make this work absolutely uh there are ways to figure this out in terms of you know those no trade clauses moving a player out um you know who that would be like that's where it becomes difficult because a lot of them have the no trade clause a lot of them have you know contracts that you know maybe don't work out in 2026 2027 um but who would be that that'd be just a guessing game and Steve Yzerman clearly would have to figure that out now would you need to do a three-way team trade involved i mean we heard rumors of that with Connor Hellebuyck um potentially because detroit might not want to take on that cap but that's something that we'll have to wait and see i mean look they want to deal out of this it's clear when when he gets to a point where you know a player is not going to play games anymore and you know it's pretty much bring up one more thing why not um being said he will not play again until a trade is finalized i mean it's the end detroit knows that they need to find a way to move off of this get out of it um there's going to be no you know makeup here uh it's it's done so dylan larkin out of detroit a few teams involved look a lot of metro teams don't be surprised with vegas look vegas always finds a way to come in at the end and make things interesting so you know take them out of the equation but right now we're hearing you know new jersey washington carolina minnesota um you know montreal they want to be in it i i think dylan larkin necessarily wants them to be in it so you have those teams right now if i get another update i'll definitely come on again and uh we'll share it and see where he's gonna go but uh dylan larkin looks like detroit uh it doesn't look like it detroit's done okay detroit's done with dylan larkin it's over there let me know if you have a someone maybe a mock trade maybe a contract you suggest to get off the books to go make a dylan larkin trade work let me know down in the comment section thanks for tuning in today if you guys haven't already please go ahead hit the subscribe button it helps out the channel a ton likes help out the channel a ton as well so please go ahead do both i always really do appreciate it we'll get back to all your comments and i'll see you guys all really soon