Damn...another "next contention window." I hate how realistic this looks. It's refreshing to remind ourselves just how young Seider and Raymond are. Larkin has plenty left in the tank and I love that he's much more dimensional offensively than a speed guy. That boxes well for his age and longevity. We still need a true 1B-Center (or another 1A) and someone to become a second legit scoring weapon on the wing.
Curious to see when/how FA becomes a key facet of the rebuild. Our people should give us cheap depth that's easily as effective as what we're previously paying FAs to offer. We're alret seeing that to an extent with AlJo and he hasn't even been that great yet.
I don't think the idea of trading Larkin this season or this summer should be dismissed out of hand. He would bring back the best return of anyone outside of the 3 young guys, and his age relative to this contention window outlined by Prashanth, is a net negative. You can get prospects and draft picks that can help super-charge your rebuild, not unlike what the Stafford trade did for the Lions. Give the captain's C to Seider, call up Danielson, take your lumps this year, get a new coach and build up to this window.
No. Great idea in terms of maximizing the asset, but his value as a leader and the only driving force in our offense can’t be ignored. If we get rid of him, we’re staring down the barrel of a horrid season that would kill the team. More than just the momentum we built, but the heart and soul of the team. It would be akin to trading Yzerman for Yashin, back in the day. Let Larkin stay with the contract we signed him to and address the problems we have without adding more wrenches.
A terrible season wouldn’t be the worst thing. The franchise needs another shot at a top 6 center or true line driving winger to really reach a top tier competitive window.
Damn...another "next contention window." I hate how realistic this looks. It's refreshing to remind ourselves just how young Seider and Raymond are. Larkin has plenty left in the tank and I love that he's much more dimensional offensively than a speed guy. That boxes well for his age and longevity. We still need a true 1B-Center (or another 1A) and someone to become a second legit scoring weapon on the wing.
Curious to see when/how FA becomes a key facet of the rebuild. Our people should give us cheap depth that's easily as effective as what we're previously paying FAs to offer. We're alret seeing that to an extent with AlJo and he hasn't even been that great yet.
I don't think the idea of trading Larkin this season or this summer should be dismissed out of hand. He would bring back the best return of anyone outside of the 3 young guys, and his age relative to this contention window outlined by Prashanth, is a net negative. You can get prospects and draft picks that can help super-charge your rebuild, not unlike what the Stafford trade did for the Lions. Give the captain's C to Seider, call up Danielson, take your lumps this year, get a new coach and build up to this window.
No. Great idea in terms of maximizing the asset, but his value as a leader and the only driving force in our offense can’t be ignored. If we get rid of him, we’re staring down the barrel of a horrid season that would kill the team. More than just the momentum we built, but the heart and soul of the team. It would be akin to trading Yzerman for Yashin, back in the day. Let Larkin stay with the contract we signed him to and address the problems we have without adding more wrenches.
Comparing yzerman to Larkin is wild. Like not even close bud. Trade the American trash off this team.
A terrible season wouldn’t be the worst thing. The franchise needs another shot at a top 6 center or true line driving winger to really reach a top tier competitive window.
I still believe in the future, but this current iteration of the team is frustrating to watch.