Once a Kings Fan Too
Rejoint: juin 2018
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What surprises me about this entire conversation is that there are 22 comments and not one has brought up an obvious (to me) question: why in the world would anyone think Steve Yzerman is going to trade a local hero who took a discount to sign with the Red Wings? Am I missing something here? And don't tell me Well, hockey's a business and that doesn't enter into the equation -- because Yzerman knows that if he trades Larkin, he can look forward to at least some form of fan protest for at least the next year.
Yzerman could have had any job in the NHL once he left Tampa. He came back to Detroit -- for the same reason that he won't trade Larkin, no matter what the package is. And don't start with the OldNYIfan said he wouldn't trade Dylan Larkin even for Brayden Point and Victor Hedman or Leon Draisaitl and Philip Broberg and Evan Bouchard, because we're trying to stay in this universe of semi-realism,