Are Dylan Larkin and the Detroit Red Wings ready to turn the corner?
Dylan Larkin has a hard time sugar-coating it last season sucked for him and the Detroit Red Wings.
It s tough to finish with a minus-122 goal differential and 23 fewer points than any other team. Larkin called it embarrassing to be on the first Red Wings team to finish dead last in the standings in 34 years. As much as your support system your parents, agent, friends, people you turn to for advice tell you that it s going to make you stronger, it s going to turn quick, Larkin says. When you re in the moment of losing every night, and nobody is doing well personally, you feel like it s never going to end, and there s no way out of it.
Dylan Larkin, a homegrown player who has come to embody the face of the rebuild, has been named the 37th captain in Detroit Red Wings history, reports the Detroit Free Press.He joins a list that boasts Hockey Hall of Famers in Steve Yzerman, Nicklas Lidstrom, Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Sid Abel, Red Kelly and Alex Delvecchio, and fills a position left open when Henrik Zetterberg retired in September 2018.The announcement was made Wednesday, a day before the Wings open the 2021 season."Dylan is
Dylan Larkin named Detroit Red Wings captain
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
Posted Jan 13, 2021
Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin (71) waits to be introduced before their NHL game against the Dallas Stars at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, on Sunday, October 6, 2019. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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The long-awaited appointment of Dylan Larkin as captain of the Detroit Red Wings was made official Wednesday.
The 24-year-old center from Waterford, Mich., drafted 15th overall in 2014, was named the 37th captain in franchise history, only the fourth in the past 35 seasons. He will be the first Red Wing to wear the “C” since Henrik Zetterberg in 2017-18.
How Red Wings’ newcomers can help team improve in 2021
Updated Jan 09, 2021;
Posted Jan 09, 2021
Bobby Ryan will play a top-six role and help the Red Wings on the power play. (Dan Mannes/Detroit Red Wings)
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The Detroit Red Wings could have as many as seven new players in the lineup Thursday when they open the season.
The acquisitions of forwards Bobby Ryan, Vladislav Namestnikov and Mathias Brome, defensemen Marc Staal, Troy Stecher and Jon Merrill, and goaltender Thomas Greiss provide the Red Wings with more NHL-quality players than they had during a disastrous 2019-20 season when they were buried in the league’s basement.
2021/01/06 07:51 FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin (71) skates with the puck against the New Jersey Devils in the first p. FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin (71) skates with the puck against the New Jersey Devils in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit. The Red Wings are entering the fifth season of a rebuilding project and this still might not be the year that they break through and make the playoffs. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo, Ottawa Senators right wing Bobby Ryan plays against the Detroit Red Wings in the first period of an NHL hock.