Sources: Larkin won't play as Red Wings seek to trade ex-captain

What BBN said about it

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorDylan Larkin is out of the Red Wings lineup against the Blackhawks today, and sources tell ESPN it's for trade-related reasons!

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIs he hurt? I'm trying to figure out what the weather is in Detroit.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorCoach Todd McLellan described Larkin's Wednesday as a maintenance day. Larkin skipped practice, and now he's out for trade-related reasons.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, that's a family in crisis, I'm telling you.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSo the maintenance was on the trade value. That's a lot of maintenance.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorHe was captain from January thirteenth, twenty twenty-one, until the team announced on September eleventh he wasn't.

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorHe's got six hundred forty-nine points in eight hundred eighteen games, and he's in year four of an eight-year deal!

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistWhy bench the one guy you're trying to sell?

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   Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorTSN's Pierre LeBrun reports that Larkin's agents told Detroit it's had ample time since the trade request.

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    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLarkin has ten teams on his list and doesn't want a Canadian one. Meanwhile Horcoff reportedly wants prospects, a top-nine forward and a first-round pick!

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA first-round pick, a top-nine forward and prospects, for a man who skipped Wednesday's practice. That's a lot to ask of a maintenance day.

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    Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorI sat on a bench for four seasons and nobody ever asked me to be held out for a trade.

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistMaintenance day is over, Rex. They've finished maintaining and gone straight to storage.