Red Wings' Dylan Larkin trade update feels like trouble could be brewing
Billy HeyenWed, July 1, 2026 at 12:31 PM UTC·2 min readRed Wings' Dylan Larkin trade update feels like trouble could be brewing originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Dylan Larkin has requested a trade from the Detroit Red Wings.
AdvertisementAdvertisementTheir front office, led by Steve Yzerman, doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get a deal done.
Larkin has a no-movement clause, which means he has to approve any destination. The reports indicate that Larkin likes the Panthers, Golden Knights and Wild.
Of course, that makes things that much harder on the Red Wings. If they've only got three teams to facilitate offers from for their captain, it's a lot more difficult to reach an agreement.
And that's why, as free agency opens on July 1, there hasn't been a Larkin trade yet.
Yzerman also sounds like someone who isn't going to just do something underwhelming here.
AdvertisementAdvertisementThat's what Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman alluded to when he wrote in a new article on Wednesday, "Steve Yzerman would rather make no trade than what he thinks is a bad trade."
That one sentence could signal trouble.
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Would Larkin start to throw a fit if Detroit isn't making a move?
Would the Red Wings eventually cave and take a bad deal just to get rid of him?
Or is the Red Wings' team leader about to get into a staring contest with one of the franchise legends, Yzerman, who now is in charge of Larkin's future?
AdvertisementAdvertisementAny way you slice it, this drama could be entertaining to watch from the outside.
But for those in the Red Wings' building, it could get tricky.
They have the longest playoff drought in the NHL, and if they move Larkin, they have to do it right. They can't mess it up.
Right now, it's not clear whether a move will happen at all. But is inaction the best form of action here? There are a lot more questions than answers.
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Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
