Mr.TaterSalad

Were I Yzerman I would play hardball. Hey buddy, you're in year 4 of an 8 year contract, you don't want to go to Team X, enjoy your next 4 seasons around here. I get that Larkin has a No Movement Clause in his contract, but we're under no obligation to trade him. I want to trade him. I think we should trade him. But I'm not sending him to only where he wants to go for a crappy return. I'm making sure I get a deal that is equitable and mutually beneficial.

No. He barley has the ability and stones to execute a one for one trade with other teams. I am fully prepared to be massively underwhelmed by the return we get. At best I think it is going to be a mid-level to late first round pick or second round pick + a second or third line player + maybe a mid-level prospect. I could see a trade with Florida looking something like Anton Lundell/C + 2027 2nd Round Pick (we won't get their #9 this year) + their #4 prospect Wilmer Skoog/C-LW.

No thanks to any of these teams. I want high-end draft capital or top prospects for Larkin. Florida has the highest pick at #9. I don't know that any of these teams have a deep prospect pool, with a top six player in their prospect pool. I hope Yzerman asks him about San Jose and I hope Larkin says yes.

Are Chicagoans really going to drive to a suburb of Gary, IN like Hammond, with absolutely nothing to do or see before or after a football game? It feels like moving to a Gary suburb like Hammond will be a disaster for attendance. No reason now that we can't get a team in Quebec if the Gary metro area can support one.

Random note, but if Gary, IN can support an NFL franchise, I don't want to hear anything more about Quebec not being able to support an NHL franchise. The median household income for Gary, IN is less than $35,000/year and they have less than 100,000 people in the Metro area. And before you say "Yeah, but it's really Metro Chicago", how many people are really going to buy season tickets and spend their time in Gary to watch football?

I guess I am not fully opposed to trading Larkin for the right established player. But trading for a guy like Hischier or any established veteran just keeps this team in purgatory I feel like. We either need to get a #1 center, capable of putting up 90+ points in a season or we need to revamp this roster in the vein of Carolina, Florida, or Vegas and get tougher forecheckers and role out 3 lines of scoring. I don't see either of those two scenarios playing out anytime soon. As such, I would rather start the rebuild all over again, get draft capital, and have a shot at a #1 center or top-end talent now and in the future. This Larkin news has me in the camp of rebuilding the rebuild.

I think Platner is rightly cooked at this point. He has had scandal after scandal for the better part of 6-8 months now. Nazi tattoos, disgusting posts online/reddit about sexual assault, allegations of affairs and being hostile to woman. He should step aside and end his campaign and allow Janet Mills to become the nominee. Unfortunately, his ego and arrogance won't allow for that. He's blowing a golden opportunity for Democrats in Maine and assuring that Susan Collins will be back in the Senate.

Abdul endorsed Kamala Harris and was openly supportive of her election. He did the same in 2020 for Joe Biden. Yes, in the primary only, he supported a vote for uncommitted. But in the general he did everything you asked. Furthermore, as someone who has seen him speak at least 5 times now, he does far more than just pitch Medicare For All. He has a whole swath of ideas, on a range of issues. Just because you plug your ears and go la-la-la-la like Lloyd Christmas doesn't make it so. It's just you choosing not to hear or acknowledge them.

One, polling suggests he might well be the nominee. He's been tied or leading in several primary polls lately. Two, they will do exactly what they did for Attorney General this year. At the MDP Convention they endorsed Karen McDonald, but she lost to Eli Savit. They endorsed Eli after the convention. So if Mallory or Haley Stevens wins, the UAW will endorse one of them.

We could also get Gavin McKenna if Toronto does Toronto things. I could see a world where Toronto does something incredibly dumb, passes on McKenna, and he falls to whomever is drafting at #2 overall. If not, we still have the chance to get top tier talents like Stenberg, Malhotra, or even Reid the defenceman.

The Antisemites at the UAW have endorsed Abdul El-Sayed for Senate. One of the largest and most important unions in Michigan endorses Abdul.

What if you could get San Jose's #2 overall pick in this year's draft instead of a player. Would you take that?

What would you ask in return for Larkin? Do you want draft capital? Are you trying to get a Top 5 pick in this year's draft given that it doesn't have a true #1 center? What are you looking for?

Well I hope he wants to go to San Jose then because I want that #2 overall pick in this year's draft . If we somehow could land Gavin McKenna that would be a real blessing. If not, one of Ivar Stenberg or Caleb Malhotra is probably the player I am targeting. Stenberg looks like he could be an 80+ guy in the NHL and a pure goal scorer, which we need in the worst way. I've read and seen that he is an elite skater already too and very crafty with the puck on his stick. Put the puck in the net and win games with this guy. Malhotra lacks some of the production you'd want from a true #1 center, which is a concern. I don't just want to trade Larkin only to draft another Larkin. But from reports I have read this guy is a dog on the forecheck and has the skill to be a goal scorer. I've read Nick Suzuki comparisons which would be awesome and I've also ready Dylan Larkin comparisons, which would be less exciting and a bit of an LOL.