There’s still a sliver of hope in Detroit that Simon Edvinsson stays put, but the noise around the Red Wings is getting louder by the day.
TSN’s Darren Dreger said teams that have shown interest in Edvinsson and Dylan Larkin are starting to lose patience with how the Red Wings are handling things. According to Dreger, interim general manager Shawn Horcoff hasn’t moved off the offers already on the table.
“What I see is a growing frustration with both Edvinsson and Larkin from the teams that have expressed interest in these players that Shawn Horcoff, the interim general manager, isn’t willing to negotiate up off those existing offers that have been tabled again on both of these players.
The Red Wings keep looking for the perfect package. Maybe it’s outside the list of teams on Larkin.
Perhaps it’s outside the level of interest in Edvinsson. But the waiting game appears to be a dangerous one.”
That uncertainty is reflected in The Fourth Period’s latest Top 25 NHL Trade Board, where both Red Wings sit near the top of the list. Larkin checks in at No. 2, while Edvinsson is right behind him at No. 3.
Kucherov leads the board at No. 1, with Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning linked to Montreal, Toronto, the NY Rangers and Chicago. Larkin’s list is even longer, with Vegas, Florida, Minnesota, Dallas, Tampa Bay, New Jersey, Colorado, Utah, Carolina, Washington, Montreal, Boston, Los Angeles, St. Louis and San Jose all mentioned as possible fits.
Edvinsson’s name is tied to St. Louis, Nashville, Carolina, Montreal, Toronto, Seattle, Philadelphia, Boston and San Jose.
The rest of the top five features Dmitri Voronkov at No. 4, linked to Vancouver, Nashville, Chicago, Seattle and Ottawa, and Ivan Miroshnichenko at No. 5, with Vancouver, Chicago, Los Angeles, Ottawa, Calgary, Seattle and Philadelphia listed.
The board also includes Bryan Rust at No. 6, Jake DeBrusk at No.
7, Shane Wright at No. 8 and Rickard Rakell at No. 9.
Jordan Binnington comes in at No. 10.
Further down, Brady Skjei is No. 11, Morgan Frost No.
12, Rasmus Ristolainen No. 13, Yakov Trenin No. 14 and Connor Zary No.
- Zary is linked to Vancouver.
Danila Yurov lands at No. 17 and is linked to Detroit, while Alexander Nikishin is No. 19 and has been connected to Nashville, St. Louis, the NY Islanders, Seattle and the NY Rangers. Elias Pettersson is No. 20 and linked to Los Angeles.
The board closes with Kirby Dach at No. 21, Erik Karlsson at No.
22, Dakota Joshua at No. 23, Nic Hague at No. 24 and Sam Montembeault at No.
The bubble list features Ryan O’Reilly, Morgan Rielly, Jonathan Marchessault, Pavel Zacha and Owen Tippett.
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