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Red Wings Rant PT 1: I always found the fanbase’s obsession with naming Larkin to be the captain at this age and stage of his career interesting. It’s an Yzerman thing. Yzerman was named captain young, and became beloved and stayed for his career. But how quickly we forget, it...
PT 2: wasn’t always that way. 12 years into his career he dealt with trade rumors, the notion he couldn’t get it done, or wasn’t tough enough. If not for Gretzky donkeying a puck in 1996, it may have stayed that way longer. We also forget Yzerman approached 700 goals while....
PT 3. Becoming one of the greatest two way forwards ever, and while being the greatest captain, maybe (emphasis on maybe) in major North American pro sports history. Dylan Larkin is a good player that doesn’t compare to Yzerman who was generational. He may become a great player..
PT 4. And maybe one day a good captain. But the moment that C is on his chest, Red Wing fans will unfairly compare him to Red Wing Jesus (Yzerman), for a lack of a better human comparison. It may take 12 years to win a cup with him in the C. Are you that patient? He may not...
PT. 5 stay that long. Most players don’t stay put that long anywhere these days. That was such a different era for so many reasons. I’m not saying Dylan Larkin can’t be great or a great captain. But don’t wish for those glory days again. They’re not coming back. But maybe...
PT. 6 there will be new ones. No one will ever be Steve Yzerman again. No one will ever be Nick Lidstrom again. Don’t put that pressure on him. He doesn’t deserve it. Cheer for him because of who he is, not who you wish for him desperately to be.
