Dylan Larkin will be at camp when the Detroit Red Wings open for business on Thursday. He just won’t be hitting the ice with the rest of the players.
Interim GM Shawn Horcoff revealed on Wednesday that an injury will keep Larkin out of action for at least the beginning of the camp.
“One thing I do want to touch on Dylan right away is he sustained an injury earlier this week,” Horcoff said. “He’s been seen by our doctors.
He’ll be at the training camp with the team rehabbing, but he won’t be on the ice participating. ”
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Horcoff indicated that Larkin suffered the injury while participating in an offseason training session.
“He was off-ice training, and yeah, he sustained an upper body injury,” Horcoff said.
As for when Larkin will be good to go, that situation is very similar to his summer trade submission to the Red Wings.
It’s currently uncertain when resolution to the matter might come.
“That’s going to take him a little bit of time to get back from it,” Horcoff said. “And when we have a better timeline of when he will be back and available, we’ll let everybody know.”
Red Wings Remain Quiet on Larkin Trade Front
As to the other issue involving Larkin – his aforementioned trade request – Horcoff is sticking with company policy.
He’s not going to talk about it.
“It’s a fair question, and I understand that’s a massive area of interest for not just you guys [media], but the fans as well,” Horcoff said. “But again, I want to reiterate that we’re going to keep those conversations private between Dylan and the organization.
“You know, there was a lot that kind of went into that, and we’ve had good discussions with Dylan, and we’re happy that he’s here at camp.
“He has the full support of us, and we look forward to getting him healthy and back on the ice.”
Horcoff did add one nugget of pertinent information regarding any potential Larkin trade. If a deal comes along that’s worth making, even though he’s wearing an interim tag, he has full authority to pull that trigger and make the move.
“I do have full authority to make decisions on all hockey operations,” Horcoff said. “But having said that, with the Dylan situation, we’re going to keep that private and we’ll deal with that when the time’s right.”
