Joe Chapp

Credit to user GarlicbreadTB on the Red Wings Hfboard for the transcript. Here is Lidstrom on Larkin: Lidstrom on Larkin on a Swedish NHL podcast. You can tell he wasn't very impressed by Larkin via his tone of voice. "He reported to training camp. Although injured, but he was there and began the season. but felt he had enough via his agent he told us a few days ago he will stay home and await a trade. Very disappointing, he's a player who signed an eight year contract who we've paid handsomely. When you give someone an eight year contract you plan your organization around that and assume he will stick around for it." Host: "He's your captain too" Lidstrom: "Yes our captain. He recieved a no-trade which is a protection for the player to not get traded. We've had him in our plans for future goals all along. It's a big miss. A first line C and all of the sudden he's not there, and he has to be replaced and it's not very easy to do when he got a no-trade clause and he can control where he wants to go. He got a list of teams he wants to go, but we also have to find the right deal with those teams and we don't wanna give him away for free just because he wants to leave. We have to get things back to continue to build our team. Host #2: "It gets a little absurd when he got a no-trade clause and asks for a trade and severely hinders which teams Detroit can trade him to. They're tied to a few teams. The team gets almost handcuffed by Larkin" Lidstrom: "Absolutely. This situation we're seeing in the case of Larkin, we're a little bound to what he wants, where he wants to go. Hence why this situation is perhaps not going as quickly as we all hoped" #LGRW