LARKIN'S LIST EXPANDS and Yzerman's Trade Demands - July 12th, 2026

Your Detroit Red Wings podcast breaks down the latest Red Wings trade rumors as Dylan Larkin expands his list by a whopping 1 team. Hockeytown news & analysis covers Steve Yzerman's reported win-now demands, contract anxiety with DeBrincat & Edvinsson, and the offer sheet fallout shaking up the rest of the NHL.

(00:00) - Intro

(03:45) - Larkin's List Expands
The Dallas Stars become team number four, and why a Jason Robertson return doesn't add up if he won't extend in Detroit.

(10:20) - Win-Now Trade Demands
The reported ask for a Wyatt Johnston or Matt Boldy-type player, why the teams on the list can't realistically deliver it, and the case that dragging this into the season is the plan all along.

(23:15) - Simon Edvinsson Contract Watch
Offer sheet risk, the bridge deal vs. long-term debate, and why every day Edvinsson goes unsigned is a mistake - especially after what just happened in Anaheim.

(30:40) - Alex DeBrincat & Cap Strategy
What a DeBrincat extension should cost, why you pay your best players, and how death by a thousand cuts at the bottom of the roster is the real danger.

(39:45) - Around the NHL
The Ducks match the Leo Carlsson offer sheet: right call or a five-year bind? Plus Alex Ovechkin's return, Connor Bedard's shoulder surgery, and the Tom Dundon Stanley Cup name controversy.

(53:05) - Overtime Mailbag
Patron questions on no-move clauses, what Detroit would do with a first overall pick, and offseason delirium.

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