The giant Dylan Larkin banner that greeted fans on the Woodward Avenue approach to Little Caesars Arena has been taken down, and a concourse display that once included the suspended Red Wings captain now features the Russian Five instead. The Red Wings have not commented publicly on either change.
NHL.com’s Nick Cotsonika posted on Nov. 5 that the banner outside the arena had been removed.
Captain’s row becomes a Russian Five tribute
Inside the building, the “captain’s row” bench on the concourse, which held cardboard likenesses of Steve Yzerman, Nicklas Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg, and Larkin, has been redone with Sergei Fedorov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Viacheslav Fetisov, Igor Larionov, and Vyacheslav Kozlov, Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff reported Monday. The team is presenting it as a 30th-anniversary salute to the five-man unit, according to Duff, who noted the group first played together on Oct. 27, 1995. Duff also reported that no Larkin merchandise is on the shelves at the team store.
Where things stand
Larkin has requested a trade and is suspended without pay while he stays away from the team. He is in the fourth season of an eight-year contract with a $8.7 million cap hit, and his deal includes a 10-team list of approved trade destinations. Reports over the past week have linked Buffalo, Boston, St. Louis, Utah, and others to the 30-year-old center, but Detroit has not announced a trade, and PuckPedia still lists him under contract with the Red Wings.
The Red Wings (7-8-3) continue a four-game road trip Tuesday at St. Louis.
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