Elliotte Friedman said on Saturday night that Dylan Larkin’s approved list of destinations could be altered within two days, and that Florida is among the teams he finds hardest to imagine a deal with. Detroit opens a road trip at Florida on Monday evening.

The window Friedman put on it

Detroit’s road trip starts at Amerant Bank Arena at 7 p.m. on Monday, in a building belonging to one of the clubs Dylan Larkin has approved a trade to. That list has governed everything about the past week in Detroit, because Larkin holds the right to refuse any move outside it, and the Red Wings cannot trade a player who will not report. Friedman, speaking on the Saturday Headlines segment of Rogers Saturday Night Hockey, said the list itself is about to move.

“He has a 10 team trade list,” Friedman said. “I think over the next 24 to 48 hours, it’s possible we see that trade list altered.” Larkin, he added, “may take some teams off or possibly even add some”.

Counted from Saturday night, that window closes somewhere between Monday’s warm-up and Tuesday’s game in Tampa.

What Friedman said, and what was reported that he said

Friedman named three clubs he struggles to see a deal with: Florida, Vegas and Colorado. Of those three he said “it’s very hard to see anything like that happening if not impossible”, a judgement about likelihood rather than a report of a decision. The Hockey News, writing the story up on Sunday evening under Jake Tye’s byline, carried his remarks accurately in the body but headlined them as the Golden Knights and Panthers being expected to come off. Nothing Friedman said went that far. No removal has been reported as having happened, and Larkin’s representatives have announced nothing.

The distinction matters on Monday in particular, because Detroit is about to spend an evening in one of the buildings in question.

The teams that have actually been in the room

Running alongside the question of who comes off is the question of who has engaged at all, and the two lists do not agree. Sports Illustrated reported on 29 October, in a piece by Jennifer Streeter crediting Alex Chauvancy, that New Jersey, Washington, Minnesota and Carolina held talks during the week of 26 October. Streeter framed those as discussions involving Larkin rather than with the Red Wings directly, which is a narrower claim than it first appears.

Carolina sits awkwardly across the two accounts. Sports Illustrated placed the Hurricanes among the clubs talking in late October, while the Sunday write-up grouped Carolina with Dallas among teams reportedly not interested or not thought to be within range. Both cannot be current. Readers should treat the Carolina position as unsettled until one of the two is corrected.

On the other side of the ledger, Buffalo, Boston, Montreal and St. Louis were described as interested, which is the practical reason a list would be redrawn at all. Taking a club off that will not trade makes room for one that might.

A captain on a road trip he is not on

Larkin has been suspended without pay since 29 October, after telling the club through his agent that he would not play for Detroit again. The team that flew south without him sits at six wins, five regulation losses and three overtime losses, fifteen points, against a Florida side on eighteen. Shawn Horcoff is running the file as interim general manager, Steve Yzerman having moved to a senior advisor role, which means the executive who built the roster is not the one deciding what happens to its captain.

Tuesday brings Tampa Bay, another name on the list. If Friedman’s window holds, Detroit will have played two of the teams on Larkin’s list before anyone knows which teams are still on it.

Sources

• The Hockey News, Jake Tye, 1 November 2026.
• Sports Illustrated, Jennifer Streeter, 29 October 2026, crediting reporting by Alex Chauvancy.
• Elliotte Friedman, Saturday Headlines, Rogers Saturday Night Hockey, Sportsnet, 31 October 2026.
• Inside the Rink, game day preview, Red Wings at Panthers