Homegrown Dylan Larkin makes impact, Wings' next star?

He came from nowhere fast, a blur ripping across the ice, from the edge of the right face-off circle to a spot behind the net. Once there, Dylan Larkin swiped the puck from a defenseman, then squirted out toward the left corner. What happened next? A spin, a no-look centering pass, a goal. But really, what we're talking about here isn't a way to catalog a scoring chance. We're talking about something more kinetic. We're talking about the movement of the most electric hockey player to come out of this region in years. Here was a sequence built on speed, anticipation, photographic memory, touch and vision. He is that good already. The team knows it. His teammates know it. You know it. At least judging by the decibel spikes when the announcer mentions his name. And judging by the number of "Larkin" jerseys popping up on the backs of fans standing in their seats.

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