One of the most positive storylines around the Red Wings this year has been the play of Dylan Larkin. Ted Kulfan as a nice writeup about Larkin’s resurgence.

Larkin entered training camp with a determined attitude, wanting a bigger role and responsibility.

Given that opportunity, Larkin, 21, has arguably been the Red Wings’ best all-around player.

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It’s year-end list time and Sean McIndoe (Down Goes Brown) has a year-end trade grade list. He has Detroit doing pretty well in last year’s sell-off, and I think he makes fair points, both positive and negative.