To add to one of our most enduring discussions here,
this article might be interesting: Larkin himself prefers to stay in Ann Arbour over joning the Griffins next season.
While Fischer has not condoned that, he did not speak out against it either. Letting Larkin become an even more dominant player in his current league is the typical Red Wings approach anyway. Since I'm not familiar with the CBA, doesn't that extend Detroit's control over this prospect as well?
By the way, I would be in favour of Larkin staying at Michigan. The Griffins better focus on further developping centers Athanasiou and Nosek as well as integrating the new hopefuls Bertuzzi and Nastasiuk; if Frk shall amount to anything, he needs to find a place on a scoring line next year as well. Therefore Larkin is better served being a key player for the Wolverines.
After Larkin and Bertuzzi steadily produced, I liked that thread as well. However, it seems that good seasons of some others were even overlooked, since Nastasiuk, Turgeon and Hicketts turned up their production as well, but were rarely mentioned.
Gruß,
BSHH