Is something wrong with Dylan Larkin?

[Naruto*]

I remember last year Larkin was being really hyped up. Some ppl were thinking Detroit had done it again. But I took a look at his stats today and was surprised. 11 points in 30 games? 30 point pace.....

Umm am I missing something? Are his point totals not representative of his play? Is he okay? I haven't really watched Detroit but I always thought he was in the ehlers/nylander tier.

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[jetsfan91]

Sophomore slump.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Detroit's roster is devoid of talent overall and team is poorly coached

Thus the struggles of Larkin

 

[Cursed Lemon]

Larkin's too young to be shouldering an incompetent roster, nor breaking through incompetent coaching.

He's also not some 1OA miracle prospect, either.

 

[ek93]

He just needs to channel his inner "D-Boss" and he'll be alright again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2tA5dYsMQU

 

[SnoopDogg]

Sophomore slump

 

[Mrb1p]

He plays on a turd of a team and hes not a world breaker. So yeah.

 

[Dog]

Your expectations were/are too high

 

[Proust*]

He's done. Some guys peak early.

 

[oXo Cube]

There is nothing wrong with him. He is just a young and thus inconsistent player who really wasn't all that good to begin with.

 

[AINEC*]

He's trash, ECHL bound

EDIT: Either that or he's still very young, playing in his second season, on a team that isn't very good.

 

[Joel Ward]

He just needs to channel his inner "D-Boss" and he'll be alright again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2tA5dYsMQU

What the hell was that?

 

[DJJones]

He's 19.

Do we need a thread Everytime a young kid has a cold streak

 

[93LEAFS]

He's not getting many bounces or linemates converting passes at 5 on 5 (6.7oiSH%) and for whatever reason the powerplay over the last 2 years (granted over a small sample size) is below average when he is on (7.9 oiSH%). Larkin's crazy start last year also may of put unrealistic expectations on him. He is still an elite skater who is very good at driving possession and is a pretty good goal scorer. His lack of high-end vision might stop him from becoming a true number one center, and he seems to of struggled when being deployed there this year. I still think there is a strong possibility he can become the 2nd line center most teams would love to have in the Ryan Kesler mold. He has a higher ceiling than that, but I think he most likely ends up a high-end #2. This stretch is just a blip. If his power play numbers just improve to slightly below league average instead of being near the bottom, and he gets a few more bounces at es, we aren't having this discussion.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

sophomore slump is all.. been going on for years... everyone gets a free pass in sophomore year after a extremely good rookie season

 

[Erndog]

He was never as good as people were making him out to be last year.

Note: This is not me saying he's bad. He's good, very good... but he was severly overhyped last season. He's also much better than an 11 pt in 30 game player so do not take this as me ripping him. I'm just saying his lore grew last year and he was never as good as it appeared.

 

[Mount Suribachi]

I remember last year Larkin was being really hyped up. Some ppl were thinking Detroit had done it again. But I took a look at his stats today and was surprised. 11 points in 30 games? 30 point pace.....

Umm am I missing something? Are his point totals not representative of his play? Is he okay? I haven't really watched Detroit but I always thought he was in the ehlers/nylander tier.

Sophomore slump on a terrible team.

But he is also the leading goalscorer on the team with 9.

Then throw in some terribad linemates...

 

[jetsfan91]

Slumping Sophomore

 

[Claypool]

He plays for the Detroit Red Wings.

 

[Nizdizzle]

Its a combination. I definitely don't think he is as good as most of HF (and vocal Detroit fans) made him out to be. However, he is certainly better than his stat line has shown so far. He isn't going to be a sub-30 point player.

 

[BonMorrison]

Wasn't Luke Glendening on his line for a bit too?

So yeah.

 

[JT Kreider]

Ughhhhhh great. I'm playing against Larkin in fantasy. I'll bump this post later tonight after he scores 2 goals.

 

[Juicy Pop]

A little too much hype from last year and a lot of regression from Detroit.

He'll still be a great player though, he is only 20 after all.

 

[Retire91]

Its more than a sophomore slump, Detroit's roster is a wasteland of talent. There are only a handful of hockey players in the world that can do it all by themselves. I think having Daystuk on the team gave him a lot more room to breath and Tartar is playing awful which is pretty much half to 2/3 of our scoring winger squad, add into that a defense that struggles to get the puck up the ice

 

[leafsfan1234]

Playing with so many better young players at the world cup ruined his confidence.