Team submits trade offer for Dylan Larkin and Elliotte Friedman reveals the details

Elliotte Friedman said it plainly on Sportsnet's 32 Thoughts podcast, calling the fit between the Detroit Red Wings captain and Minnesota something that just makes too much sense.

Friedman pointed to Danila Yurov and Charlie Stramel as the core of a potential package.

That framing has dominated the conversation since Larkin's trade request became public. But the real story isn't the names Friedman floated.

It's what the Wild's own trade deadline behavior already revealed about how high they're willing to climb.

At the March deadline, New York Rangers general manager Chris Drury pushed hard to include Yurov in a Vincent Trocheck deal.

Bill Guerin refused. The Wild's 2022 first-round pick was off the table for a rental-caliber center.

Separately, Michael Russo of The Athletic reported that Minnesota offered Jesper Wallstedt and Yurov as part of a package for Robert Thomas in St. Louis.

Guerin was willing to move the same asset he protected weeks earlier, but only for a younger, cost-controlled option.

That sequence matters now. Minnesota's willingness to include Yurov depends entirely on how they rank the center on the other end.

Trocheck didn't clear the bar. Thomas did. Larkin, a 29-year-old captain with five years left at $8.7 million, sits above both.

Steve Yzerman doesn't have to guess how far the Wild will stretch. Their deadline history already answered the question.

If Guerin opens the door to Yurov and Stramel, Yzerman knows that's the floor, not the ceiling.

The Wild's prospect hierarchy is public record at this point. Larkin's full no-movement clause gives him destination control, and Minnesota checks every personal box.

But Yzerman is under no pressure to accept the first framework that leaks. The Red Wings haven't made the playoffs in a decade.

One more summer of patience costs them nothing, and it might cost the Wild significantly more.