In Red Wings Land

It was kind of a slow news day for the Red Wings yesterday (outside of the Penguins game which we have covered for you here), so here’s Helene’s mail bag from the other day.

Detroit Red Wings mailbag: What has impacted Dylan Larkin’s season? | Freep

Along with the Dylan Larkin stuff from the title, there’s little bit about Filip Hronek and how long he’ll be in Detroit. Plus, Jeff Blashill’s future and whether he earned another contract.

Around the League

MATTHEWS, OVECHKIN, MACKINNON AND MCDAVID NAMED ALL-STAR CAPTAINS — WHO JOINS THEM? | The Hockey News

ATLANTIC DIVISION

Forwards

Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs*

Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning

Jack Eichel, Buffalo Sabres

David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins

Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings

Max Domi, Montreal Canadiens

Defensemen

Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs

Thomas Chabot, Ottawa Senators

Keith Yandle, Florida Panthers

Goaltenders

Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning

Jaroslav Halak, Boston Bruins

This seems like a fairly accurate prediction. Larkin is probably a lock and he definitely deserves the all-star nod.