Moritz Seider is coming off the best season of his career, and now he’s weighing in on the situation surrounding his captain, Dylan Larkin.
It’s been a turbulent offseason in Detroit. Steve Yzerman stepped down as general manager over the summer, and the Red Wings are still searching for his replacement heading into training camp. On top of that, Larkin requested a trade out of Detroit in June after the team missed the playoffs for a 10th straight season, leaving the captain’s future unresolved with no permanent decision-maker yet in place to sort it out.
Moritz Seider on Dylan Larkin
Asked how close he remains in contact with his captain, and how much a resolution before training camp would help, Seider kept his answer measured.
“I recently congratulated him on his birthday. Out of respect for him, I won’t say anything about him through the media. What I can say is that he has his reasons. At the same time, we’re a better team when he’s in the lineup. If a new leader comes in, it will be interesting to find other solutions. But those decisions will be made by the new GM,” Seider said, per NHL.com’s German site.
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It’s the kind of answer that supports Larkin without directly challenging his desire to leave, putting the responsibility for what happens next squarely on Detroit’s front office rather than on the players caught in between.
Seider has plenty of reason to focus on his own game regardless of how the Larkin situation plays out. He just wrapped up a career year, posting 60 points on 10 goals and 50 assists while averaging 25 minutes and 40 seconds a night, third-most among all NHL defensemen.
He also played all 82 games for a fifth straight season, a streak he’s yet to break since entering the league. That combination of workload and production was enough to land him in the top five of Norris Trophy voting, cementing his place among the league’s elite defensemen heading into his age-25 season.
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