Morning Flurries: The Larkin Sweepstakes Start to Get Serious

Dylan Larkin is the name driving the morning talk, and the usual suspects are already being sorted into tiers. The question is not whether teams will ask, but which ones have the mix of cap space, leverage and nerve to stay in the conversation. When a player of this caliber becomes a topic, every rumor gets treated like it came from a scouting meeting. The early read is that the chase is real, and the next move will tell everyone who is bluffing.