Larkin essentially proved he can play center regularly in the NHL after mostly being on a wing previously. But is he really a No.1?
We’ve been here before with Larkin. He took the NHL by storm early his rookie season, vaulting to among the leaders in plus-minus and gracing the cover of The Hockey News with the question, “The Next Jonathan Toews?”
Then he slumped mightily. So Larkin had a pretty good third year, and now he’s supposed to be, what, “The Next Steve Yzerman…”
So if Dylan Larkin is only a No.