McLellan calls out Dylan Larkin

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DETROIT – Detroit Red Wings coach Todd McLellan spent much of his postgame news conference Thursday lamenting his team’s lack of compete in a 5-2 loss to Columbus and was particularly critical of captain Dylan Larkin.
Todd McLellan calls out Detroit Red Wings' Dylan Larkin after loss to Blue Jackets
Todd McLellan said Dylan Larkin 'was missing' from the Detroit Red Wings' 5-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday at Little Caesars Arena.
Cutthroat Todd McLellan calls out his captain Dylan Larkin after Wings’ loss
Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin came out flat in the 5-2 loss against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday and his head coach Todd McLellan had no issue calling him out to the media postgame. “I can’t beat around the bush — he was missing,” said McLellan. “He’s a big boy, he can handle hearing that. He’s going to hear it from me.”
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Larkin had no points and no shots in 18:26 Tuesday in a 3-2 victory in Minnesota. He’s played a lot of hockey – five games in eight nights including the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game – and three of those games went to overtime. But McLellan said that’s not an excuse.
Todd McLellan calls out Dylan Larkin after Red Wings' 5-2 loss to Blue Jacket
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