Dylan Larkin trade cost to Panthers revealed in Red Wings deal that would also include Sebastian Cossa

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The Florida Panthers may just be equipped to pull this off.

They're one of the three teams on Dylan Larkin's reported list of desired destinations after he requested a trade from the Detroit Red Wings.

The Panthers are armed with the draft picks and players to potentially get a deal done.

In a new article for Daily Faceoff, Anthony Di Marco came up with his potential trade idea for the Panthers and Red Wings:

• Red Wings get: Anton Lundell, 2026 No. 9 overall pick, 2026 second-round pick
• Panthers get: Dylan Larkin, Sebastian Cossa

The Panthers are the only team among Larkin's three requested (Wild, Golden Knights) to possess a top-10 pick in this year's draft.

This trade pitch also sends the young goalie Cossa to Florida, which might lose Sergei Bobrovsky this offseason. Cossa seems likely to get traded somewhere this offseason, so if it made sure Detroit got an ample return for Larkin, that might work.

"(Steve) Yzerman can’t focus solely on futures in exchange for Larkin – he needs win-now pieces that are also young. Lundell, a 2020 first-round pick, would be exactly that and get a capable body to play down the middle," Di Marco writes. "Lundell has been the third-line pivot in Florida, though he played up the lineup this year due to injuries to Aleksander Barkov and Sam Bennett. Registering 18 goals and 44 points in 64 games for the Panthers, Lundell showed promise of being a long term top-six center. "

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Di Marco writes that he includes Cossa in the above deal to balance it out just a bit.

"If Lundell and the ninth overall pick are included, it is too much for the soon-to-be 30-year-old Larkin," Di Marco writes. "The Panthers also don’t have an NHL goaltender signed for next season, with Sergei Bobrovsky set to become a UFA. Cossa would automatically become the future of the crease in Sunrise, while Larkin’s addition would (presumably) push Bennett down to a third-line role, which could be optimal in the long term."

The combination of Lundell and the No. 9 pick is no guarantee, but it certainly would have a chance of getting this deal over the line, if it was an offer the Panthers were actually willing to make.

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