The Meter
Real bucks on the line, folks — the meter is live.
Well now — this kid Larkin has been suspended by Detroit without pay, and the meter is counting every dollar of it, live. He told the club he would no longer play for the Red Wings; the club told him he would no longer be paid by them, either — not until a trade is worked out. Asking out of Detroit was free, son. Sitting out costs $41,237.11 a day.
forfeited so far — and counting
Holy mackerel — this kid Larkin, head down, heading off the ice, doing the math on the consequences.
How the meter works
For the record, because getting it right is this site's whole personality: being scratched for trade reasons doesn't start this meter. Sitting out while your agent shops you around does not forfeit a dime. A team suspension without pay — Detroit sitting him and docking his pay — starts the meter, and as of October 29, 2026, that's exactly where we are.
The math is plain: an $8,000,000 base salary spread over a 194-day season works out to $41,237.11 a day, roughly 48 cents a second. The meter started the evening of October 29, 2026, when Detroit announced the suspension. A completed trade ends the suspension — and the meter stops with it. So now, folks, we wait on the trade — and patience, like a good penalty kill, is a virtue.