(WXYZ) — The Detroit Red Wings have locked up their captain. The team and Dylan Larkin have agreed to a contract extension, according to the Detroit Red Wings.
The extension is for eight years with an annual average of $8.7 million, and gets a solid piece of the Red Wings' future locked up for the long-term.
Larkin, 26, has spent his entire career in Detroit and is in the last season of a contract he signed in 2018.
He has 22 goals and 57 points in 59 games this season and was named captain in 2021.
Detroit is currently fighting for a wild card playoff spot, but after three straight losses, the Red Wings sit sixth in the race, five points back from the second Wild Card spot.
