from Will Burchfield of CBS Detroit,

The same streak Dylan Larkin used to cheer for he’s now trying to sustain.

“My whole life the Red Wings have been in the playoffs, so I don’t want it to be this year that we’re not,” Larkin said on Tuesday, with the second half of the season set to open tonight.

There is work to be done for the Wings. With 33 games to go, they’re tied for last in the Eastern Conference and in serious danger of missing the postseason for the first time in 26 years. Perhaps no one feels the weight of history more than Larkin, who grew up a Red Wings fan in Waterford Township and understands the gravity of the team’s playoff streak.

“I think it means a lot to everyone. Now that you’re a player you understand a whole other level to it than a fan, but it does mean a lot. There’s a lot of factors for a player that it’s not as easy as it looks and as teams have made it look. So I do understand the significance of it even more,” said Larkin.

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