Concerns arise as Detroit Red Wings' Dylan Larkin is absent from Sunday morning practice

The Detroit Red Wings team has been plagued with multiple issues lately, a lame-duck GM being one.

While another is losing Captain Dylan Larkin again. A prospect that the Red Wings team shouldn't be facing as they're competing to remain in the playoff picture for the last part of the season.

He'd leave Capital One Arena after the power-play in the 2nd-period, and wouldn't return.

Now, typically NHL teams would provide fans with a status update on the players who left due to injury, or game misconduct.

After the 5-2 loss to the Capitals, maybe the Red Wings are trying to let things calm down after the negative reactions to the moves made during the trade deadline.

Is that how they're approaching what could be a negative situation with Captain Dylan Larkin?

We're continually left in the dark on important matters, and in the midst of a five-game losing streak, this front-office has turtled.

Not a good sign.

Could Larkin be out long-term? It could shatter the team's plans of regaining the wild card spot in the playoffs they recently lost.

The Wings are 5th in the Atlantic Division, with no sign of Dylan Larkin returning to the lineup in sight.

Their record is 30-27-6, and they'll need to find a way to make up the last 10 points they had a chance at winning to even think of coming within sniffing distance of the last wild card spot in the East, now owned by the Columbus Blue Jackets.