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Karlsson is a pipe dream, I think everyone knows that. He's their best player, one of if not the best D in the NHL. It'd take 2 or 3 players that hurts Blackhawks fans to think about trading (Schmaltz, Debrincat, etc.) plus picks in order to get him. In every trade, the other GM sooner or later has to answer to the owner and the fans. Two middle pair D, a 3rd liner who can fake it on the 1st line at times (Panik), and a not great prospect is not a great answer. Think about the Bickell trade with Carolina a few years ago. It stung a little to give up Teuvo, but the Blackhawks needed to trade the Bickell contract. The value in the trade for Carolina was the part that hurt, Teuvo.
Now, would the Senators be interested in trading Duchene, and resetting the team/season? I don't know, but I could see that way more easily done than trading Karlsson.