#LeafsFever
Joined: May 2017
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My sense is that based on the ask of Karlsson group (approx. $11 million aav on a max term deal), the Sharks management group wanted him to actually get out there and play alongside Brent Burns and this group and feel like apart of this team. Hopefully then, that number might come down, closer to Burns' AAV, who I think might be the closest comparable next to Subban's contract. If SJS can somehow extend Karlsson between $9-$10 million AAV on a max term deal, that'd be a huge win for this team. I really don't think this was a pure short term rental type deal.