Any GM even considering trading for Erik Karlsson’s full contract should immediately be fired no matter what.

Sharks accept.

I disagree. Karlsson with Miro could be fire, there's immense talent in there.

I think Karlsson is a better player than Seguin is.

Plus Stars also get rid of Suter here.

i like the idea - it's creative, but likely too creative for jim nill who tends to be one of the most boring gm's in the league...

the main downside tho is that if it keeps you from giving oettinger enough money for 8 years, he walks to ufa sooner, and i think they need to build around him as much as anyone else on the team

Tre kronor?



I think 6 years is fine. DAL can re-sign him further in 2028 then if he's still any good. He'd be 29 then so it might be a better deal for us to sign him to an 8-year deal then.

you're not wrong, but even at 29 i wouldn't want to give him 8 years... the ideal might be to keep him thru his prime, ufa at 31, and let him walk after hes peaked...
at 29 he won't settle for shorter term, but i wouldn't want a goalie past their mid 30's anymore, there's just too many of them who aren't aging well... the best case ends up looking like bishop who was effective until he went on ltir, but lots have gone worse (bobs, martin jones, quick, dobby, rinne, and soon carey price...

you're right there's less risk in 6 years, but then you might temp yourself into an extension at 29 that won't age well... that's the real danger, unless you're a GM who expects to be fired in less than 6 years anyway like half of them, then it doesn't matter anyway lol

Who knows, there might be another Oettinger in our pipelines after Otter's next contract is about to expire. Suffice to say that the main goal now is to get Otter signed for at least 3 years.