Yeah leafs decline to do that obviously

absolutely not. the pens are going to be stuck with that albatross of a contract until it's expired

10m x 4 years is an albatross. Agreed. Not sure why Dubas pulled the trigger on it at that cap hit.

5m x 4 years is perfectly reasonable though.

Pens decline this easily. That return is garbage for that much retention let alone the player.

It's fine for the Pens. With how Karlsson is playing right now, it's anything but an albatross. And in the final year or two when it probably won't be good, neither will the Penguins so it doesn't matter.
The Pens don't really need to trade EK65, especially if they're not getting their money's worth for retaining $5M for 3.5 seasons.

Why on earth would we bail PIT out of that garbage signing?
He had one good year and everyone thought he was back lmao.
He just wanted a trade to a better team now he goes back to playing how he normally does with 0 effort no ty.
Karlsson is absolutely the worst possible defence we could add.
On top of all that and TML saying no you seriously think PIT would retain 5 m for that long?
Is this a joke or are you being serious?

So pens fans laughed at what they got Karlsson for from SJ now they are are going to get a kings ransom for him. that's almost as much as SJ gave up to get him at 28 yrs old