Karlsson wanted to compete. He might never get that chance with Pittsburgh. I think he would waive for Toronto.

Toronto is out to claim all the 11 plus million dollar deals

We get EK65 we win the cup. But would have now 3 quarters of our team's salary taken up by 5 players.

So why is Karlsson worth more now than when he was coming off a 100 point Norris trophy season?

Devils accept.

At 3 mill I’m willing to see if we can fix gravy

The salary retention

Presumably the 14 million dollars Pittsburgh is eating on his contract

You're getting him at a cap hit of $6.5M for the next couple years...

I think if the season is lost Pens hope it's just a down year and try again next season. I can't see them retaining for that long

Canucks pass Again/Still. IMHO.

3 years of $3.5M retention is $10.5M. Sharks retained $1.5M for 4 years so $6M. So $4.5M extra retention is worth Liljegren, Robertson, and a 3rd?

I can get behind most of this, but holy hell that Monahan contract is a disaster

Karlsson has 4 years left.

Also that's not how retention works. San Jose will still be retaining 1.5 mill of Karlssons strategy

3.5 mill x 4 year is 14 million in extra retention. That retention alone is multiple 1sts of value. So yes, that retention is worth significantly more than Lilligren, Robertson, and a 3rd.

This is an AGM for next year. Karlsson has 3 years left after this year.

Then it would be 10.5, still worth more than Lilligren, Robertson, and a 3rd

Ok so 1.5M retention for 4 years on EK65 coming off a 100 point Norris winning season returns Granlund, Hoffman, Rutta, and a 1st.

$3.5M retention for 3 seasons (in addition to the $1.5M retention from the Sharks) on EK65 coming off a good season returns Liljegren, Robertson, Jarnkrok, a 1st, and a 3rd.

Seems off.