Confirmed Trade: [OTT/SJ] Erik Karlsson and Francis Perron for Tierney, DeMelo, Norris, Balcers, 1st, 2nd, cdnl picks

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Congrats san Jose. You now have one of the most exciting players to play the game in a long ass time and you didn't give up a roster player to get him.

You're in for a treat this season.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

Man the attendace in Ottawa this season.

 

[AustonsNostrils]

It ensures nothing of the sort.

i know you're shell shocked so it's understandable you're in denial right now. But no player who's looking to sign the last big contract of his career as a UFA is going to sign with a team with a complete idiot owner directing a total rebuild.

 

[BatVader]

Hands down, that has to be the worst blueline in the NHL. It rivals the Senators blueline from their inaugural season.

It’s a great D if you still have your 1st round pick for the upcoming draft.

 

[PG Canuck]

If San Jose crashes and burns in the first round and then Karlsson signs with another team...

How does the trade look then?

Still good. It’ll always be good. SJ could fold as a franchise and they still win this deal.

 

[robertocarlos]

I must underrated San Jose more than a lot of people, because even with this trade I don't see them being a top end favorite like the Metro Powerhouses/Tampa/Nash/WPG.

In the 5th-7th best ream range as of right now in my eyes. If you're Wilson, you obviously take the risk, but if he doesn't re-sign, this trade may hurt more than people think. Still, you have to take the shot.

Then the top 3-4 teams in the west have blown a big chance for the Cup.

 

[DFC]

If San Jose crashes and burns in the first round and then Karlsson signs with another team...

How does the trade look then?

Still pretty bad for Ottawa. Because they're gonna be awful, without a 1st rounder, and nothing much to build around.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Geez. I'm a Rangers fan and even Senators fans have my sympathy for this crapshow.

 

[96]

If San Jose crashes and burns in the first round and then Karlsson signs with another team...

How does the trade look then?

What they gave up is easily worth a year of karlsson + negotiating time

 

[Dominance]

Karlsson for Scott Thornton, Ray Whitney, and Arturs Irbe

Funny that this is as good as the actual return.

 

[Empoleon8771]

To break down the picks in the trade for anyone who doesn't fully know the details yet:

-The Sharks owe their 2019 and 2020 1sts to the Sabres and Senators. If the Sharks miss the playoffs in 2019, the Senators will get their 2019 1st and the Sabres will get their 2020 1st. If the Sharks make the playoffs, the Sabres will get their 2019 1st and the Senators will get their 2020 1st.
-The Senators will get the highest 2nd rounder the Sharks own.
-If the Sharks re-sign Karlsson, then the Senators get a 2021 2nd rounder from San Jose. If he re-signs and the Sharks make the 2019 cup finals, that gets upgraded to a 1st rounder
-If the Sharks trade Karlsson to the East, they owe a 1st rounder by 2022

The confusing thing here is that 3rd condition. If the Sharks make the cup finals, but don't re-sign Karlsson, what happens then? Is that a 1st rounder or is that nothing?

 

[razor ray]

Biggest winner is Colorado.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

If San Jose crashes and burns in the first round and then Karlsson signs with another team...

How does the trade look then?

Tierney, DeMelo, Balcers, Norris, a 2020 1st, and a 2019 2nd for Karlsson still is a move you make with that result in mind.

 

[Hurricane Hugo]

What the f*** kind of return is that? For Karlsson? God I feel so bad for Sens fans.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Im surprised that Dal or VGK couldnt beat that.

 

[one2gamble]

If San Jose crashes and burns in the first round and then Karlsson signs with another team...

How does the trade look then?

the same way it does now

 

[DancesWithWookies]

LOL

 

[Hatter of the Beach]

Congrats san Jose. You now have one of the most exciting players to play the game in a long ass time and you didn't give up a roster player to get him.

You're in for a treat this season.

They gave up two roster players?

 

[DistantThunderRep]

That's not true, you're just more familiar with the pieces you gave up and are forgetting that JT Miller was a part of that trade

We basically gave up Brett Howden and Libor Hajek + a First for McDonagh. We gave up Namestnikov and first for Miller. We paid more anyway you slice it. Hajek is better than every prospect included in this trade. Let alone Howden.

 

[Terry Yake]

If San Jose crashes and burns in the first round and then Karlsson signs with another team...

How does the trade look then?

only way that happens is if their stars go down with injuries

don't see EK signing anywhere else to be quite honest. even if guys like thornton, pavelski, couture, burns, and vlasic aren't getting younget i'm sure DW will find another team to fleece for some young talent

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Rangers are taking any defected Sens fans, y’all were surprisingly respectful during the playoff series in ‘17

Yeah they were. Classy fans...unlike Chris Neil.

 

[BergyWho37]

N they ask us for C Mac .. I wouldn’t even trade him for the package they got.

 

[bottomofthefoodchain]

So a 1st and a bunchof crap

 

[Pyrophorus]

People like you have been saying those guys or other similar guys like Marleau and Boyle before them were declining. Don't pretend like this is some new take on the Sharks. I've heard this stuff since at least 2010.

Marleau has declined? You offered to re-up him.

 

[islesfan3913]

Jokes been done numerous times already...fail

I was the first one to make the joke in this thread and you actually we’re bothered enough by a joke to reply and say this...fail