06 Feb 2023 17:18:00
SJ: Karlsson ('23 2nd)

CAR: Kotkaniemi ('23 2nd)


- swap 2023 2nd rounders
- swap one overpaid player for an over-termed one.

CAROLINA:

- not big on trading futures.

- the KK offer-sheet has been a disaster.

- legit Cup shot this year is worth sacrificing their cap for 4 years, especially getting that gawdy KK deal off the books.

SAN JOSE:

- is tearing it down, and with Karlsson rejuvenated, this is the time to move him out.

- is unlikely to want to buy out or Karlsson's ridiculous 11.5M/season cap hit given it will cost them an average of 4.66M over 8 years.

- might as well take 7 more years of KK @ 4.82M/season, which is a hair more than the buyout cap hit for Karlsson. (At least then you can tell your fan base you have a 22 year-old C prospect with upside.)

1.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 17:54:18
Good post and fair trade though I think that Carolina would want a bit more.

2.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 18:06:39
You are waaaay off on Karlsson value.

3.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 19:34:51
Yup let’s reunite Burns and Karlsson because that worked out fantastic in San Jose…ohh wait.

These are 2 very good PP specialists who just don’t work well together at all.

4.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 21:52:31
Karlsons contract makes him hard to fit in for any cap team strapped team.

5.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 23:03:37
I think Karlsson's value is a lot higher than KK's value. Sure KK has upside and could still turn out to be a good top 6 player, but Karlsson is at a 1.29PPG production as a dman. He's earning his high cap hit this year

6.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 23:23:23
VB: as always you are “unintentionally hilarious”.

You are correct that Burns and Karlsson “don’t work well together at all. ”

They are both Right Defence.

They'd play in separate pairings.

Think it through.

?.

7.) 06 Feb 2023
06 Feb 2023 23:53:06
JET & MATADOR: I agree with you both. But even if SJ retains 3M, it’s near impossible for any contender to fit in the remaining 8.5M. Also, I don’t see SJ ownership choosing to retain 3M x 4 more seasons.

I suggested KK because taking a bad contract back is more palatable to an owner than writing cheques for a player to go elsewhere.

Too much term vs too much AAV, or taking back salary vs a buyout or retained salary. They’re all tough sells to ownership. SJ will have to pick whichever poison that tastes the best. As good as Karlsson is this year, he’s a burden to a rebuilding team, and that bad foot of his is a HUGE risk to whoever acquires him.

It will be interesting ?.

8.) 08 Feb 2023
08 Feb 2023 10:13:33
They actually had them both on point during pp time.