Confirmed with Link: EK65 back. 8 years, 11.5M per

[KarlssonsGroin]

boom shaka laka

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[OffSydes]

Fire DW

 

[Gilligans Island]

WOOHOO

 

[Thrasymachus]

Congrats guys! F the haters, Karlsson is absolutely worth it. Just need him to take all the time necessary to heal up.

 

[one2gamble]

well, that just got interesting

 

[polmaniac932]

Don’t even care about the cap. Joe has another shot at the cup.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Don’t even care about the cap. Joe has another shot at the cup.

Bingo!

Now if DW can somehow fill that top-6 F spot, I am going to be thrilled.

 

[WSS11]

Hell yeah. Bring on the hate.

 

[Alaskanice]

This is fabulous!

For all the crud that DW gets on here, he simply makes huge trades and keeps the best players here for the long term.

Impressive.

Go Sharks!!

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Hell yeah. Bring on the hate.

Go to the main boards.

It has already been broughtten!

 

[DeadGhost]

Lets f***ing go!

 

[FunkyPhin]

Good, literally the best possible move we could have made this off - season and we made it. Now DW has to clear a bunch of dead weight, and shore up the forward group.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

My understanding is that he signed for the same cap% as Doughty.

 

[DeadGhost]

Karlsson + Some guys to do headshots = Cup!

 

[Juxtaposer]

Man I’m so unbelievably happy.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Man I’m so unbelievably happy.

The Sharks fan in me still has doubt its official till DW or EK65 say it is done.

 

[matt trick]

Fired up! It's a lot but with Hertl, Couture, Meier, Kane, Burns, Karl, and Vlasic, we've got the pieces. Let's go figure out a way to squeeze in another top 6 forward, Thornton, and Labanc.

Expect to see Melker, Braun, and hopefully Dell out the door shortly!

 

[Makoshark]

Woohoo!!! I get to keep my username! Other than that I am estatic we were able to resign Karlsson!!! Screw the haters. I believe in the team we will be icing cup window stays open for the next few years at least unlike most of theirs. Hell ya DW!!!

 

[SJSharksfan39]

I don’t know much about financial ramifications, but if Karlsson had left I would have been sad considering all the prospects the Sharks gave up to get him in the first place. With his staying long term, that trade is complete and it was worth losing the draft picks for.

I do hope there are options in like year 5 or 6 that gives the Sharks flexibility if Karlsson starts losing it, but like I said I don’t know how this kind of impact signing works for the teams future.

 

[RussianShark]

Shout out to whatever restaurant Karl and Doug ate at in Los Gatos. Maybe some good grub won him over.

There's a lot more Michelin stars in the Bay than Tampa or Ottawa.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Another benefit of this signing is that some of the Sens fans who joined us this season will stay as well. Liked a few of those folks.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

Good, literally the best possible move we could have made this off - season and we made it. Now DW has to clear a bunch of dead weight, and shore up the forward group.

Firing some coaches would be the best move DW can make. You can’t be a cup contender with a bottom of the barrel power play. That has to be fixed before the season starts. Also I still hope (albeit slim) that Deboar is gone. Fire Pete, Spott will follow and that’s a good thing.

 

[nerdybeard]

I’m honestly even more excited than when he originally signed. I knew he’d take some time to mesh, and now he has built some chemistry. Now for the rest of the pieces to fall... but at least we know:

1) DW/Hasso still all in
2) Jumbo will likely come back super cheap
3) Big names have a chance at sticking around when traded here/signed.

More moves to come surely, and we may be able to lure some other talent pending how other contracts end up. Maybe Nyquist takes cheap deal too?

 

[Dan K211]

Great news. Glad he likes it here in SJ.

 

[Tw1ster]

And the haters roll in! Finally I can order my EK65 jersey