Draisital + 1st (unprotected) is fair for Karlsson imo. Unless he does a sign and trade which is a different story
That's about right, and I think Russell would have to go the other way, which he'd have to agree to as he has a NMC. That balances out the probable salary, and Sens get a great forward, what should be a high first, and a Dman who is very capable on the 2nd pairing and has been mostly good-to-great this season thus far (yeah, we all know the own goal, but he was having a monster of a game, and that was just a desperation move and made a mistake; it happens. He's not that bad at all). He's probably been our most consistent Dman, actually, but Karlsson would bump Larsson down to the 2nd pairing RHD spot, which is Russell's usual spot, so yeah, Russell would have to go the other way. It would have to be something like that and no more, and EK would have to tell management that he's incredibly open to extending with the Oilers, and will do everything he can to get a deal done before he possibly goes to market, or else it makes no sense to trade such assets for a rental -- even one as good as Karlsson. Has a superstar ever been dealt as a rental for a massive return in the last 10 years? I think I remember Gretzky being traded to St. Louis or something as a rental, but that was a LONG time ago, and I forget the return, and maybe that never even happened and I'm remembering wrongly. GMs just don't seem to be willing to do it, or can't do it -- likely because the offers aren't big enough to justify the trade. So yeah, don't count on the OP return if EK does go; if it were to go down it would almost be an unprecedented trade (unless he agrees to a sign and trade, of course), and Chia would get run out of town (I would hope) unless there was a promise to re-sign for 'market value' -- which we can give him with Drai and Russell going the other way -- or a sign and trade. I think that covers everything.
