An 8th year and extra money are plenty of incentives.
And I agree that that is definitely a possibility. I just don’t know how much stock I’d put into one week of promises when you’re as good as EK.He can still take an 8 year offer from San Jose after talking with other teams during the last week of June.
Going to sign in Montreal !!
Stamkos signed 2 days before he was to become a FA.It's incredibly rare for an upcoming UFA to sign an 8 year contract this close to free agency. In fact, it's never happened.
When you get this close, you don't give up the chance to see what's out there. Karlsson will be no different.
He might always go back to SJ, but he'll do it in July.
I think that is what he meant. Basically if I'm understanding right (and correct me if I'm wrong) EK will wait and use that week period where he can talk to other teams. If he doesn't like what he sees, then he will resign for the 8th year but if he does, then who knows. Basically what Stamkos and Tavares both did.Stamkos signed 2 days before he was to become a FA.
He can still take an 8 year offer from San Jose after talking with other teams during the last week of June.
Another innacurate lazy post about the sens. Hard to look at things objectively through those teal glasses i guess.
If you actually dont think losing players like Joe Thornton doesnt matter in the room just proves again you are new to the sport.
It's incredibly rare for an upcoming UFA to sign an 8 year contract this close to free agency. In fact, it's never happened.
When you get this close, you don't give up the chance to see what's out there. Karlsson will be no different.
He might always go back to SJ, but he'll do it in July.
Don’t remember Stamkos having much attention. EK is on a contending team. Tavares wasn’t.3 days before the trade deadline and the biggest UFA by far is getting ZERO attention....
I don't understand why this is soooo different than it was with Stamkos and Tavares (and Karlsson is a better/more valuable player than both were).
At the TDL when Tavares and Stamkos were unsigned - all the focus was on them, and would they be traded, or kept, etc. Why is none of this happening with Karlsson? I understand San Jose wants to resign him but they haven't yet.
Because they have to wait to be able to extend him for the max term, and there's zero question the Sharks won't attempt to move him.3 days before the trade deadline and the biggest UFA by far is getting ZERO attention....
I don't understand why this is soooo different than it was with Stamkos and Tavares (and Karlsson is a better/more valuable player than both were).
At the TDL when Tavares and Stamkos were unsigned - all the focus was on them, and would they be traded, or kept, etc. Why is none of this happening with Karlsson? I understand San Jose wants to resign him but they haven't yet.
3 days before the trade deadline and the biggest UFA by far is getting ZERO attention....
I don't understand why this is soooo different than it was with Stamkos and Tavares (and Karlsson is a better/more valuable player than both were).
At the TDL when Tavares and Stamkos were unsigned - all the focus was on them, and would they be traded, or kept, etc. Why is none of this happening with Karlsson? I understand San Jose wants to resign him but they haven't yet.
Not necessarily. This is a player on a team that is focused on the playoff run. DW said that he’s confident on him resigning but they are focused on the playoff run. I think that means one of two things. The first is that EK wants to see what’s out there during the 5 day period. The second is that they already have the framework in place and they are waiting to announce it until they are out of the playoffs as sort of good news when they are knocked out.Shouldnt he have signed by now...
Does this mean he is walking?
Shouldnt he have signed by now...
Does this mean he is walking?
Vegas doesn’t even have the cap space to resign William Karlsson currently. No way they sign Erik Karlsson.Vegas Vancouver or SJ
Seabrook is an awful comparison when EK is much better than Seabrook ever was and they are entirely different players.With the recurring injuries, I'd let him walk. He's a fantastic player but I guarantee by years 5,6,7,8 he's an absolute cap blackhole. People think Seabrook is bad wait until the injuries catch up to Erik. The Sharks played a huge price to get him and if they win a cup it was worth it, but I really think it's going to be dangerous signing him longterm.
With the recurring injuries, I'd let him walk. He's a fantastic player but I guarantee by years 5,6,7,8 he's an absolute cap blackhole. People think Seabrook is bad wait until the injuries catch up to Erik. The Sharks played a huge price to get him and if they win a cup it was worth it, but I really think it's going to be dangerous signing him longterm.