Just so we're clear – if it comes to pass that Karlsson gets traded, will you be upset with management for lying to you? Will you stop accepting everything they say as true? Will you stop asking for evidence on any point that's made without a direct quote from a player or management-type?
I know this is hard for you to understand ......... so I'll go over it, again.
First, I've never said or indicated that I believe "everything they say as true", I just take them at their word, until such time they break it. People's words mean a lot more than the rumours started by people who "can read between the lines" or "know what he really meant" rather than the actual words that come out of someones mouth.
So when PD stated the Senators will offer EK65 a contract on July 1st, to the STHs, on March 23rd, I take him at his word........... and that means to me that EK65 will be a Senator on July 1st.
If EK65 is NOT a Senator on July 1st, then he's been traded, and PD has lied to the STHs and everyone in the Ottawa Senators fan-base ........... and I would be extremely upset at both the loss of EK65, and the GM who lied.
If someone who "can read between the lines" or "knows what he really meant" rather than the actual words that come out of someones mouth, and posts about it here as if it's true or as a fait accompli ............ I'll question them about it, why wouldn't you, I, or anyone else do the same?