What are the odds of Karlsson re-signing in SJ?
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Good chance, I live near Ottawa and it's not exactly a fun place to live (sorry friends) and if given the choice, ending up in the Pacific Division on a team that'll potentially be vying for top spot is a pretty good place to land. And back to the living situation, it's nice and warm, I could see him staying for a good while.
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Sharks have a 2-3 year window with Burns and Vlasic. I wouldn't stay if I was him
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That's not how probability works. There are variables. It is not 50/50. The Florida Panthers were either going to win the draft lottery, or not. Was it 50 - 50 odds? No, it was 1 - 99.
Edit: Forgive me if that was sarcasm. Maybe that's what the small font meant.
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You've probably said this every year for years
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They really never have been even in the expansion years, and I say this as a Kings fan. They've always have been hard to play and the Ducks as well because the "Battle of California" is real.
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Why would he go there though? If it is likely out of NA it will be Sweden.
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Just ignore him, he seems to be on a spree of posting dumb shit in a ton of threads.
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A big part of the reason why he hasn't signed yet is the belief that they can't sign him to 8 years until after the trade deadline. I see no reason to believe that Karlsson isn't being genuine in his feelings on this matter. He wants to try it out living here before committing but he's certainly open to doing so. I'd put very heavy odds on Karlsson re-signing very shortly after the trade deadline. There's no reason for him not to love the place and the fans. The team is very good and has management that has proven time and again their commitment to competing and ability to go out and acquire talent as well as retain them. I would think that is a lot more important than some impossible to predict look of a team in year four or five or six of a contract. All team change pretty drastically given that time period.
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As has been mentioned before, that guy is actually one of the rare "Sharks haters" on HFBoards. He is, to the Sharks, what Leafs fans believe the entirety of HFBoards is towards the Leafs.
The proof is in the pudding.
Best to ignore what he says about the San Jose Sharks in any thread involving them.
On the topic of Erik Karlsson, I'd reckon the odds are pretty high. San Jose is definitely a very nice place to live, the weather/media combination is as good as any in the NHL. The Sharks offered Tavares $13M/7Y which means they will almost certainly be willing to offer Karlsson that amount over 8 years and quite honestly, I suspect they would be willing to offer max term and AAV to Karlsson. Obviously the core is aging, and the team has some flaws; he would have a much better shot to win in Tampa Bay than San Jose.
I would say there is roughly a 65% chance that he re-signs in San Jose. Remember, though, just because he has not signed now, does not mean he does not want to sign. As mentioned by Pierre LeBrun, Erik Karlsson can not sign for 8 years in San Jose until the trade deadline.
The Sharks had a 2-3 year window with Thornton and Heatley...or so said HFBoards...
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There's a Senspiracy that he's waiting out an ownership change in Ottawa, which is where he and his wife apparently want to be. Don Brennan reported that Karlsson seriously thought that a sale of the Senators would go through prior to a trade happening, and Alfredsson would be put in as team president. I am guessing this predates Melnyk's acquisition of a new round of financing. It might also explain why Karlsson apparently gave Melnyk the cold shoulder when Melnyk e-mailed him requesting to talk about where Karlsson stands regarding a new contract.
The fact that Karlsson did not want to sign an extension to facilitate a trade probably means he is not worried about the risk of playing hockey unsigned. So right now, if I had to bet money, I say he goes the Tavares route and becomes one of the rare mega stars to hit free agency in today's era.
With that said, I think the chances of him re-signing in San Jose are still decent given their track record and how great it must be to be a millionaire in California. Considering Karlsson cannot sign an 8 year deal until after the deadline, if he gets that far unsigned, it might become easier to justify waiting until July 1st and seeing what's out there.
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The fact that Karlsson did not want to sign an extension to facilitate a trade probably means he is not worried about the risk of playing hockey unsigned. So right now, if I had to bet money, I say he goes the Tavares route and becomes one of the rare mega stars to hit free agency in today's era.
With that said, I think the chances of him re-signing in San Jose are still decent given their track record and how great it must be to be a millionaire in California. Considering Karlsson cannot sign an 8 year deal until after the deadline, if he gets that far unsigned, it might become easier to justify waiting until July 1st and seeing what's out there.
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Almost zero percent chance he signs an extension -- he'll test free agency.
If San Jose has a good season and he gets along with everyone there -- better than 50% odds he resigns there.
A good season being a deep playoff run -- anything less and he walks.
If San Jose has a good season and he gets along with everyone there -- better than 50% odds he resigns there.
A good season being a deep playoff run -- anything less and he walks.
I give it a higher than 50% chance.
How much money does Karlsson want? Can they afford to throw 10M at him and do they want to pay him that much? That's the only thing stopping him from resigning in San Jose imo.
Reasons for him to resign is that they've got a competitive team, San Jose has nice weather, there isn't a lot of pressure and it's probably pretty nice to live somewhere where everyone doesn't recognize you.
How much money does Karlsson want? Can they afford to throw 10M at him and do they want to pay him that much? That's the only thing stopping him from resigning in San Jose imo.
Reasons for him to resign is that they've got a competitive team, San Jose has nice weather, there isn't a lot of pressure and it's probably pretty nice to live somewhere where everyone doesn't recognize you.
