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Why though? Just for the sake of being difficult? For your own pride?
I get it if you had an unreasonable amount of love and emotional attachment to Karlsson, who is arguably the greatest player ever to wear the Sens jersey, and you just cant forgive Melnyk/Dorion for trading him. I can understand that I suppose, although cant agree with it.
But if thats not the case, and you really are a reasonable fan, then Im not sure why you want to take such a childish stance on the trade, despite how incredible its looking for us at the moment?
You don't trade away the best player to ever put on your jersey. Simple as that. There are only a few circumstances where it should reasonably happen....the player walks out on the team and refuses to play, he's in the twilight of his career and wants to chase a Cup, or some sort of major family event happens and he requests a trade to be closer to home.
A player like Erik only plays for your favorite team once in a lifetime. I haven't looked at Edmonton the same way since they sold Gretzky, and I have a hard time looking at Ottawa the same way after this trade. We use the term generational way too much on HF, but in terms of defensemen, I doubt we'll ever see another offensive blueliner like him play for the Sens in my lifetime. It's not about pure stats, or what goodies we can get for our stars....it's about having pride in your team and the continuity that THAT guy who comes along once in a blue moon is your player.