Karlsson, Sharks reach eight-year deal

[mikecole141]

It appears Erik Karlsson is extending his stay in the Bayarea.


According to TSN Hockey Insiders Pierre LeBrun and BobMcKenzie, the San Jose Sharks have reached an eight-year contract with thedefenceman which will be worth roughly $11.5 million per season - making himthe league's third-highest paid player.

https://www.tsn.ca/all-signs-point-t...arks-1.1323805

[RGM81]

Well that will make Free Agent Frenzy a little less interesting.

[creasecollector]

Well that will make Free Agent Frenzy a little less interesting.

Tell me about it.

I wasn't following this super closely, but I did not think he'd want to resign with the Sharks, let alone 8 years, so this surprised me.

[SabresGuy]

Very surprised at the length and amount of the deal given his recent health. Hope it works out for them.

[doniceage]

San Jose is going to have to be creative with their other players in the future due to this contract.

Don

[markw2856]

Cough*over paid

I was thinking the same thing as you Don. Definitely gonna take some creative moves and development of players to take some other positions up down the road. Figured Pavelski was gone but we will see. They have some core guys locked up for a long time now. They don't have a 1st, 2nd, or 4th round pick this year and no 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th next year.

[doniceage]

Cough*over paid

I was thinking the same thing as you Don. Definitely gonna take some creative moves and development of players to take some other positions up down the road. Figured Pavelski was gone but we will see. They have some core guys locked up for a long time now. They don't have a 1st, 2nd, or 4th round pick this year and no 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th next year.

Touching on those thoughts here is a good article:

https://thehockeynews.com/news/artic...STER-All_Users

Don