Trade talks are past the boiling point and are not spilling over the edge of the pot and all over the stove. TSN’s Travis Yost appears to have an inside track on the dealings of the Ottawa Senators, who own Erik Karlsson, for now? [Raw Charge]
Previously we’d balked at a trade for Karlsson because the price of this 1.5 year rental would be too high. Our speculation was, maybe, “Karlsson for Namestnikov, Raddysh, Hajek, a 1st and a conditional 1st if he’s re-signed.” But since then, Yzerman said to Joe Smith that he would not be willing to trade any current roster players for Karlsson.