All last night we were treated to tweets like this:
Tampa Bay and Ottawa continue to work on an Erik Karlsson trade. The NYR may be involved as Lightning need cap room. Callahan back to NY?
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 5, 2018
Sounds like Ottawa and Tampa Bay are getting close on a Karlsson trade. We will see what happens in the next 24-hours.
— Travis Yost (@travisyost) July 6, 2018
The Tampa Bay Lightning sure seem like the front runners in the Erik Karlsson sweepstakes.