On the excitement scale, salary arbitration cases tend to fall somewhere between watching water boil and an Ed Sheeran album.
William Karlsson’s is the exception to the rule.
Of all the arbitration cases in the NHL this summer, none is more compelling than the one involving Karlsson and the Golden Knights.
The two sides remain at a standstill on a new contract for the restricted free agent who scored 43 goals last season and are scheduled for a hearing Saturday morning in Toronto.
“It would just be a fascinating hearing to listen to,” analyst Mike Johnson said on NHL Network this week.