I’m guessing had the Golden Knights ever worked out a trade for Erik Karlsson, he wouldn’t have racked up as many airline miles as Brandon Pirri.
Who, you would gather, now leads the NHL in A-List Preferred credits and drink coupons on Southwest.
Karlsson’s standing as one one of the world’s elite players has long been cemented, and there was a time — both at last season’s trade deadline and then again during the late summer — when every report and rumor regarding his next destination included the Knights.
The defenseman would instead be dealt from Ottawa to the Sharks for a package of players and picks and probably the assurance loony Senators owner Eugene Melnyk never again crossed into San Jose city limits, immediately bolstering what was already one of the league’s best blue lines.