NHL: Erik Karlsson is having the greatest individual season for a defenseman in team history. Will Saturday’s game with the Edmonton Oilers be his last in a Sharks home uniform?
SAN JOSE – Erik Karlsson is about to complete the greatest individual season ever for a San Jose Sharks defenseman. He’s on the verge of scoring 100 points, a number no NHL defenseman has reached in 31 years, and he seems like a lock to win his third Norris Trophy as the league’s best blueliner.The Sharks host the Colorado Avalanche tonight and the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, then finish the season with a three-game road trip that ends next Thursday in Edmonton.
Entering Thursday, Karlsson had 238 points in 288 regular season games with the Sharks since he was acquired from the Ottawa Senators before the start of the 2018-19 season. In his lone playoff appearance with the team in 2019, Karlsson had 16 points in 19 games as the Sharks advanced to the Western Conference Final.
There were numerous reports earlier this year that the Sharks and Oilers had discussions about Karlsson, but Grier said after the trade deadline that nothing came close to fruition. Not close enough, anyway, to bring to Karlsson, who has a full no-movement clause in his contract. But the list of potential suitors for Karlsson could grow in the offseason, especially if the cap rises by more than $1 million. Right now, the cap for next season is projected at $83.5 million, and Karlsson’s contract carries an $11.5 million cap hit for the next four seasons after this one.
“But at the same time, like I’ve been saying from the beginning, I’ve enjoyed being around Erik and watching Erik. He’ll have a say in this and what he wants to do moving forward.” “It seems like that’s what everybody wants to talk about,” Karlsson said of reaching 100 points. “I haven’t really had a normal conversation with anyone in a while, it seems to be only about that. But that kind of comes with the territory, and it’s because people are happy for you and they care about you and they’re watching you, which is a nice thing.
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