Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek on the 32 Ideas: The Podcast – Tort’s Tantrum Fallout & the Golden LTIR episode on if Erik Karlsson future is with the Pittsburgh Penguins and if a return to the Ottawa Senators be a chance.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Marek: “I ponder about Erik Karlsson by way of all of it. That’s the one man that I maintain coming again to. There’s a dedication from (Evgeny) Malkin. A dedication from Kris Letang. That’s the group that stayed. The one which I do surprise about is Erik Karlsson.
No query connected to any of this. That’s simply, I’ll simply lob that on the market as my very own feeling. That’s the one man that I ponder about right here, and his future with the Pittsburgh Penguins. I simply don’t.”
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Friedman: “Properly, it’s not going to be a simple one to maneuver. It undoubtedly isn’t.
Marek: “Oh, I .”
Friedman: “And, and, , I’ll say this, I believe so much, there’s gonna be quite a lot of give attention to Ottawa. Like if there’s one crew that you’d assume would think about it, it will be them with Daniel Alfredsson there.
Ottawa, I believe did quite a lot of groundwork. And I believe Ottawa would so much, had quite a lot of conversations, not solely about, , they made some subtractions however I additionally assume they need to add, and people who find themselves going to make them higher instantly.
It’s ever since I wrote that in regards to the chance, simply in my head of Karlsson going again, there’s been quite a lot of suggestions to me about individuals who assume it will be a good suggestion and individuals who would assume it wouldn’t be a good suggestion.
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But when it’s not Ottawa, it’s, it’s laborious and don’t overlook Karlsson has quite a lot of management right here. It’s laborious to see the place it is smart. I believe the Sentaors are going to be a extremely, actually busy crew within the offseason. I believe they’d quite a lot of conversations that may type of get punted into the summer time. I do know that I had individuals asking me if I made a Freudian slip on the present on Saturday evening. No, that was not intentional. That was only a slip, however I do assume they’d conversations in regards to the future.”