Karlsson KONTRACTOCALYPSE!!! (Karlsson re-signs for 7 years!)

Riprock wrote:http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=42135

Yost talks about Don Meehan (Karlsson's agent) and Ottawa having goo relationship, and Karlsson wants to stay in Ottawa.

Rumour is a 3-year deal, as mentioned to take him to his last eligible RFA year.

The Senators have held “several discussions” with Craig Oster, the agent for star defenceman Erik Karlsson, but no formal negotiations on a new contract as of yet. Karlsson’s entry-level agreement with the team expires at the end of the season.

“The Senators have been outstanding to work with in Erik’s development over the course of these two years of his entry-level contract,” Oster told The Team 1200’s Healthy Scratches Monday afternoon. “He’s real excited about the team, the organization, the direction everything’s headed. I’m not anticipating us to really be having any substantial negotiations until the season’s done, but we’ve certainly have had discussions with the club just about the fact Erik likes it there, he’s happy, and they’re certainly happy with him.

SpezDispenser wrote:I put this in the Ottawa thread, not realizing the KONTRACTOCALYPSE!!! was upon us.


1.A 3 year, big money contract that leaves him as an RFA

2.A long term 8, 9, 10 year contract that locks him up as a Senator

3.A 5 year contract - which is amazingly dangerous as he'd obviously be a UFA when it's completed

shabbs wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:I put this in the Ottawa thread, not realizing the KONTRACTOCALYPSE!!! was upon us.


1.A 3 year, big money contract that leaves him as an RFA

2.A long term 8, 9, 10 year contract that locks him up as a Senator

3.A 5 year contract - which is amazingly dangerous as he'd obviously be a UFA when it's completed

At first, I was thinking it would be good to give him a whopper of a contract... but now, I think I'd like to see a 3-year one that leaves him as an RFA. He's ripping it up for sure and is worthy of some big time recognition and a raise... but let's not get too ahead of ourselves... drop a nice 3-year on him, and then make the third contract the BIG ONE that counts and makes him a Sen-for-life.

SeawaySensFan wrote:Formal offer will be tendered by early next week...

http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/06/05/karlsson-talks-set-to-begin

Hoags wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Formal offer will be tendered by early next week...

http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/06/05/karlsson-talks-set-to-begin

I wonder if any team is tempted by an offer sheet. Team 1200 joked with Jim Nill when he was on the radio that they should OS Karlsson to replace Lidstrom, now that was awkward.

spader wrote:

What counts as a "nice 3-year"? 3 years $12M? $13.5M?

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Hoags wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Formal offer will be tendered by early next week...

http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/06/05/karlsson-talks-set-to-begin

I wonder if any team is tempted by an offer sheet. Team 1200 joked with Jim Nill when he was on the radio that they should OS Karlsson to replace Lidstrom, now that was awkward.

Awkward yet also comical. Did anyone ask Jim Nill how the Wings keep being touted as such an awesome team when they aren't even that awesome and then when he tried to answer, cut him off with a "shut the Diddle up." That's what I would have done.

spader wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Hoags wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Formal offer will be tendered by early next week...

http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/06/05/karlsson-talks-set-to-begin

I wonder if any team is tempted by an offer sheet. Team 1200 joked with Jim Nill when he was on the radio that they should OS Karlsson to replace Lidstrom, now that was awkward.

Awkward yet also comical. Did anyone ask Jim Nill how the Wings keep being touted as such an awesome team when they aren't even that awesome and then when he tried to answer, cut him off with a "shut the Diddle up." That's what I would have done.

SpezDispenser wrote:

spader wrote:

What counts as a "nice 3-year"? 3 years $12M? $13.5M?

Not really. More like 15-17 million. Just a shade under 6 million will buy you the chance to re-neg in 3 years with him as an RFA.