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Despite missing the entire preseason with an injury, Erik Karlsson looks like he’ll have the green light when the Pittsburgh Penguins welcome the New York Rangers to PPG Paints Arena to begin their 2024-25 campaign next week. “I feel pretty good. Good enough,” Karlsson told reporters on Saturday, including NHL.com’s Wes Crosby. “The season opener has […]

There is a fairly high degree of intensity in the Pittsburgh Penguins training camp this season. Head coach Mike Sullivan and the Penguins failed to make the playoffs in each of the last two seasons and they have not made it past the first round of the playoffs since the 2017-18 season. While Sullivan wants […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have one goal going into the 2024-25 NHL season: get back to the playoffs. After a 16-year streak of playoff hockey to start Sidney Crosby’s career, it’s been two seasons since Pittsburgh made it to the postseason. There are various reasons for their failures in recent years, which haven’t been fixed for […]

As the Pittsburgh Penguins playoff chances grow slimmer, there are significant thoughts that the team will be in the sell mode prior to the March 8 NHL trade deadline. General manager Kyle Dubas has a veteran team that has featured players who are stars or who have been stars throughout their careers. One of those […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are not quite where they wanted to be halfway through the 2023-24 NHL season after acquiring Erik Karlsson in the blockbuster trade of the summer — but the superstar D-man is enjoying his time in Pennsylvania nonetheless. “It’s been a great experience for me,” the Swede told NHL.com’s Wes Crosby on Wednesday. […]

Pittsburgh Penguins veteran Kris Letang was dealt a nightmare of a situation last December 31st, unexpectedly losing his father while at the Winter Classic in Boston. And after a year of grieving, there’s one thing that’s helped him come to peace with the worst day of his life: Hockey. Letang’s impact on the Penguins is […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are taking drastic steps to improve their horrendous power play amid their recent slump. Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan moved defenseman Erik Karlsson to the left flank this past weekend. Kris Letang took over at the point on their power play. Erik Karlsson, the three-time Norris Trophy winner, joined Letang, Sidney Crosby, […]

Erik Karlsson is no stranger to emotional returns. In 2018, he returned to the city of Ottawa for the first time since the Ottawa Senators traded him to the San Jose Sharks. San Jose lost that game, but it certainly was an emotional one for the future Hall of Fame defenseman. Perhaps that experience can […]

Pittsburgh Penguins fans rightly wondering where Erik Karlsson and Kris Letang will play with the man advantage during the 2023-24 season got their answer on Monday — head coach Mike Sullivan confirmed that both defensemen would see time on PP1 to start the year. “The power play is very important to Erik and Kris,” Sullivan […]

The San Jose Sharks are going to feel a void without Erik Karlsson on the blue line this year, but Matt Benning is taking an optimistic approach to the Norris Trophy winner departing in a trade that sent him to the Pittsburgh Penguins. “He was our leading point-getter as a defenseman and at the end […]

Despite losing three-time Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson to the Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks captain Logan Couture remains unfazed. Couture also remains committed to a young Sharks team that has struggled in recent years. He firmly believes San Jose GM Mike Grier and his staff will eventually turn things around, per NHL.com’s Jon Lane. […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins managed to land Erik Karlsson in a massive three-team trade with the San Jose Sharks and Montreal Canadiens, giving interim general manager Kyle Dubas his first defining move in his short stint with the team. This deal seems like a home run for the Penguins, but before he pulled the trigger, Dubas […]

Since the end of last season, one of the biggest NHL questions of the offseason centered on high-scoring defenseman Erik Karlsson. He led all defensemen in scoring while playing for the struggling San Jose Sharks, and he made it clear that he wanted to play for a team that had a chance to win the […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins had been hoping to finalize a trade for Erik Karlsson as soon as Sunday afternoon, and it turns out they managed to make that wish come true. After reportedly increasing their aggression for Karlsson, the Penguins finally managed to land their guy, picking up the star defenseman in a blockbuster three-team deal […]

Many of the big moves of the NHL offseason have already been made, but perhaps the biggest move of them all in a potential Erik Karlsson trade has yet to be made. If it were up to the Pittsburgh Penguins, though, they would ideally be able to finalize a massive blockbuster deal for Karlsson as […]

Erik Karlsson was almost traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins at the NHL Draft back in June, but after the deal fell through for Kyle Dubas, the stalemate continues for one of the game’s premier defensemen. The three-time Norris Trophy winning blueliner has continued to be pursued by the Penguins GM, and according to The Athletic’s […]

Norris Trophy winning defenseman Erik Karlsson from the San Jose Sharks has been floated in trade rumors for the majority of the offseason, with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina Hurricanes being thought of at the favorites to land the defenseman, and Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang have reportedly endorsed the idea of acquiring Karlsson, according […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins had a bitterly disappointing 2022-23 NHL season, as they saw their 16-year playoff streak, the longest in North American sports, come to an abrupt end. While some may call for a full-scale rebuild, that’s likely not what’s going to happen. For one, the Penguins don’t want to rebuild in the twilight of […]

Norris Trophy winning defenseman Erik Karlsson from the San Jose Sharks is on the trade block as the team continues its rebuild, and the sweepstakes is reportedly down to the Carolina Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Penguins. “I think it’s Pittsburgh and Carolina,” Elliotte Friedman said on NHL Network, according to Sheng Peng of SJHockeyNow. “I think […]

It remains to be seen which team will actually push through and successfully trade for San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson. The Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Carolina Hurricanes have been linked to the blueliner in different degrees, but so far, Karlsson is still with the Sharks, with San Jose general manager Mike […]

The San Jose Sharks are intent upon improving from their 7th place finish in the Pacific Division last season. This team was out of playoff contention early in the year, and general manager Mike Grier is bound and determined that the team will improve in the 2023-24 season. To make that happen, he will almost […]

After a forgettable inaugural season, the Seattle Kraken set the foundation for the future in Year 2. They improved by a whopping 40 points and and not just made their first-ever playoff appearance, but knocked out the defending-champion Colorado Avalanche in the first round. Even after falling against the Dallas Stars in the second round, […]

Erik Karlsson is not hiding his desire to play for a Stanley Cup contender. The San Jose Sharks are far from one, thus Karlsson’s hopes of finding his way out of his current situation to a place where he will have a much better shot at lifting and kissing the greatest trophy in sports. A […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs are reportedly one of the teams who have shown a level of interest in trading for San Jose Sharks superstar defenseman Erik Karlsson, according to Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic. Apart from the Maple Leafs, the Seattle Kraken and the Carolina Hurricanes are also the other teams mentioned by LeBrun. “My […]

After an incredible season in San Jose that will probably earn him the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s premier defenseman in 2022-23, it looks like the Sharks and Erik Karlsson are preparing to part ways this summer. The team’s management met with Karlsson’s camp, Newport Sports, at the NHL Scouting Combine in Buffalo, and both […]

The NHL offseason is officially here, and trade speculation is out in full force. Of all the trade targets around the league, San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson may be the most intriguing. After several injury-plagued seasons, Karlsson, 33, returned to elite form and then some this season. The Sharks star scored 25 goals and […]

All three of the players nominated for the NHL’s Norris Trophy as the league’s best defenseman have won the hardware before. San Jose Sharks veteran Erik Karlsson, New York Rangers’ Adam Fox and Colorado Avalanche’s Cale Makar are the 2022-23 Norris Trophy finalists, the NHL announced on Thursday. The award is voted on annually by members […]

San Jose Sharks star defenseman Erik Karlsson joined an extremely exclusive NHL club Monday night when he came away with two points, albeit in a 6-2 road loss at the hands of the Winnipeg Jets. With two goals in that game, Karlsson became just the first defenseman in the NHL in 27 years to reach […]

With only a handful of games remaining in the 2022-2023 regular season, the awards race are coming to a close! Join us for our NHL odds series as we continue our NHL Awards coverage with a James Norris Memorial Trophy prediction and pick. Another year has passed, and another wave of talented defensemen have been up […]

The San Jose Sharks are in sell-off mode after completing the Timo Meier trade with the New Jersey Devils. Fans may turn their attention to star defenseman Erik Karlsson, but they may be disappointed. With the NHL trade deadline less than a week away, the Sharks star revealed to NHL.com they have not asked him […]

San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson has dominated so far this season. But with the Sharks exploring options ahead of the NHL trade deadline, it seems unlikely he finishes the season in a Sharks sweater. Karlsson, to his credit, has long recognized the possibility of a trade. As the deadline approaches, he has stated his […]

San Jose Sharks star Erik Karlsson has enjoyed a career resurgence this season. After already making team history once, he has done it again on New Year’s Day amid trade speculation. The Sharks defenseman recorded two assists in Sunday’s 5-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. This performance extended Karlsson’s point streak to 13 games, which […]

San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson is 32 years old. It wasn’t long ago that the Swedish blueliner was among the elite players in any position across the NHL. Now, he’s back in that conversation. The Sharks defenseman enters the month of December leading all defensemen in scoring. His 11 goals and 32 points on […]

San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson is the subject of trade rumors as teams begin to actively search the market. If his recent play is any indication, the star defenseman should have no shortage of interested suitors. The Sharks lost to the Vancouver Canucks in overtime on Sunday. However, Karlsson recorded two assists in regulation […]

San Jose Sharks GM Mike Grier recently alluded to the possibility of trading star defenseman Erik Karlsson this season. With the Sharks not expected to be contenders in the 2022-23 NHL season, Grier said that the organization would listen to inquiries about the veteran defender at March’s deadline or before. In response to those comments, […]

The San Jose Sharks are staring down the barrel of a rebuild, with the 2022-23 NHL season not off to much of a better start than last year. After shipping off longtime defenseman Brent Burns to the Carolina Hurricanes during the offseason, Erik Karlsson could be the next tenured Sharks star to be put on […]

The San Jose Sharks got a bit of both good and bad news this week. On Monday, Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson underwent successful surgery on his injured left forearm. The fact that the surgery was successful is the good news. The bad news is that he is not going to be re-evaluated until mid-March at […]