TSN: Marc Methot on his tweet about the opportunity of the Ottawa Senators reacquiring defenseman Erik Karlsson.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Aaron Korolnek: “I think about there have been some folks, Marc, who’re cringing at your tweet earlier at this time about Erik Karlsson.”
Methot: “Which one?”
Korolnek: “I assume there’s a lengthy record, the Erik Karlsson coming residence tweet. Can you are taking us by that and your rationale? You wish to see Erik Karlsson again with the Sens?”
Marc Methot: “Look, yeah, I imply, it’s wishful pondering clearly. And I believe we’re at some extent now the place everybody’s simply determined for winner in Ottawa and it’s been a really irritating season.
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I believe with, and I imply, I’ve been, I’m nonetheless having folks tag me. There are nonetheless Toronto followers tagging me within the publish that I made three years in the past about how Ottawa can be a greater staff. And I believe the anniversary of that day was like two days in the past. So I’ve had a nonstop flood of Toronto followers simply assaulting me in my talked about about that tweet. So it’s been very, very eventful.
However, however, so past that with the Erik Karlsson factor, I believe I’m simply attempting to throw a bone to our fanbase right here. However, however there’s a little bit or like, there’s a little bit of purpose behind it as nicely.
Clearly, not ultimate. Little little bit of an older participant, enormous cap hit. I perceive all of that stuff. I’m pondering doubtlessly right here and we’re, this has been floating round slightly bit round Ottawa so far as possibly shifting one of many core items. And after I say core items, you realize, there’s Jake Sanderson Thomas Chabot, Jakob Chychrun, and a bunch of the forwards, we’ve choices.
And so, I imply, this man simply needed Norris trophy. I wouldn’t say he’s over the hill. I’d argue that he’s very akin to Thomas Chabot, however in all probability brings, brings infinitely extra offense.
Now. I’m positive Noodles, Frankie, they’re in all probability shaking their heads. And I’m sort of shaking my head slightly bit after I’m attempting to make sense of this potential transfer. However you’re gonna herald a extremely motivated participant. He nonetheless has his home right here, his prolonged households right here, relatively his in-laws all stay right here.
So I don’t know. I imply for a franchise that struggled to usher in real, relatively legit free brokers which are motivated to play on this market. You realize, when you may herald a perennial All-Star like Karlsson, once more, wishful pondering, I don’t know why you’ll scoff at that. At the very least entertain the thought.”
Jamie McLennan: “Nicely, Frankie, I do know you’re gonna, you bought a query right here, however simply give me one second to retort to this.”
Frank Corado: “No, no, received for it. I received one thing on this too. I received one thing.”
McLennan: “I simply, I hear, I don’t suppose it’ll work. I don’t suppose it’ll occur. I don’t suppose no matter.”
Methot: “No.”
McLennan: “However after I noticed it, I believed to myself and never simply because it coated the Sens. I’m like, if Kyle (Dubas) will get the inexperienced gentle to blow issues up, you could possibly have, you could possibly see that in Pittsburgh, he might be a man that they’d wish to transfer. And take into account that contract can be turned over a few instances. So you’ll, you’d be paying pennies on the greenback for Karlsson. He wouldn’t be a $12 million or $11.5 million greenback defenseman financially.
And there’s a match as a result of Meth(to) you realize and Frankie, you guys know that once you have a look at Ottawa, the best facet is one thing they’re dying for, for stability. Proper shot defenseman.”
Methot: “Bingo.”
McLennan: “That’s the issue. Such as you’re circling the best. They’ve received a ton of left photographs. What do you bought? (Jake) Sanderson, Chabot, (Jakob) Chychrun, (Erik) Brannstrom, the child (Tyler) Kleven arising. They’re all left photographs. The best-side, (Travis) Hamonic can be off the books. So now you’re gonna have Jacob Bernard-Docker and Artem Zub. And just about so sure, they do want a right-shot defenseman. That’s why they have been bandied about or a minimum of in on a man like Chris Tanev and guys like that on the deadline since you’re pondering okay, proper shot, good chief, that kind of stuff.
So in a wishful pondering, I can agree with you Meth. I actually, I used to be like, Okay, possibly they will make that work. Once more, simpler stated than finished. I don’t even know if they’d covet that. So go forward Frankie, I’m sorry.”
Corado: “Like my preliminary thought was, can be to disagree with Meth. Like simply my emotions round, I really feel like as soon as that, that guide closed on Karlsson and Ottawa, I really feel prefer it was going to remain closed.
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However you performed with the man. Such as you have been his D associate. So I really feel like you realize, lots of people have opinions on issues however when you’ve got such a detailed private connection to him and also you, you’ve been round him so lengthy, there’s a variety of validity to what you say about it. So like who am I to you realize, to suppose that my opinion is correct on that when you realize him so nicely.”
