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Public reaction to the Erik Karlsson trade rumour was loud and clear in Ottawa Monday: It’d be devastating for the team’s play, and devastating for the franchise’s future.
On Sunday, it was reported that general manager Pierre Dorion had asked the Ottawa Senators captain and nine other players to each submit a list of 10 teams they don’t want to be dealt to.
Karlsson, who is in his ninth season as a Senator and fourth as captain, will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2019. Despite a 12-game slump in which the Sens have earned only one win, some still think it’s unlikely the Sens will deal their best player.
On the streets of Ottawa, several people this newspaper talked to had few positive things to say about the possibility of a trade.
Eric Ouellette.
Name: Eric Ouellette
Age: 47
“I think it’s going to actually hurt the team overall, because he is sort of the driving force, the backbone. He’s one of the key members of the organization. I don’t know if it’s the lack of fan support that’s driving this or the fact that at this point in his career he’s going to look for the highest bidder, for the highest pay check. I hope it’s not true, because I think he is one of the key components of the team, being a threat within the league. But hopefully it’s not going to happen.”
Jonathan Kealey.
Name: Jonathan Kealey
Age: 44
“I think it would be a marketing nightmare for the Sens, because he is the franchise player. So I think it would send the wrong message to the fan base about the franchise’s ability to keep players and their commitment to winning over time. There are downstream effects from that: It would be difficult to attract new free agents and I don’t think you’d get commensurate value on the trade market of a player of that quality. So I would like to see the team do what they can to keep him, absolutely.”
Beryl Strawczynski.
Name: Beryl Strawczynski
Age: 32
“I like him. I think he’s a really good player, I think he’s really good for the team and I think he’s a really good soul, too. So I think it would be sad if he were to go. I’m always a fan of the Senators, because I live in Ottawa and they’re my home team, but I would be sad if he was gone. It’s the same way that they just traded their last player to Nashville, Kyle Turris. All the things he did for the community were wonderful so it’s sad to lose both a good player and a good soul for the community.”
Dylan Tully.
Name: Dylan Tully
Age: 22
“It would be sad to see someone like that go, because he could be a franchise player, right? It depends, though, because if you look around the league and you see all of the players of the same calibre looking for a payday because they’re going into unrestricted free agency, you can see that he would garner a lot of money. He’s already said he’s not going to take a hometown discount, but if the Sens keep playing the way they’ve played this year, and with the way he looks as a player right now, he’s not worth as much as some of those other players, if they’re looking to the future.
He hasn’t recovered from his surgery, so if he wants to stay here and recover and become that player again — because I know they’re trying to rebuild their team, they just took all their trade clauses away — then it would be good. I’d be happy to see him stay but I just want to go and see a hockey game where I can be happy to watch the Sens. And if that’s with new players that are young, then there would just be more energy.”
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On Sunday, it was reported that general manager Pierre Dorion had asked the Ottawa Senators captain and nine other players to each submit a list of 10 teams they don’t want to be dealt to.
Karlsson, who is in his ninth season as a Senator and fourth as captain, will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2019. Despite a 12-game slump in which the Sens have earned only one win, some still think it’s unlikely the Sens will deal their best player.
On the streets of Ottawa, several people this newspaper talked to had few positive things to say about the possibility of a trade.
Eric Ouellette.
Name: Eric Ouellette
Age: 47
“I think it’s going to actually hurt the team overall, because he is sort of the driving force, the backbone. He’s one of the key members of the organization. I don’t know if it’s the lack of fan support that’s driving this or the fact that at this point in his career he’s going to look for the highest bidder, for the highest pay check. I hope it’s not true, because I think he is one of the key components of the team, being a threat within the league. But hopefully it’s not going to happen.”
Jonathan Kealey.
Name: Jonathan Kealey
Age: 44
“I think it would be a marketing nightmare for the Sens, because he is the franchise player. So I think it would send the wrong message to the fan base about the franchise’s ability to keep players and their commitment to winning over time. There are downstream effects from that: It would be difficult to attract new free agents and I don’t think you’d get commensurate value on the trade market of a player of that quality. So I would like to see the team do what they can to keep him, absolutely.”
Beryl Strawczynski.
Name: Beryl Strawczynski
Age: 32
“I like him. I think he’s a really good player, I think he’s really good for the team and I think he’s a really good soul, too. So I think it would be sad if he were to go. I’m always a fan of the Senators, because I live in Ottawa and they’re my home team, but I would be sad if he was gone. It’s the same way that they just traded their last player to Nashville, Kyle Turris. All the things he did for the community were wonderful so it’s sad to lose both a good player and a good soul for the community.”
Dylan Tully.
Name: Dylan Tully
Age: 22
“It would be sad to see someone like that go, because he could be a franchise player, right? It depends, though, because if you look around the league and you see all of the players of the same calibre looking for a payday because they’re going into unrestricted free agency, you can see that he would garner a lot of money. He’s already said he’s not going to take a hometown discount, but if the Sens keep playing the way they’ve played this year, and with the way he looks as a player right now, he’s not worth as much as some of those other players, if they’re looking to the future.
He hasn’t recovered from his surgery, so if he wants to stay here and recover and become that player again — because I know they’re trying to rebuild their team, they just took all their trade clauses away — then it would be good. I’d be happy to see him stay but I just want to go and see a hockey game where I can be happy to watch the Sens. And if that’s with new players that are young, then there would just be more energy.”
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