Excerpt from The Athletic article: LeBrun Notebook: San Jose’s patient approach with Erik Karlsson pays off...
https://theathletic.com/1032018/2019...sson-pays-off/
Imagine that you’re GM Doug Wilson and your team keeps knocking at the door, but are unable to open it. The time to win is now. How do you get any better if Karlsson leaves? You don’t, no matter what tricks you have up your sleeve.
“It’s a lot of money but I don’t blame him at all, he’s trying to win and that’s a superstar player,’’ one Eastern Conference team executive said in the wake of Monday’s blockbuster signing.