Elliott Teaford of the OC Register: Anaheim Ducks GM Bob Murray that they could have offered up a similar package of draft picks and prospects that the San Jose Sharks sent to the Ottawa Senators for Erik Karlsson, but being able to re-sign him past this season wouldn’t have been .
“You’re not going to trade for him for one year,” Murray said. “You’ve got to be able to think you can sign him going forward and I just didn’t feel we would be in a position to sign him going forward.