ST. LOUIS — On three different occasions over the past few weeks, The Post has encountered people inside the NHL who either implied or inquired about the possibility of the Rangers going after superlative defenseman Erik Karlsson, who it seems inevitable will be traded by the Senators before the June 22 draft.
As appealing as the idea may be of his fellow Swede, Henrik Lundqvist, in net watching as Karlsson’s long hair flies behind him on a rush up the Garden ice, so many questions of practicality arise. Such as, how would his contract extension, which would start in 2019-20 (and would be part and parcel of any deal in which the Blueshirts give up significant assets), fit into the Rangers’ rebuilding plan?