Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: It doesn’t appear that the Ottawa Senators have any trade imminent with defenseman Erik Karlsson. The Senators are remaining patient with any decision regarding their captain.
It also doesn’t sound like they were close to any Karlsson trade in July when a couple selected teams were given permission to speak with Karlsson’s camp about a potential extension.
Sources say the Senators had made Karlsson an eight-year contract extension offer at over $80 million.
Karlsson is expected to show up at training camp on September 13th if he’s not traded by then.