Penguins: Just Say No [to Karlsson]

With all the talk still circulating about the rumored Erik Karlsson trade, even here on these pages I must have my say. Initially, I was only going to write this as a reply to our friend Mike on one of Rick Buker’s posts, but it morphed into something a bit longer.

Sorry Penguin Poopers, I must disagree about wasting more assets to obtain Karlsson.

Where I agree with the Karlssonites

I won’t argue with you that Karlsson is better than Kris Letang (although there are those here in the ‘burgh that have tried arguing Letang’s ascendency for years). During our Cup runs, I would have flipped Letang for Karlsson in a heartbeat. Karlsson was just entering his prime years as a Defenseman while Letang…