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Pittsburgh Penguins’ Kris
Letang (58) looks to pass the
puck against the Carolina
Hurricanes during the second
period of an NHL hockey
game, Tuesday, March 19,
2019, in Raleigh, N.C.
Associated Press
Sharks

re-signing

Karlsson

sets table

for busy NHL

offseason

By STEPHEN WHYNO
AP Hockey Writer
Erik Karlsson had no wan-
derlust to test the free
agent market before re-
signing in San Jose.
“I never thought outside
that box,” Karlsson said.
“I’m happy that it didn’t
get to that.”A handful
of other teams aren’t so
happy because the two-
time Norris Trophy-winning
defenseman would have
been the best unrestricted
free agent available. Karls-
son signing a $92 million,
eight-year contract with
the Sharks is the first big off-
ice development since St.
Louis won the Stanley Cup Tanaka Ks 10 in 2-hitter,
because of all the ramifi-
cations it could have on Yankees blank Rays 3-0
the NHL offseason. With
Karlsson off the board, any
team looking for a No. 1 New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro
defenseman has to either Tanaka winds up during the first inning of a
hope veteran Alexander baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays,
Edler doesn’t re-sign with
the Canucks and win that Monday, June 17, 2019, in New York.
bidding war or go the Associated Press
trade route. Page 20

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