Erik Karlsson says he's committed to San Jose, hasn't requested a trade

The San Jose Sharks will head into the 2022-23 season without one of the pillars of their blue line, Brent Burns, after he was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes this summer.

There had been rumblings that Erik Karlsson may be the next one to be moved out of San Jose, but in an interview with The Athletic, the 32-year-old said he has not submitted a trade request and is committed to staying with the Sharks.

The Landsbro (Sweden) native signed a massive eight-year contract with the Sharks in 2019 and has five-years remaining on it, with a cap hit of $11.5 million and a no-movement clause.

Since joining the Sharks in 2018 following a trade from Ottawa, Karlsson hasn't looked like the player he was when he was with the Senators. In 50 games last season, he put up 35 points (ten goals, 25 assists), fourteen penalty minutes and was a minus-fourteen.

Source: TSN.

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