Josh Norris appears to take shot at Karlsson and Sharks
In mid-September of 2018, the Ottawa Senators traded away their franchise cornerstone in defenceman Erik Karlsson, shipping him to the San Jose Sharks, with the main piece heading back their way being prospect Josh Norris.
At the time of the trade, Karlsson was viewed as the best defenceman in the game, and for good reason. He was coming off of another impressive season in which he had 62 points in 71 games, and he continued that play in his first season with the Sharks. Unfortunately, the Sharks, who had Stanley Cup aspirations during that 2018-19 season, fell short and haven't been nearly the same since, something Norris alluded to when speaking with media on Wednesday.
«They really went for it getting Karlsson and it didn't work out for them,» Norris said. «But for me its put me here and that's good for me, I couldn't be more happy.»
Whether or not he intended this to be a dig at Karlsson, who's play has fallen off in recent years, as well as the Sharks for trading him, is unknown, but it certainly comes across that way. If he did mean it like that, it is quite the comment given the fact he hasn't done a ton in the league to this point, though he did put together a respectable rookie season in 2020-21 with 17 goals and 35 points in 56 games. It will be interesting to see if he clarifies these comments in the upcoming days given the amount of chatter they have already garnered online.
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YESTERDAY
JUNE 6, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mitch Marner | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Brayden McNabb | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Taylor Hall | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Martinook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jackson Blake | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Brett Howden | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Seth Jarvis | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Karlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jaccob Slavin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Logan Stankoven | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | - | - | |
| Ivan Barbashev | - | - | - | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||