William Karlsson Golden Knights Avoid Arbitration With 11Th Hour Deal
The deal is for one year and carries a $5.25 million salary cap hit, Vegas announced. Karlsson, 25, was the most surprising player on the NHL’s most surprising team in 2017-18, going from six goals to 43 one season to the next. The drastic year-over-year uptick in production was unprecedented for a player so far into his professional career. Karlsson scored just 16 goals in his first 183 before the Golden Knights poached him from the Blue Jackets in the expansion draft, then preceded to finish third behind dynamic goal-scorers Alex Ovechkin and Patrik Laine last season....