you’ve offered absolutely nothing of considerable value for Karlsson and Ottawa definitely doesn’t want Ceci back

Maybe not Ottawa but there will be possibilities to move Ceci
I absolutely agree that the Karlsson trade as this whole AGM with the free agnet signings is pretty Oilers friendly and probably not very realistic beacause i wanted to make Karlsson work. Maybe upgrade the third rounder to a first and we are getting closer. Nonetheless, even with Karlsson playing lights out Norris level this year, his value is still harmed by some factors:
-even with retention, still a long and expensive contract
-32 year old, injury prone defenseman who played three "meh" seasons before this major bounceback, no one would have thought about touching hte contract this offseason
- trading a long contract during the season, sharks know there is not much cap flexibility and they have to be cooperative if they want to make it work now