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Pierre Dorion is taking a lot of heat for being Pierre Dorion.
If he brings back Erik Karlsson, perhaps an Alfredsson-involved management group would be grateful to him, and let him stay.
San Jose previously stated they would only retain 18 percent, but it is unlikely that any other team was putting up a 1 for 1 Subban for Weber type trade offer. Thomas Chabot is seen as a superstar defenseman. It doesn't matter if that is true or not. He's looked at as the guy who sometimes plays nearly 30 minutes a game. Having this kind of 26 year old defenseman made available to San Jose changes the complexion of the trade. Chabot and Karlsson are also redundant.
The trade could still be made with the rumoured 18 percent limit on retention, but the cap in/cap out retention looks better.
San Jose also might need to convince Chabot to stay. He would be unhappy about going to San Jose after spending his entire career in a rebuild. He may not want to go to San Jose. While he cannot block a trade, he can sulk and make it less fun to have him for the Sharks. It is possible that this deal would require a third team who would benefit from acquiring Chabot. In that case, Chabot has to be worth more in a trade than Karlsson, or Ottawa has to add. Or, there has to be stumbling blocks to moving Karlsson elsewhere (teams afraid of age+term) that there aren't with Chabot.