![]() ![]() "Last year was an unbelievable run but we didn't achieve what we set out to do. "I'm excited to continue the chase for the ultimate prize: the Stanley Cup," Karlsson said after re-signing with San Jose. The Senators were 28-43-11 in his final season. Ottawa made the playoffs five times in nine seasons with Karlsson, and won one series in four postseasons before it reached the Eastern Conference Final in 2017, when it lost Game 7 to the Pittsburgh Penguins in double overtime. 13, 2018, and signed an eight-year contract with the Sharks on June 17, 2019, two weeks before he could have become an unrestricted free agent for the first time. Karlsson was traded to San Jose by the Ottawa Senators on Sept. "You know that doesn't take rocket science to figure out." ![]() "I mean, I think after the year we had last year, I think it was pretty, pretty clear that we were not going to be the team that we were maybe the first year that I got here," Karlsson said. Louis Blues in six games after leading the series 2-1. The Sharks advanced to the Western Conference Final in 2019, Karlsson's first season with them, and lost to the St. San Jose was one of seven NHL teams that did not make the Stanley Cup Qualifiers last season, the third time since Wilson became GM in 2003 it did not reach the postseason. The top four teams will make the Stanley Cup Playoffs in this 56-game season. The Sharks (11-11-3) are seventh in the eight-team Honda West Division, seven points behind the fourth-place Colorado Avalanche. I think that we need to find a way to build with a core group that we have here and figure out a way how to be competitive here in the upcoming years." "Obviously, I did not sign here to go through a rebuild or go through what I did for 10 years in Ottawa," the 30-year-old defenseman said.
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