Just like that, he's become the NHL's sixth highest-paid defenceman with his second pro contract.
"I'm very happy that I'm here right now," said Karlsson. "It's not something that I counted on this early in my career. I'm very grateful to especially Ottawa for letting me be who I am and playing my game and developing into the kind of player I am today.
"It has a lot to do with them."
The negotiations presented Senators general manager Bryan Murray with an interesting quandary: Do you reward Karlsson with a megadeal based on one outstanding season or elect to go with a shorter term and see if he can do it again?
Murray weighed the merits of each approach before signing the Swede through the 2018-19 season.
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