Erik Karlsson
Erik Karlsson was born in Landsbro, Jönköping County, Sweden on May 31st, 1990 and is the Hockey Player. At the age of 33, Erik Karlsson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Playing career
On March 1, 2008, Karlsson made his Elitserien debut for Frölunda HC, clocking 8:48 of ice time in a sold-out home game against league champion HV71. Karlsson scored the game-winning goal, assisted by Tomi Kallio and Magnus Kahnberg with a slap shot in overtime during a man advantage. With three games remaining in the regular season, Frölunda secured a playoff spot.
Karlsson continued to play in the J20 SuperElit playoffs, where Frölunda's J20 team took home the Anton Cup after losing, two games to one, against Brynäs IF's J20 team in the Swedish Junior Ice Hockey Championship final.
Karlsson was ranked fourth among European skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Service before the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. At Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, he was ultimately drafted 15th overall by the Ottawa Senators in front of their hometown fans. Daniel Alfredsson, a Gothenburg native who competed for Frölunda before entering the NHL, was selected by Ottawa's captain Daniel Alfredsson, a native of Gothenburg who competed for Frölunda. Bryan Murray, Ottawa's first-round pick and their third-round pick in 2009, was traded to the Nashville Predators in exchange for the Predators' first-round pick, which was 15th overall, to guarantee that no other team would select Karlsson before them.
Karlsson was welcomed to the senior team as a regular roster player a few weeks before the 2008–2009 Elitserien season premiere.
Karlsson attended the Senators' training camp in September 2009 ahead of the 2009–10 season. Karlsson was named on the team's NHL roster on September 29, 2009. He was assigned to the Binghamton Senators, after struggling in nine regular season games with Ottawa. Karlsson was recalled from Binghamton on November 27, 2009, exactly one month after being sent down. In a 4–1 victory for Ottawa on December 19, he would score his first NHL goal against Niklas Bäckström, the Minnesota Wild, and will remain in the league for the remainder of the season and participate in all of Ottawa's 2010 Stanley Cup playoff games.
Karlsson was chosen to compete in the 2011 NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 30, 2011. He had scored 25 points in 41 games.
Karlsson's growth continued in 2011-2012. Karlsson scored his 100th regular-season NHL point (in 168 games) on December 16, 2011, against the Pittsburgh Penguins in a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Karlsson was the most popular vote-getter in All-Star voting, winning 939,951 fan votes and becoming one of four Senators selected to play in the 2012 NHL All-Star Game. Karlsson finished the season as the top scorer among NHL defensemen, defeating second-place Dustin Byfuglien and Brian Campbell by 25 points. If not the recipient of the award, Karlsson was being deemed a James Norris Memorial Trophy candidate.
Karlsson's contract with the Senators came on June 19, 2012. Karlsson was named as the best defenceman of the NBA on the following day, defeating Zdeno Chára of the Boston Bruins and Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators. He was the second Swede after seven-time winner Nicklas Lidström to win the prize, joining the ranks of Hall of Famers Bobby Orr and Denis Potvin as the only two participants to win the competition under the age of 23.
Karlsson signed with Jokerit of the Finnish SM-liiga during the 2012–13 NHL lockout. Following a game on December 8, 2012, he was banned for reportedly throwing his stick at a referee. He ended his playing career in Jokerit with 9 goals and 25 assists (34 points), leading all defensemen in scoring. As Ottawa defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4–1 in their season opener, Karlsson immediately scored a goal and two assists as the lockout ended and the NHL season began. When Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke's left leg rotted on the back of Karlsson's left leg, he was glued off, requiring surgery and pulling him out of Ottawa's lineup indefinitely. Cooke had been suspended several times before for much-awaited incidents that resulted in injuries to opposition players, but not for this one. Karlsson led all NHL defencemen with six goals at the time of the injury. Despite initial reports that had him out of the lineup for four to six months, Karlsson returned to the Ottawa lineup against the Washington Capitals on April 25, 2013, ten weeks to the day after the accident occurred. The Senators qualified to the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs but were eliminated by Pittsburgh in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, with Karlsson leading one goal and seven assists in ten games.
Karlsson appeared in all 82 games during the 2013–2014 season and ended the season with 20 goals and 74 points, marking his first defenceman since Brian Leetch in 2000–01 as the first defenceman to have at least 20 goals and 50 assists in the same season. However, the Senators will not qualify for the 2014 playoffs.
Karlsson will serve as the team's ninth captain in modern history, according to the Senators' newly traded Jason Spezza. Karlsson led all NHL defensemen in points for the third time in four seasons, with a career-high 21 goals in his first season as team captain. He appeared in all 82 of Ottawa's games for the second season in a row, ranked third in the NHL in total ice time (2,234:55) and average ice time (227:15) for the Senators' second season in a row and a distant playoff appearance. Karlsson claimed his second Norris Trophy on June 24th, defeating Drew Doughty and P. K. Subban.
Karlsson appeared in all 82 games during the 2015–16 season, leading the league in assists with a career high 66 assists and set a career high in points (82), finishing fourth in the league in scoring alongside San Jose Sharks forward Joe Thornton. Karlsson tied for most points in a single season by a Swedish defenceman, a record set by Nicklas Lidström during the 2005-2006 season. Karlsson was also the first defenseman since Paul Coffey in the 1985–86 season to finish in the top five scoring and first since Bobby Orr in the 1974–75 season to lead the league in assists. Karlsson's campaign earned him his third Norris Trophy nomination, though Drew Doughty claimed the award, with Karlsson finishing in second place in vote totals.
Karlsson set a record during the 2016–2017 season by appearing in his 312th game in a row, smashing the previous record set by defenceman Chris Phillips. However, he will miss his first game in nearly four years in late March 2017 after suffering an injury from blocking a shot during a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, snapping his consecutive game streak at 324 games. Karlsson's finished third among defensemen in points and second place in assists and blocked shots, earning him his third Norris Trophy nomination. Karlsson will finish second in voting, with Brent Burns receiving the award. Karlsson's play carried on into the 2017 playoffs, assisting the Senators in reaching the Eastern Conference Final, the first time the team had participated since 2007. Despite the fact that the Senators were ruled out by the Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games, Karlsson was praised for his play during the Senators' playoff run and how he maintained his playing despite suffering two hairline fractures in his left heel. In the playoffs, Karlsson will also set a record for most assists and points for a defenseman. And, despite being disqualified in the Eastern Conference Final, Karlsson was awarded a Conn Smythe Trophy vote for the first time.
Karlsson underwent surgery to repair torn tendons in his left foot, leaving him out early in the 2017-18 season. Karlsson's output dropped last season in 71 games, partly due to injuries and his child's death toward the end of the season. Karlsson continued his lower-than-average results on the franchise's all-time points list (with 492 points) on February 8, 2018 after a 4–3 victory over the Nashville Predators. During the season, the Senators also failed, finishing in 30th place in the league. The Senators attempted to trade Karlsson before the NHL trade deadline, although the team was uncertain about re-signing him before the deadline. However, Karlsson expressed his displeasure with staying in Ottawa the day before the deadline, saying that he had never requested a trade.
Karlsson (along with Francis Perron) was traded to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Chris Tierney, Dylan DeMelo, Josh Norris, Rdolfs Balcers, the Sharks' first-round pick in 2020, and a conditional second-round pick in 2021. In a 4–0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on November 18, he scored his first goal with the Sharks on November 18th. Following a 7–2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on January 8, 2019, Karlsson became the fifth defenceman in league history to have at least one assist in 14 games in a row. Karlsson was suspended for the first time in his career for two games for an unlawful check to the head of Los Angeles Kings player Austin Wagner. Karlsson missed many games near the end of the season before returning to the Colorado Avalanche for the final game of the season. He will finish the season with 45 points in 53 games, his lowest mark since the 2012–13 season. Karlsson aided San Jose in reaching the Western Conference Finals during the 2019 playoffs, but he sustained another groin injury in a match against the St. Louis Blues, resulting in him missing San Jose's final game of the playoffs when the team lost 5–1 in Game 6. With 16 points in 19 games, he will leave the playoffs. He underwent groin surgery on May 31.
Karlsson announced on June 17th, 2019 that he had agreed to a new eight-year, $92 million contract to remain with the Sharks, at an annual rate of $11.5 million. Karlsson was the highest-paid defenseman in league history and the third highest-paid player in the league at the time, behind Auston Matthews ($11.6 million annually) and Connor McDavid ($12.5 million annually). In a game against the Winnipeg Jets on February 14, he broke his thumb. He was put on injured reserve and will miss the remainder of the 2019–20 season.