Trade Grades: Sharks earn A- for Erik Karlsson heist

The deal: Sharks get: D Erik Karlsson, LW Francis Perron Senators get: C Chris Tierney, D Dylan DeMelo, LW Rudolfs Balcers, C Josh Norris, conditional 2019 second-round pick, conditional 2019/2020 first-round pick, conditional 2021 second-round pick San Jose Sharks: A- The Western Conference, and the Pacific Division specifically, is wide open. General manager Doug Wilson saw his peers signaling they're all in for 2018-19: Within the division alone, the Los Angeles Kings won the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes and the Vegas Golden Knights acquired Paul Stastny and Max Pacioretty to prove last season was not a fluke. San Jose needed to keep up. Wilson, forever the big-game hunter, missed out on most of his offseason prey (though he did re-sign Evander...

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