Now that the Pittsburgh Penguins are in rebuild mode, much has been made this offseason about the potential trade candidacy of the trio of Rickard Rakell , Bryan Rust , and Erik Karlsson . Regarding the latter candidate, while speaking on the Kevin Karius Show , Josh Yohe of The Athletic expects a trade to be completed sooner rather than later, with one team in particular leading the pack.

According to Yohe, the Detroit Red Wings have been the most active team in their pursuit of Karlsson. This isn’t to say that the Red Wings are the only interested party, but they are the team that Yohe has heard the most about. Detroit is in a unique position as a team looking to contend, which could also conceivably afford Karlsson’s total $10MM cap hit.

If the Red Wings considered tak

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