Karlsson: Submitting 10-team no-trade list was 'just a formality'

Erik Karlsson was rumored to be one of several Senators asked to submit their 10-team no-trade lists to management, but the superstar isn't making a big deal over the situation.

"That's one of the things that's in my contract and it's just a formality and it's just business," he told Postmedia's Bruce Garrioch. "I don't read too much into it."

The request comes less than two weeks after Karlsson said he isn't interested in taking a hometown discount to stay in Ottawa when he becomes an unrestricted free agent following the 2018-19 season.

Karlsson has 18 points in 23 games this season as the Sens sit second-last in the Eastern Conference.