from The Daily Faceoff,

With the Pittsburgh Penguins struggling and sitting seventh in the Metropolitan Division with a record of 14-13-3, Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk discuss the acquisition of Erik Karlsson and how it has not been the fit the Penguins ultimately were looking for.

Frank Seravalli: My loser is the Pittsburgh Penguins acquiring Erik Karlsson. They have struggled well this year and we have documented their powerplay issues. For a team when you look at the Eastern Conference standings, is in thirteenth place, it’s kind of tough for one of the oldest rosters in the league to add a player of Karlsson’s age who isn’t putting up the point total at the pace he was last season at 100 points.

Frank Seravalli: The fit has not been fantastic on the powerplay and to think about three more years of Karlsson at $10 million per year and giving up your first-round pick already in the process when you might miss the playoffs again, I don’t know how the Penguins dig themselves out of this. I’ve said it before not revisionist history, when I looked at the Penguins last year I didn’t say they needed a 100-point defenseman and powerplay specialist to come in and help that team. I don’t see it then and I don’t see it now.

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