from Dan Rosen of NHL.com,

Erik Karlsson wants to be traded to a Stanley Cup contender, and the defenseman, a finalist for the Norris Trophy this season, is hopeful the San Jose Sharks can make that happen before next season.

"I've played with too many guys throughout my career that are amazing players and should be winners and should have won that never did," Karlsson said at the 2023 NHL Awards media day at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday. "I don't want to be that guy. I want to win. That's not to say that I'm going to win. I want an opportunity to win. If that opportunity is not in San Jose right now within my timeline, then that's just the unfortunate part of business. That's not to say that I don't like it there or they don't want me there or we don't want this to work. It's just that's just the way it is."

Karlsson, who has a full no-movement clause in the eight-year contract he signed with the Sharks on June 17, 2019, said he doesn't have a preferred team in mind.

"You just have to make the playoffs and you have a chance to win," he said. "Look at Florida. They shouldn't have made the playoffs. They did and they went to the Cup Final. They beat Boston. We all thought Boston was going to win. There are no guarantees, I just want a chance."

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Spoken like a true Shark.