Erik Karlsson’s off-season chatter continues to swirl around Pittsburgh and Detroit, with teams weighing his high-end power-play value against salary and five-on-five impact. Detroit is a frequent name in the rumor mill, but the fit isn’t clean: cap expectations, goal tempo at five-on-five, and the potential cost in youth and prospects complicate any move. Other threads touch Nazem Kadri and James van Riemsdyk as veteran targets, and Burns surfaces as a Sharks-era cautionary benchmark. For fantasy, Karlsson’s PP workload and Detroit’s decision window matter most, Kadri’s floor with PP upside, and van Riemsdyk’s veteran presence could shift usage in new land. A late trades-and-deadline angle could move both rosters more than a quiet summer would.